Kerri Anderson is a Canadian pop and rock singer, most prominent in the early 1990s."Bashing away at bias pays; Singer-songwriter Kerri Anderson has the bright future to show". ''

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'', January 26, 1990. She is most noted for garnering a

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nomination for Most Promising Female Vocalist at the

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."Adams leads Juno pack with seven nominations". ''

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'', February 13, 1992. Born and raised in

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, Alberta, Anderson played piano in her youth and played briefly with a local band called Wages of Sin before recording a number of demo songs. The songs garnered her airplay on 96 K-Lite in the city, and the station recorded one of her subsequent live shows for broadcast; the recording in turn led to her becoming the first artist signed to Randy Nicklaus' Impact Records. Impact released Anderson's album ''Labyrinth'' in 1991."Debut disc full of potential". ''

'', November 17, 1991. However, by 1992 Impact Records was being taken over by

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, and ''Labyrinth'' got lost in the shuffle."Once bitten by record industry, singer no longer shy of the stage". ''

'', March 18, 1994. Left without a record label, Anderson battled clinical depression for several months before reemerging as a performer on Edmonton's local music scene again.

Discography

*''Labyrinth'' (1991)

References

Canadian women rock singers Canadian women pop singers Living people Musicians from Edmonton Year of birth missing (living people) 20th-century Canadian women singers {{Canada-singer-stub