Cindy Church (born 1958) is a Canadian
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artist. Church released three studio albums on
Stony Plain Records
Stony Plain Records is a Canadian independent record label, which specializes in roots music genres such as country, folk, and blues. The label has released more than 300 albums.
History
Stony Plain was founded by Holger Petersen and Alvin Jahns ...
and was nominated for
Best Country Female Vocalist at the
Juno Award
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s in 1995 and 1996. She is also a member of the award winning group
Quartette.
Early life
Church grew up in Bible Hill, Nova Scotia.
Biography
In 1984, Cindy Church, along with guitarist Nathan Tinkham, joined
Ian Tyson
Ian Dawson Tyson (September 25, 1933 – December 29, 2022) was a Canadian singer-songwriter who wrote several folk songs, including "Four Strong Winds" and " Someday Soon", and performed with partner Sylvia Tyson as the duo Ian & Sylvia.
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's band, the Chinook Arch Riders. Church sang background vocals on three of Tyson's albums. In 1987, Church and Tinkham joined the traditional country music trio
Great Western Orchestra founded by Neil Bentley, Dave Hamilton and mandolinist David Wilkie. The group recorded an album for
Sony Music Canada
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and received a 1990
Juno Award
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nomination for
Best Country Group or Duo.
Church launched a solo career in 1992 with the release of the single "The Road to Home."
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"half-stricken". It is usually caused by spinal cord injury or a congenital condition that affects the neural ...
following a rodeo accident. Proceeds from the song went to the Song for Brent Society.
Church won Female Artist of the Year at the 1993 Alberta Country Music Awards. That same year, she joined singer-songwriters Sylvia Tyson
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, Caitlin Hanford and Colleen Peterson to form the country and folk music group Quartette.
Church was named best country artist at the Alberta Recording Industry Awards in 1994; that year Quartette won the Canadian Country Music Association
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's award for Vocal Collaboration of the Year. The group received three consecutive Juno Award nominations for Best Country Group or Duo from 1995 to 1997. Peterson was forced to leave the group when she was diagnosed with cancer in 1996. She chose her friend Gwen Swick to fill in for her.
Church issued her debut solo album, ''Love on the Range'', in 1994. Included was the Top 20 single "Rockabilly Heart." She received a nomination from the Canadian Country Music Association for Female Artist of the Year, and was also nominated for Best Country Female Vocalist at the Juno Awards in 1995 and 1996. Her second studio album, ''Just a Little Rain'', was released in 1995.
Church's eponymous third album was released in 1996. The album featured a duet with Ian Tyson on a song written by Tyson, "What Does She See." The collaboration resulted in a 1998 Juno Award nomination for Best Country Group or Duo. Church continues to perform as a member of Quartete, who issued their sixth studio album, ''Down at the Fair'', in 2007. She is also a member of the group Lunch at Allen's
Lunch At Allen's is a band consisting of four Canadian artists of folk, country, and popular music, Cindy Church, Marc Jordan, Murray McLauchlan & Ian Thomas. Their name comes from the fact that three of the four members—Marc Jordan, Murray McLa ...
and performs in a tribute to Hoagy Carmichael
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, "The Nearness of You."
During the summer of 2016, Church was performing with singers Marc Jordan Marc or MARC may refer to:
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, Murray McLauchlan
Murray Edward McLauchlan, (born 30 June 1948) is a Canadian singer, songwriter, guitarist, pianist, and harmonica player. He is best known for his Canadian hits "Farmer's Song," "Whispering Rain," and "Down by the Henry Moore".
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and Ian Thomas in the group Lunch at Allen's
Lunch At Allen's is a band consisting of four Canadian artists of folk, country, and popular music, Cindy Church, Marc Jordan, Murray McLauchlan & Ian Thomas. Their name comes from the fact that three of the four members—Marc Jordan, Murray McLa ...
, in a number of towns and small cities in Ontario, Canada. She also continued her participation in Quartette with a month-long December tour."A Quartette Christmas with Sylvia Tyson and friends"
''Ottawa Citizen'', Lynn Saxberg, 16 December 2016
Discography
Albums
Singles
References
External links
Official Site
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Canadian women singer-songwriters
Canadian women country singers
Living people
Quartette (band) members
Canadian country singer-songwriters
Canadian folk singer-songwriters
1958 births