Jamie Anderson (musician)
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Jamie Anderson is an American female singer from Tucson, Arizona
, best known as a performer of women's music
. She is based in Ottawa
, Ontario
.
Anderson first began touring the U.S. in 1987, and released her debut album in 1989. She was voted Favorite New Performer by Hot Wire in 1990 and 1991, and played many women's music festivals through the decade of the 1990s. As of 2010 she had released ten full-length albums.
She is openly lesbian
.
Arizona
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, best known as a performer of women's music
Women's music
Women's music is the music by women, for women, and about women . The genre emerged as a musical expression of the second-wave feminist movement as well as the labor, civil rights, and peace movements...
. She is based in Ottawa
Ottawa
Ottawa is the capital of Canada, the second largest city in the Province of Ontario, and the fourth largest city in the country. The city is located on the south bank of the Ottawa River in the eastern portion of Southern Ontario...
, Ontario
Ontario
Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....
.
Anderson first began touring the U.S. in 1987, and released her debut album in 1989. She was voted Favorite New Performer by Hot Wire in 1990 and 1991, and played many women's music festivals through the decade of the 1990s. As of 2010 she had released ten full-length albums.
She is openly lesbian
Lesbian
Lesbian is a term most widely used in the English language to describe sexual and romantic desire between females. The word may be used as a noun, to refer to women who identify themselves or who are characterized by others as having the primary attribute of female homosexuality, or as an...
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Discography
- Closer to Home (Tsunami Records, 1989)
- Center of Balance (Tsunami, 1992)
- Family of Friends (Tsunami Records, 1993)
- Bad Hair Day (Tsunami, 1993)
- Never Assume (Tsunami, 1995)
- Drive All Night (Tsunami, 1999)
- Listen (Tsunami, 2002)
- A Promise of Light (Tsunami, 2005)
- Three Bridges (Tsunami, 2007)
- Better Than Chocolate (Tsunami, 2010)