September 24, 2018
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.
Discography
Long Time Leaving (2016)
The Living Record (2012)
The Wedding Singer & the Undertaker (2008)
Fell Out of Oz (2007)
Playlist
Artist (Song) Album
- Twin Flames (Winds of Change) Jaaji and Chelsey June
- Nahko and Medicine for the People (San Quentin) Hoka
- Lyla June Johnston (Sundance Year Round) Last Stand Mixtape, Vol. 1
- Oginalii (Left and Right) Acoustic Demo
- Lakota John & Kin (Women Be Wise) Lakota John & Kin
- Christa Couture (Alone In This) Long Time Leaving
- Christa Couture (Zookeeper) Long Time Leaving
- Christa Couture (When It Gets Dark Again) Long Time Leaving
- Brendt Thomas Diabo (Dirty Old Town) Dirty Old Town – Single
- Rudy Parris (Party Out Back) Makin’ My Way
- Fawn Wood (Kwelosoet) Kikāwiynaw
- Boogey The Beat (Hoka) Hoka – Single
- Once A Tree (Howling) Thousand Lives – EP
