Artist's albums
Woman Who Pays
2023 · single
Everyday Moments
2019 · album
Love Sask
2014 · album
Stuff My Stocking Baby
2011 · single
I Just Want a Prairie Christmas
2011 · single
It Just Wouldn't Be Christmas Without You
2011 · single
Out of the Blue
2010 · album
Wood River
2010 · album
Lullaby-Berceuse: A Warm Prairie Night
2005 · compilation
Love is a Truck
2005 · album
A Poodle in Paris
2004 · album
A Duck in New York City
2003 · album
Similar artists
Catherine MacLellan
Artist
Laura Smith
Artist
Dave Gunning
Artist
Carmen Campagne
Artist
David Francey
Artist
James Keelaghan
Artist
J.P. Cormier
Artist
Lennie Gallant
Artist
Shari Ulrich
Artist
Valdy
Artist
David Mallett
Artist
Stephen Fearing
Artist
The Small Glories
Artist
Priscilla Herdman
Artist
Murray McLauchlan
Artist
Biography
One of Canada's leading contemporary folk artists, Connie Kaldor uses her gift for songwriting and performing to share a wide range of emotions. While her knack for writing humorous songs inspired one reviewer to call her a cross between Woody Allen and Woody Guthrie, Kaldor has been equally effective reflecting on more serious issues. On her 1996 album, Small Cafe, produced by her husband Paul Campagne of Hart-Rouge, she reflects on the memory of a dead friend ("Down to a River") and examines the effects of child abuse ("He's Running in His Sleep"). The daughter of a Lutheran church choir director, Kaldor was influenced by the music of the Beatles, Laura Nyro, Carole King, and Joni Mitchell. Studying piano as a youngster, she began playing guitar while in high school. After performing in folk music coffeehouses in her hometown, Kaldor pursued an interest in theater at the University of Alberta. Graduating in 1975, she moved to Toronto to work with the avant-garde drama troupe Theater Passe Maraille. Before long, however, Kaldor returned to music and became an active presence on Canada's folk music circuit. Forming her own record label, Coyote, Kaldor released her debut album, One of These Days, in 1981. For Kaldor's second album, Moonlight Grocery (1984), she was nominated for a Juno Award (Canada's equivalent of the Grammys) as Most Promising Female Vocalist. Kaldor's first album of children's songs, Lullaby Berceuse, released in 1988, was the recipient of Juno and Parent's Choice awards. She has since won two additional Junos for Best Children's Album in 2004 and 2005. Kaldor's other albums on Coyote have included Gentle of Heart (1989), Wood River (1992), Out of the Blue (1994), Love Is a Truck (2000), Vinyl Songbook and Sky with Nothing to Get in the Way (both 2005), and Postcards from the Road (2009). During the new millennium she has also recorded such children’s albums as A Duck in New York City (2005) and A Poodle in Paris (2006), both released on the Secret Mountain imprint. Kaldor has also toured China, India, and Europe as a goodwill musical ambassador from Canada, and starred in a Christmas special broadcast by Canada's Global Television Network. The mother of two sons, Gabriel and Aleski, Kaldor makes her home in Montreal. ~ Craig Harris, Rovi