Connie Isabelle Kaldor, (born 9 May 1953) is a Canadian

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singer-songwriter. She is the recipient of three

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Early life and education

Kaldor was born in

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. She graduated from

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in Regina in 1972 and the

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in 1976 with a BFA degree in theatre.

Career

Kaldor performed with various theatre groups, including Theatre Passe Muraille, The Mummers and 25th Street House Theatre, until 1979, when she gave it up to start a full-time music career. In 1981, she founded her own

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, Coyote Entertainment, and has released fourteen albums. In 1997, she was featured performer in

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on the last broadcast of

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's CBC national radio program Morningside. Kaldor wrote the lyrics for

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's musical, feminist interpretation of the bible, ''The Destruction of Eve''. The musical premiered in 1998 in

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with

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. She has won the Juno Award for best

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album three times, in 1989, 2004, and 2005. Most of her music is for adults. She co-wrote a song for the animated television series based on the comic strip '' For Better or For Worse'', which debuted in 2000. She is married to music producer and Hart-Rouge member Paul Campagne, and lives in

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. Her song "Wanderlust" was covered by

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. In 2003, her television show ''@ Wood River Hall'' debuted on

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. In 2006, she was made a Member of the

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Discography

* ''One Of These Days'' (1981) * ''Moonlight Grocery'' (1984) * ''New Songs for an Old Celebration'' (1986) (with

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) * ''Lullaby Berceuse'' (1988) (with Carmen Campagne) * ''Gentle of Heart'' (1989) * ''Wood River'' (1992) * ''Out of the Blue'' (1994) * ''Small Café'' (1996) * ''Love is a Truck'' (2000) * ''A Duck in New York City'' (2003) * ''A Poodle in Paris'' (2004) * ''Sky With Nothing to Get in the Way'' (2005) * ''Vinyl Songbook'' (2005) * ''Postcards from the Road'' (2009) * ''Love Sask'' (2014) * ''Everyday Moments'' (2019) * ''Prairie Christmas'' (2020)

References

External links

*
CanadianBands.com entry – Connie Kaldor

The Canadian Encyclopedia: Connie Kaldor
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