Jocelyne Chantal Lanois is a Canadian musician, bass player and songwriter from
Hull, Quebec, who has been a member of the bands
Martha and the Muffins
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and
Crash Vegas
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Biography
The band was formed by Michelle McAdorey and Greg Keelor of Blue Rodeo in 1988, who were also in a romantic relationship. ...
. She has also had touring stints as bassplayer with
Ani DiFranco and
Chris Whitley
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, and played on
Sarah McLachlan
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's album ''
Solace
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''. She is the sister of record producer
Daniel Lanois
Daniel Roland Lanois ( , ; born September 19, 1951) is a Canadian record producer, guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter.
He has produced albums by artists including Bob Dylan, Neil Young, Peter Gabriel, Robbie Robertson, Emmylou Harris, Willie ...
, and was partner at his experimental Lab Studio with producer, musician
Malcolm Burn
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Biography
Born in Cornwall, Ont ...
, collaborating on his solo release, ''Redemption''.
Lanois went on to develop a career in scoring music for films and documentaries. Between 2006 and 2008 she wrote and recorded songs in collaboration with
Martha Johnson, Mark Gane and Leonardo Valvassori, playing bass, guitar, percussion and vocals.
References
Canadian pop guitarists
Canadian folk guitarists
Canadian women folk guitarists
Living people
Musicians from Gatineau
Musicians from Toronto
Canadian new wave musicians
Women bass guitarists
Crash Vegas members
Martha and the Muffins members
20th-century Canadian bass guitarists
20th-century Canadian women musicians
21st-century Canadian bass guitarists
21st-century Canadian women musicians
Year of birth missing (living people)
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