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1955: born in Toronto
writing the songs for Teenager
waiting tables and studying microbiology at the University of Guelph in Ontario
acoustic duo Java Jive
early 1980s: guitar- and piano-based folk artist in the coffee houses and clubs of Toronto
1981: self-titled debut album financed with waitressing tips
1984: signed with a small Canadian label, Duke Street; hit 'Mimi On The Beach'
1985: The Speckless Sky wins Canadian awards
1987: signed to Warner/Reprise
1994: "It Can't Rain All the Time" used in "the Crow" coundtrack info
1995: first full band tour in six years (Canada and USA)
1996: launched SHEEBA Records
1996: Vancouver folk Festival [glimpse]
1997: website debuts? review
1997: 'One More Colour' used in The Sweet Hereafter
1997: Ft Worth concert review w/pix; Cincinnati ditto
?: "When Spring Comes" used in "Hanging Garden" soundtrack sample
1998: book "S W A N"
1998: weekend-long Siberry Salons incl performances, workshop, and dinner
1999: book "One Room Schoolhouse"
1999: Hillside Festival workshop pan
Marco Polo; This Girl I Know; The Sky is So Blue; The Mystery at Ogwen's Farm; The Magic Beads; Writers are a Funny Breed; The Strange Well; Above the Treeline; In the Blue Light
Mimi lyrics
The Waitress; I Muse Aloud; Dancing Class; Extra Executives; You Don't Need; Symmetry (The Way Things Have to Be); Follow Me; Mimi on the Beach; Map of the World (Part 1)
One More Colour; Seven Steps to the Wall; The Very Large Hat; Vladimir . Vladimir; Mein Bitte; The Empty City; Map of the World (Part II); The Taxi Ride
It yielded Gold status and two People's Choice Awards (CASBY) for Album and Producer of the Year in her native Canada.
The White Tent The Raft; Red High Heels; Goodbye; Ingrid and the Footman; Lena is a White Table; The Walking (and Constantly); The Lobby; The Bird in the Gravel
Bound by the Beauty; Something About Trains; Hockey; Everything Reminds Me of My Dog; The Valley; The Life is the Red Wagon; Half Angel Half Eagle; La Jalouse; Miss Punta Blanca; Are We Dancing Now? (Map III)
Temple; Calling All Angels; Love is Everything; Sail Across the Water; All the Candles in the World; Sweet Incarnadine; The Gospel According to Darkness; An Angel Stepped Down (and slowly looked around); The Vigil (the sea); bells; At the Beginning of Time; [one minute space]; Love is Everything (harmony version)
Gillian Anderson's fave
I Muse Aloud; Mimi on the Beach; The Waitress; You Don't Need; One More Colour; Map of the World (Part II); The Taxi Ride; Seven Steps to the Wall; The Walking (and Constantly); Red High Heels; Ingrid and the Footman; The Life is the Red Wagon; Miss Punta Blanca; Bound by the Beauty
Maria; See the Child; Honey Bee; Caravan; Lovin' Cup; Begat Begat; Goodbye Sweet Pumpkinhead; Would You Go?; Mary Had...; [two minute space]; Oh My My
Introduction; The Squirrel Crossed the Road; Let's Not Talk Now; Song to My Father; Broken Birds; Puppet City; Oh My Sister; The Long Pirouette; Bessie; We Should Be There By Morning; Viking Heart; When Spring Comes; Angel Voyuer; Trumpeter Swan
Yoga Class; Jane's Message; PATTY LARKIN; "Coming Up For Air"; LAURA NYRO; When I Think of Laura Nyro; MICROSOFT-RIFFF "Peony"; JOE JACKSON; "The Bridge"; Bottom Line; DAROL ANGER; "Oh Shenandoah"; Solar Blast; k.d. lang; "Haint It Funny"; The End of the Day; "In My Dream"; Moon
She's Paying the Taxidriver; Caravan; Wildwood Carol; A Bitter Christmas; What Is This Fragrance Softly Stealing?; Quoi, Ma Voisine, Es-tu Fachée? (Neighbour Neighbour); Shir Amami; Mary's Lullaby; New Year's Baby; An Angel Stepped Down; Silent Night; You Will Be Born; O Holy Night; In the Bleak Mid-Winter; Christmas Mass; Christmas Song; Maria Wanders Through the Thorn; What Child Is This?; The Valley; Hockey; Twelve Days of Christmas; Are You Burning, Little Candle?
Siberry's other SHEEBA releases include 1997's A Day In The Life, a frenzied, 29-minute sound collage of a day in New York City made up of voice-mail messages, cab conversations, arguments with hairdressers, moments from yoga class, and excerpts of studio adventures with fellow artists Joe Jackson, Darol Anger, k.d. lang, and Patty Larkin. In addition, Siberry's first release on SHEEBA was 1996's Teenager, a special collection of songs that Siberry wrote as a teenage musician.
'Calling All Angels' duet with k.d. lang appeared in Wim Wenders' Until The End Of The World, while her hopeful 'It Can't Rain All The Time' was written specifically for The Crow. Peter Gabriel, Indigo Girls, and Joe Jackson.
Time & Love: The Music Of Laura Nyro
Video:
music performance documentary specials: One More Colour (1986), Jane Siberry, I Muse Aloud (1987)
Anthologies: Lesbian Favorites
Covered by:
kd lang on "Drag", 'Hain't It Funny?'
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