Christine Ann Fellows (born 1968) is a Canadian

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-pop singer-songwriter from

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, Manitoba.

History

Born in

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, and raised in France and

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, 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 Pain ...

(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 Rheostatics,

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Kim Barlow Kim Barlow (born March 10, 1969) is a Canadian folk singer and musician. Biography Barlow was born in Montreal, Quebec, and raised in rural Nova Scotia, she is of Anglo-Quebecker descent. She studied classical guitar at Florida State University ...

Martin Tielli Martin Tielli is a Canadian singer-songwriter. He was a member of the Rheostatics, and has also released material as a solo artist and with the side project Nick Buzz. As well, he has appeared as a guest musician on albums by Barenaked Ladies, K ...

, Old Man Luedecke and

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. 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 Old Man Luedecke, and often collaborates with visual artist Shary Boyle. She was artist-in-residence at Le Musée de Saint-Boniface Museum 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

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participated in the

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to produce and score a short film about

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. She also was the

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for the

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web documentary ''

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

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'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

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

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''. In 2018, Fellows launched her own online store, Vivat Virtute, to sell her music and other craft and art projects.Erin Lebar, "Like a good reno". ''

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'', November 9, 2018. Her first release through Vivat Virtute was the album ''Roses on the Vine'', and she followed up in 2022 with ''Stuff We All Get''.John Kendle
"New music"
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'', December 8, 2022. In February 2023, Fellows and Samson released ''Hold Music'', an album of almost entirely instrumental music except one song with vocals by Samson, with Vivat Virtute credited as the band name.

Discography

* 2000 - '' 2 Little Birds'' (

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) * 2002 - '' The Last One Standing'' (Six Shooter) * 2005 - '' Paper Anniversary'' (Six Shooter) * 2007 - '' Nevertheless'' (Six Shooter) * 2011 - '' Femmes de chez nous'' (Six Shooter) * 2014 - ''Burning Daylight'' * 2018 - ''Roses on the Vine'' * 2022 - ''Stuff We All Get'' * 2023 - ''Hold Music'' (with John K. Samson as Vivat Virtute)

References

External links

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