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CONNIE KALDOR BIO Singer-Songwriter / Author / Storyteller A masterful performer, wildly funny one moment, deeply personal the next - THE BOSTON GLOBE One of Canada’s most significant contemporary folk performers – BILLBOARD MAGAZINE Connie Kaldor is a Juno-Award-winning singer who has flourished on the folk music scene for over two decades. Her repertoire of original material embraces elements of gospel, rock, country and western, folk and blue grass. She has toured India, China, Europe, the United States and has appeared at most major concert venues and festivals in Canada. She has shared the stage with artists including Shawn Colvin, Sylvia Tyson, the Chieftains, Daniel Lanois and Tracy Chapman. Connie Kaldor was born in Regina, Saskatchewan in 1953. After high school, she chose to pursue a theatre career. She graduated with a theatre degree from the University of Alberta in 1976 and set out to practice her craft with alternative theatre companies including the Mummers in Newfoundland and Toronto's Theatre Passe Muraille. In 1979, she packed her suitcase full of theatrical wisdom and set out to blaze a trail on the folk music scene. The 2005 release, Sky With Nothing To Get in the Way, marks her ninth album of original material (not counting her albums for the whole family). Her collaboration on the album Lullaby Berceuse was her first endeavor in children’s music – it won a JUNO AWARD (Canadian equivalent of the Grammys) for “Children’s Album of the Year” and a PARENTS’ CHOICE GOLD AWARD in 1990. Over the years, well-known family performers Heather Bishop, Fred Penner and Carmen Campagne have covered her songs. And in 2000, she co-wrote and performed the theme song for the animated television show based on Lynn Johnston’s popular comic strip, For Better or For Worse. In 2003, THE SECRET MOUNTAIN publishing house put out her “Storybook - Music CD” A Duck in New York City, which won both a JUNO AWARD and a PARENTS’ CHOICE GOLD AWARD. Her follow-up book and CD combination, A Poodle in Paris, received a JUNO AWARD, a PARENTS’ CHOICE GOLD AWARD and a NATIONAL PARENTING PUBLICATIONS ASSOCIATION (NAPPA) GOLD AWARD in 2004. Connie Kaldor lives in Montreal with her husband and two boys. ____ DISCOGRAPHY (Canadian release dates): Lullaby-Berceuse-A Warm Prairie Night (2005, re-issued Storybook-Music CD) Sky With Nothing To Get in the Way (2005), A Poodle in Paris (2004), A Duck in New York City (2003), Vinyl Songbook (2002), Love is a Truck (2000), Small Café (1996), Out of the Blue (1994), Wood River (1992), Gentle of Heart (1989), Lullaby-Berceuse (1998), New Songs for an Old Celebration (1986), Moonlight Grocery (1984), One of these Days (1981) "A DUCK IN NEW YORK CITY" IN THE PRESS : “This terrific book-CD combination features a dozen hilarious songs… as well as more than 24 eye-popping collages” - CANADIAN FAMILY “Folksinger’s New York CD just ducky… Move over Margaret Atwood, there’s a new gal on the block who just might be Booker Prize–worthy material!” - THE CALGARY HERALD “Cheerful collages… laugh-along tunes” - MACLEAN’S MAGAZINE “A really darling original song/story… with 12 kid-friendly folk toe-tappers” - THE EDMONTON JOURNAL