Ida Nilsen is a Canadian

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singer-songwriter and musician. She has been a member of the bands Radiogram,

The Violet Archers The Violet Archers is a Canadian indie pop band from Toronto. Led by former Rheostatics bassist Tim Vesely, the band consists of Vesely on vocals, Yawd Sylvester on guitar, drummer Camille Giroux, bassist Scott Remila, Ida Nilsen on piano. Hist ...

, The Beans, The Gay,

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and

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, and has appeared as a guest musician on albums by P:ano, Jerk With a Bomb, Montag and

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. She formed her own band, Great Aunt Ida, in 2003. That band released its debut album, ''Our Fall'', in 2005. Great Aunt Ida's second album ''How They Fly'' was released at the Railway Club in Vancouver on September 21, 2006. In a favourable review, critic Jennifer Van Evra wrote, "the album's simultaneously warm and spare arrangements give it an understated power". In October 2007, Nilsen moved from

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. She resided there settling in Parkdale writing the songs that were to become "Nuclearize Me", which Now Magazine described as "Reminiscent of Belle & Sebastian’s fuller late-period material, it’s steady and sure, intimate and honest, with songs that are so damn smartly crafted.", recorded with Dave Draves at Little Bullhorn Studios in Ottawa. In 2012, Nilsen moved to Detroit, MI with her husband, songwriter Jay Clark Reid. In 2015, Nilsen moved back to Vancouver. In 2021 she released ''Unsayable'', her fourth album and her first in a decade.Shawn Conner
"‘Great Aunt Ida’ Nilsen returns with the lush Unsayable"
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'', September 1, 2021.

Discography

*''Our Fall'' (2005) *''How They Fly'' (2006) *''Nuclearize Me'' (2011) *''Unsayable'' (2021)

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* Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Musicians from Vancouver Canadian people of Norwegian descent Canadian singer-songwriters Canadian indie rock musicians Canadian indie pop musicians Nilsen, Ida {{singer-songwriter-stub