Kerri Anderson is a Canadian pop and rock singer, most prominent in the early 1990s."Bashing away at bias pays; Singer-songwriter Kerri Anderson has the bright future to show". ''

Edmonton Journal The ''Edmonton Journal'' is a daily newspaper published in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. It is part of the Postmedia Network. History The ''Journal'' was founded in 1903 by three local businessmen — John Macpherson, Arthur Moore and J.W. Cunn ...

'', January 26, 1990. She is most noted for garnering a

Juno Award The Juno Awards (stylized as JUNOS), or simply known as the Junos, are awards presented by Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, the Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences to recognize outstanding achievements in Canada's mu ...

nomination for Most Promising Female Vocalist at the

Juno Awards of 1992 The Juno Awards (representing Canadian music industry achievements of the previous year ) from 1992, were awarded on 29th of March in Toronto at a ceremony in the O'Keefe Centre. Rick Moranis was the host for the ceremonies, which were broadcast ...

."Adams leads Juno pack with seven nominations". ''

Montreal Gazette ''The Gazette'', also known as the ''Montreal Gazette'', is a Canadian English-language broadsheet daily newspaper which is owned by Postmedia Network. It is published in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is the only English-language daily newspape ...

'', February 13, 1992. Born and raised in

Edmonton Edmonton is the capital city of the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Alberta. It is situated on the North Saskatchewan River and is the centre of the Edmonton Metropolitan Region, which is surrounded by Central Alberta ...

, Alberta, Anderson played piano in her youth and played briefly with a local band called Wages of Sin before recording a number of demo songs. The songs garnered her airplay on 96 K-Lite in the city, and the station recorded one of her subsequent live shows for broadcast; the recording in turn led to her becoming the first artist signed to Randy Nicklaus' Impact Records. Impact released Anderson's album ''Labyrinth'' in 1991."Debut disc full of potential". ''

'', November 17, 1991. However, by 1992 Impact Records was being taken over by

MCA Records MCA Records was an American record label owned by MCA Inc. established in 1972, though MCA had released recordings under that name in the UK from the 1960s. The label achieved success in the 1970s through the 1980s, often by acquiring other ...

, and ''Labyrinth'' got lost in the shuffle."Once bitten by record industry, singer no longer shy of the stage". ''

'', March 18, 1994. Left without a record label, Anderson battled clinical depression for several months before reemerging as a performer on Edmonton's local music scene again.

Discography

*''Labyrinth'' (1991)

References

Canadian women rock singers Canadian women pop singers Living people Musicians from Edmonton Year of birth missing (living people) 20th-century Canadian women singers Singers from Alberta {{Canada-singer-stub