Edmonton folk-rocker VISSIA launches her own label

Alex Vissia (who performs as VISSIA) just released a new album, Place Holder  — a personal folk-rock record she feels is her best yet.
The 28-year-old musician grew up in Stony Plain, Alta., starting piano lessons at five, then adding guitar and voice, and forming a successful country-folk trio with her two sisters in 2000. They played together at the Edmonton Folk Music Festival, the Vancouver Olympics and earned two nominations at the Canadian Folk Music Awards.Vissia struck ou