Christine Fellows (born 1968) is a Canadian

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-pop singer-songwriter from

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, Manitoba.

History

Born in

Windsor, Ontario Windsor is a city in southwestern Ontario, Canada, on the south bank of the Detroit River directly across from Detroit, Michigan, United States. Geographically located within but administratively independent of Essex County, it is the souther ...

and raised in France and

Kelowna Kelowna ( ) is a city on Okanagan Lake in the Okanagan Valley in the southern interior of British Columbia, Canada. It serves as the head office of the Regional District of Central Okanagan. The name Kelowna derives from the Okanagan word ''ki� ...

, British Columbia, Fellows lived in

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, Vancouver,

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and

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before settling in Winnipeg in 1992. In 1993, she formed her first group, Helen, with Barry Mirochnick, Paul James, and Chang. Helen broke up in 1995, and in 1996 Fellows teamed up with singer-songwriter Keri McTighe, Barry Mirochnick, Keith McLeod and Peggy Messing, to form Special Fancy. The group released one album, ''King Me''. In 2000 Fellows released her debut solo album, ''2 Little Birds''. This was followed by ''The Last One Standing'' in 2002, ''Paper Anniversary'' in 2005, and ''Nevertheless'' in 2007. These albums feature Leanne Zacharias (cello),

Jason Tait Jason Tait is a Canadian musician from Winnipeg, Manitoba. He is the drummer for the Canadian indie rock band The Weakerthans. Tait has also been a contributing member of Broken Social Scene and The FemBots. Career Tait played drums for the Pa ...

(drums, vibraphone), Barry Mirochnick (drums, vocals), John K. Samson (vocals, guitar), Keith McLeod (mandolin), Monica Guenter (viola), Greg Smith (bass), Ed Reifel (percussion), and Cristina Zacharias (violin). Fellows has performed with the

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and

The Weakerthans The Weakerthans are an award-winning and Juno-nominated Canadian indie rock band from Winnipeg. The band, led by John K. Samson, has released four studio albums and is currently inactive. History The band was formed in 1997 in Winnipeg, Manit ...

. She is married to The Weakerthans' lead singer, John K. Samson. In 2006, Fellows and Samson recorded ''The Old House'', an album intended only as a Christmas gift for friends and family, although they released two songs, "Taps Reversed" and "Good Salvage", for airplay on

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in early 2007. Fellows and Samson also performed live on the network on 17 March 2007, to mark the final night of the network's terrestrial simulcast on

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. Fellows also composes music for dance, film, and television. She scored part of Clive Holden's '' Trains of Winnipeg'' film series, as well as collaborating with Tait and Samson on the associated album. In 2007, she wrote several songs for a dance piece by choreographer Susie Burpee; they were later included on her fourth solo album, '' Nevertheless'', which was released on 6 November 2007. Fellows has also toured as a member of The Pan-Canadian New Folk Ensemble with

and

, and often collaborates with visual artist

Shary Boyle Shary Boyle D.F.A. (born May 26, 1972) is a contemporary Canadian visual artist working in the mediums of sculpture, drawing, painting and performance art. She lives and works in Toronto. Early life and education Boyle was born in the Toronto s ...

. She was artist-in-residence at

Le Musée de Saint-Boniface Museum Le Musée de Saint-Boniface Museum (also known as the St. Boniface Museum) is a museum in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, that is dedicated to Franco-Manitoban and Métis culture and history. It is located in the oldest building in Winnipeg, a form ...

in Winnipeg for 2009. Her fifth studio album, ''Femmes de chez nous'' includes a live performance film/DVD of the September 2009 premiere of ''Reliquary/Reliquaire'', the commissioned performance work she created for the museum. In 2011, Samson, Fellows and

Sandro Perri Sandro Perri is a musician and producer from Toronto, Ontario, Canada. His music has been called post-rock, electronic, experimental, ambient, folk among others. He has been producing, mixing and mastering records for other artists since 2003. ...

participated in the

National Parks Project The National Parks Project is a Canadian music and film project. Released in 2011 to mark the 100th anniversary of the creation of the National Parks of Canada system,Daniel Cockburn Daniel Ernest Cockburn is a Canadian performance artist, film director and video artist. Cockburn won the Jay Scott Prize in 2010 and the European Media Art Festival's principal award in 2011 for his debut feature film '' You Are Here.'' Edu ...

to produce and score a short film about

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Bruce Peninsula National Park Bruce Peninsula National Park is a national park on the Bruce Peninsula in Ontario, Canada. Located on a part of the Niagara Escarpment, the park comprises 156 square kilometres and is one of the largest protected areas in southern Ontario, form ...

. She also was the

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for the

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web documentary '' God's Lake Narrows''. Her 2014 album ''Burning Daylight'' was released jointly with a poetry collection of the same name. She is currently an adjunct professor in the

University of British Columbia The University of British Columbia (UBC) is a public university, public research university with campuses near Vancouver and in Kelowna, British Columbia. Established in 1908, it is British Columbia's oldest university. The university ranks a ...

's creative writing program. Most recently, Samson, Fellows, Ashley Au and

collaborated on the music for ''For the Turnstiles'', a dance performance by Winnipeg's Contemporary Dancers troupe inspired by

Neil Young Neil Percival Young (born November 12, 1945) is a Canadian-American singer and songwriter. After embarking on a music career in Winnipeg in the 1960s, Young moved to Los Angeles, joining Buffalo Springfield with Stephen Stills, Richie Furay ...

's 1974 album '' On the Beach''. In 2016, Fellows and Tait coproduced Samson's new solo album ''

Winter Wheat Winter wheat (usually ''Triticum aestivum'') are strains of wheat that are planted in the autumn to germinate and develop into young plants that remain in the vegetative phase during the winter and resume growth in early spring. Classification ...

''."John K. Samson Returns with 'Winter Wheat' Solo LP, Shares New Single"
''

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'', 15 August 2016.

Discography

* 2000: '' 2 Little Birds'' (

Endearing Records Endearing Records is a Canadian independent record label established in 1994, now based in Vancouver, British Columbia, originally based in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Endearing Records has released many albums by Canadian indie artists since the ...

) * 2002: '' The Last One Standing'' (Six Shooter) * 2005: '' Paper Anniversary'' (Six Shooter) * 2007: '' Nevertheless'' (Six Shooter) * 2011: ''

Femmes de chez nous ''Femme'' (; , literally meaning "woman") is a term traditionally used to describe a lesbian who exhibits a feminine identity or gender presentation. Alternate meanings of the word also exist with some non-lesbian individuals using the word, ...

'' (Six Shooter) * 2014: ''Burning Daylight'' * 2018: ''Roses on the Vine''

References

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