Irene Bridger is a gospel musician from

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, Newfoundland and Labrador,

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. She has worked with

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Dean Stairs. ''A Heart Full of Love'' was her first album. In 2005, she released her second album, ''You''. The title track from this album was written by Ada Jenkins, a friend of Bridger. Bridger's album ''Living Prayer'' was nominated in the Inspirational Album of the Year category at the 2007

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. She was featured on ''Hope in the Midst of a Storm'', a 2008 album produced in support of the

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. Also in 2008, she performed at Gander Pentecostal Church as part of

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's annual awards and conference. She was nominated for the title of Female Artist of the Year at the 2010 MusicNL awards. The other nominees were

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, Teresa Ennis,

Kellie Loder Kellie Loder (born 1988) is an Independent music, independent singer-songwriter from Newfoundland who plays drums, guitar and piano. They have released three albums: ''The Way'' in 2009, ''Imperfections & Directions'' in 2010 and ''Benefit of th ...

, and Amelia Curran. In 2012, Bridger released ''Coming Home'', an EP inspired by the

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. Despite never having fully written a song herself before, she wrote all of the songs on this album herself.

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