Jane Siberry
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Biography
The fiercely independent Canadian singer and songwriter Jane Siberry was born Jane Stewart on October 12 1955 in Toronto. After learning piano and guitar as a child she wrote her first songs as a teenager. While studying microbiology at the University of Guelph she began performing, eventually being part of the short-lived group Java Jive. Her folk influences were on display on her 1981 self-titled indie debut, and it caught on enough to get her a record deal with A&M. Three years later, her sophomore album, No Borders Here, abandoned folk for electronic inflected art pop. She had her first chart success with the seven-and-a-half minute âMimi on the Beachâ. 1985âs The Speckless Sky continued the same sonic approach and gave her the number 27 single âOne More Colourâ. She signed with major label Reprise and released The Walking, an album informed by a difficult personal break-up at the time. For 1989âs Bound by the Beauty she moved away from art-pop and returned to more folk and even country elements. She scored her first top 10 hit on the Adult Contemporary chart with 1992âs âCalling All Angelsâ. 1993âs When I Was a Boy celebrated her overcoming her alcoholism and leaned toward R&B, hip-hop, and funk. The album fizzled, as did 1995âs jazz heavy Maria. After leaving Reprise she formed her own label and relocated to New York where she recorded a number of live albums. 2000âs Hush explored traditional folk songs. In 2006 she sold off most of her possessions and changed her name to Issa, a new personality that resulted in the albums Dragon Dreams, With What Shall I Keep Warm?, and Meshach Dreams Back. She raised money online to fund 2016âs Ulyssesâ Purse.
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Albums
Top Tracks
- Track Popularity
- Miss Punta Blanca
- The White Tent the Raft
- Calling All Angels
- The Walking (And Constantly)
- Anytime
- Not Alone by Jane Siberry
- The Narrow Bridge
- Everything Reminds Me Of My Dog
- Goodbye
- Half Angel Half Eagle
- Sail Across the Water
- Hockey
- Shir Amami
- Walk On Water
- Something About Trains
- Sweet Incarnadine
- Introduction
- Ingrid (And the Footman)
- The Bird in the Gravel
- Temple
- La Jalouse
- All The Candles in the World
- The Life Is The Red Wagon
- The Lobby
