Steve Lambke is a Canadian singer-songwriter. He is a vocalist and guitarist for the
indie rock
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band
Constantines
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History
Constantines was formed in 1999, by vocalist and guitarist Bryan Webb, drummer Doug MacGregor, and guitarist Paul Bright, all of whom had played together in the emo band S ...
, and formerly released solo material under the name Baby Eagle.
Biography
Lambke grew up in
Cambridge, Ontario
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where he played with fellow Constantine Dallas Wehrle in a band called Captain Co-Pilot in the late 1990s. He moved to
Guelph
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in 1997 to attend school at the
University of Guelph
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and earned a Bachelor of Science in
physics
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. Lambke and Wehrle joined two former members of
Shoulder
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The articulations between the bones of the shoulder m ...
in 1999 to form the Constantines.
Lambke released his first solo album, ''Baby Eagle'', in 2006 on
Outside Music
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. The album was recorded in Winnipeg, MB, and includes contributions from
John K. Samson
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and
Christine Fellows
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History
Born in Windsor, Ontario, and raised in France and Kelowna, British Columbia, Fellows lived in Toronto, Vancouver, Guelph and Montreal ...
. A second album, ''No Blues'', was recorded in Sackville, NB, with contributions from
Julie Doiron
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Outside Music
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. The album, ''Dog Weather'' was released in 2010 on Lambke's own You've Changed Records and received strong reviews all around. The album includes collaborations with
Daniel Romano
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Shotgun Jimmie
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The album ''Bone Soldiers'' was released by You've Changed Records on March 6, 2012. The album is credited to Baby Eagle and the Proud Mothers, and has a noisier, more punk-influenced sound than previous recordings. The Proud Mothers are Lambke's fellow Constantine Will Kidman, Ian Kehoe, Spencer Burton and Nick Ferrio.
Lambke currently lives in
Toronto
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, where he continues to write, record and perform. He co-owns and operates You've Changed Records along with Daniel Romano."Daniel Romano keeps busy" . kitemag.net, March 21, 2010.
He was a nominee for the 2013
SOCAN Songwriting Prize
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for "Mule in the Flowers", a song he cowrote with
Tamara Lindeman
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of
The Weather Station
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CBC News
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