Julie Fader is a

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best known as a keyboard player and backing vocalist for Sarah Harmer,

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Great Lake Swimmers Great Lake Swimmers is a Canadian folk rock band from Wainfleet, Ontario, and currently based in Toronto. The current touring line-up is Tony Dekker on lead vocals, acoustic guitar and harmonica, Erik Arnesen on banjo, electric guitar and Pump o ...

. In September 2009, she released ''Outside In'', her debut album as a solo artist. ''Outside In'' was recorded and produced by Graham Walsh of Holy Fuck, and features guest appearances by Sarah Harmer,

, Tony Dekker and Erik Arnesen of

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, Pete Hall of A Northern Chorus, and Brian Borcherdt of Holy Fuck. She was previously the lead vocalist for

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indie rock band Flux A.D. Her bandmates included Graham Walsh, Bill Majoros of The Foreign Films, Erin Aurich of A Northern Chorus and

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, and Joel Stouffer of

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."With a little help from her friends". ''

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'', October 24, 2009. At the time, she was credited as Julie MacDonald.

Discography

* ''Outside In'' (2009)

Guest appearances

* Sarah Harmer, '' I'm a Mountain'' (2005) *

, '' Soft Airplane'' (2008) * Attack in Black, '' Years (by One Thousand Fingertips)'' (2008) * Baby Eagle/ Attack in Black split (2008) *

, '' Lost Channels'' (2009) * SunBear, ''Sun Streaming In'' (2009) *

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, '' Way Down Here'' (2009) *

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, '' The Things We Left Behind'' (2009) *

Evening Hymns Evening Hymns is a Canadians, Canadian indie rock, indie folk rock band, whose core member is singer and songwriter Jonas Bonnetta. The remainder of the band consists of a rotating collective of musicians, including members of Ohbijou, The Wooden ...

, ''Spirit Guides'' (2009) *

, ''

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'' (2010) * Sarah Harmer, '' Oh Little Fire'' (2010)

References

External links

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