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This Week on Earthsongs: Christa Couture

 

Toronto-based Cree indie-folk artist Christa Couture grew up in Edmonton, Canada. Her mother was a singer in a folk trio, her father a singer of traditional Aboriginal music. Christa herself sang in choirs and performed in musical theater, then as a teenager lost a leg in a fight with cancer. As an adult and mother, Christa lost two children before they reached the age of two. These tragedies inform her music, have inspired her to appreciate the more cliché breakup songs, and bring a unique joy and insight to her writing. Her fourth album Long Time Leaving transitions to a more light-hearted feel, continuing in her indie-folk style, but with a Nashville twang.

Fun Facts
2014 Fans and friends raise more than $25,000 to purchase her a high-tech microprocessor knee for her prosthetic leg – making it easier for her to get around on the road
2012 The Living Record album made Best-of-the-Year lists at CBC Music, Radio Regent
2008 Canadian Aboriginal Music Awards winner for “Best Folk Acoustic Album”

Discography
Long Time Leaving (2016)
The Living Record (2012)
The Wedding Singer & the Undertaker (2008)
Fell Out of Oz (2007)

Playlist

Artist (Song) Album

  1. Twin Flames (Winds of Change) Jaaji and Chelsey June
  2. Nahko and Medicine for the People (San Quentin) Hoka
  3. Lyla June Johnston (Sundance Year RoundLast Stand Mixtape, Vol. 1
  4. Oginalii (Left and Right) Acoustic Demo
  5. Lakota John & Kin (Women Be Wise) Lakota John & Kin
  6. Christa Couture (Alone In ThisLong Time Leaving
  7. Christa Couture (ZookeeperLong Time Leaving
  8. Christa Couture (When It Gets Dark AgainLong Time Leaving
  9. Brendt Thomas Diabo (Dirty Old Town) Dirty Old Town – Single
  10. Rudy Parris (Party Out Back) Makin’ My Way
  11. Fawn Wood (Kwelosoet) Kikāwiynaw
  12. Boogey The Beat (Hoka) Hoka – Single
  13. Once A Tree (Howling) Thousand Lives – EP
Alexis Sallee grew up in Anchorage, Alaska of Iñupiat descent. Her love for sound for film and music started at an early age and found its focus in radio when she joined the KNBA team after graduating high school. After working as an Earthsongs sound editor along with Shyanne Beatty for two years, she attended college at Full Sail University in Winter Park, FL. There she earned a Bachelors of Science in Recording Arts. Alexis now resides in Los Angeles where she hosts INDIGEFI and is involved in the audio post production industry.