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  Background solo_singer
  Born Windsor, Ontario
  Origin Winnipeg, Manitoba <br> Canada
  Genre Folk Rock
  Years Active 1993–present
  Label Six Shooter
  URL christinefellowscom


Christine Fellows is a Canadian Folk - Pop Singer-songwriter from Winnipeg, Manitoba .


HISTORY

Originally born in Windsor, Ontario and raised in France and Kelowna, British Columbia , Fellows moved to Toronto, Vancouver, Guelph and Montreal 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''. Fellows released ''The Last One Standing'' on Six Shooter Records in March of 2002. Her last album ''Paper Anniversary'' was released in 2005. These albums feature Leanne Zacharias (cello), Jason Tait (drums, vibraphone), Barry Mirochnick (drums, vocals), John K. Samson (vocals, guitar), Keith McLeod (mandolin) and Monica Guenter (viola).

Fellows has performed with the Rheostatics , Veda Hille , The Mountain Goats and The Weakerthans . She is married to The Weakerthans' lead singer, John K. Samson.

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 the spring of 2007, she is scheduled to release a 7" single, ''The Spinster's Almanac'', featuring songs she wrote for a dance work by choreographer Susie Burpee.

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 CBC Radio 3 in early 2007. Fellows and Samson also performed live on the network on March 17 , 2007 , to mark the final night of the network's terrestrial simulcast on CBC Radio Two .

Fellows' fourth solo album, ''Nevertheless'', is scheduled for release on November 6 , 2007 .


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