She gives up all her lovely and messy bits to a blend of folk, quirk and bark.

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FOLK: like Ani, POP: Folky Pop



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"a marvel - Bill Richardson, CBC "

Christa Couture gives up all her lovely and messy bits to a blend of folk, quirk and bark. A formidable talent armed with a haunting voice and a quick-witted, poignant turn-of phrase, her live performances are energetic and moving. It is in this context that Christas work is at its spontaneous best fueling her attentive audience with candor, wit and passion.

"She sings with an intimacy that feels like you are being let in on a secret" (TheProvince, BC) and indeed you are. On her debut full length album, Fell Out of Oz, Christa confronts and contemplates surviving childhood cancer, kissing boys, kissing girls, and abortion. "With a wide-eyed and inviting tenderness" (Edmonton Sun), she speaks honestly about illness, loss, and uncertainty, spinning heartache, fear and hope into passionate and compelling music and lyrics.

Fell Out of Oz is the folow up to her EP Starter. Produced by Ewan Deane and Murray Atkinson, musicians Doug Elliot (The Odds) and Don Harrison, Don Binns and Don Short (Sons of Freedom) all lent their musical talents to support Christas first formal recording. With Starter hot off the press, and full of wanderlust, Christa and her guitar moved to England to play in many a smoky pub including the legendary Hope & Anchor in London. After a year of gigging extensively in England, and with increasing radioplay back home and online, Starter quickly garnered praise and devoted fans from across Canada, the United States and the UK. Christas song day 4 was chosen as the first track on the fundraising compilation CD entitled Peace Songs for a Better World (for the UNESCO endorsed project New Songs for Peace), which led to an invitation to play at Winterfolk III in Toronto (February 2005). Thus, Christa finally made her way back to Canada.

Fell Out of Oz was then recorded in Vancouver with producer Futcher (Be Good Tanyas, Girl Nobody, Mike Clark). The recording reunited Christa with guitarist Murray Atkinson, and features the talents of upright bassist Micheal-Owen Liston (Mark Berube, Rae Spoon) and drummer Niko Friesen (Motion Soundtrack). Recorded live off the floor, Fell Out of Oz demonstrates Christas expanding maturity as a songstress and captures the in the moment emotion that lend her songs a raw, yet subtle intensity.

Christa has recently completed a western Canadian tour as part of the popular Grrrls With Guitars series and one of her songs appeared on the brand new Grrrls With Guitars compilation. Her song I will was also selected in 2005 as part of the compilation cd The Independents (Braun & Brains Music), and in addition to the Grrrls tour, Christa has performed solo in Vancouver, Toronto, The Edge of the World Music Festival, and for the delegates at SIOP, the annual, international conference held on Pediatric Oncology.

With the critical success of Fell Out of Oz and fans and support growing with every show, Christa continues to pick up her guitar and head out the door, pockets full of songs and stories.

In early 2007, Christaâs first music video will be released. The video was directed and produced by the award winning William Morrison (The Matthew Good Band, Skinny Puppy, Delirium) for the cinematic track âScared, Tooâ.