Corinne West (born 1970) is an American singer-songwriter and acoustic guitarist. She was born and raised in California.

Biography

At 15, while in school at Claremont High, West left home with guitar in hand to travel across America in a converted school bus. She sang in hard rock bands in Los Angeles when she was a teenager. West studied theater while enrolled at

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in her mid-twenties. She restored antique biplane wings, worked as a stonemason in the rural mountains of California, and opened a fine art business in fused-glass and metal in Quincy, located in the

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mountains, with David Duskin (born 1974), a blacksmith. She is known for her singing and original songwriting which is based in

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. Her songwriting has met with much critical acclaim and secured her a position as a finalist in the 2005 New Folk competition at the

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. In July 2006, West was featured in an interview on the

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program, Bob Harris Country, which led to a tour of England and Ireland in early 2007. West's debut CD, ''Bound For the Living'', was released in 2004. Her second album, ''Second Sight'', which followed it in 2007, featured a number of notable guests, including

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player

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ist Mike Marshall, and

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. In 2009 she released a third CD, ''The Promise'', which she co-produced with Doug Cox and recorded in Canada. West has toured extensively, which have included performances at acclaimed festivals and clubs through the United States and abroad. In 2010 and 2011 she toured extensively as a duo with fellow songwriter and guitarist

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. The pair released a CD in 2010 entitled ''Magnetic Skyline''.BBC
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Retrieved January 8, 2012. In 2013, West began touring with her newly formed band featuring Pam Delgado ''(née'' Pamela Denise Delgado; born 1964) and Jeri Jones ''(née'' Jeri Ellen Jones; born 1958) from

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Discography

* ''Bound for the Living,'' Make Records, (2004); * ''Second Sight,'' Make Records (2007) * ''The Promise,'' Make Records (2009); * ''

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,'' with

, Make Records (2010); * ''Starlight Highway,'' Make Records (2015);

Collaborators

* Doug Cox and recorded in Canada *

Family

West was born in Los Angeles to Jim Donald Brondino (born 1942), an educator, and Jeanne Marie Anderson, an author ''(maiden;'' born 1942). They divorced in 1983. West has a younger brother, Darin Brondino. Corinne – under her birth surname, on November 3, 1999, in Quincy – married artist David Urquhart Duskin (born 1974).

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:West, Corinne American folk musicians American women singer-songwriters Living people Singer-songwriters from California 1970 births Feather River College alumni 21st-century American women Claremont High School (California) alumni