Kinnie Starr

Kinnie Starr
Starr performing in Ottawa, Ontario at Westfest 2008
Starr performing in Ottawa, Ontario at Westfest 2008
Background information
Birth nameAlida Kinnie Starr
Born1970 (age 54–55)
OriginCalgary, Alberta, Canada
GenresCanadian hip hop, alternative rock
Occupations
  • Singer
  • rapper
Years active1995–present
LabelsAporia Records (current), Mercury/Def Jam
Websitekinniestarr.ca
Kinnie Starr
Academic background
Alma materQueen's University

Alida Kinnie Starr (born 1970) is a Canadian multidisciplinary singer and rapper.

Early life

Starr was born and raised in Calgary, where she attended Western Canada High School. Her ancestry is French, German, Irish and self-identified indigenous heritage, specifically Mohawk.[citation needed] She is trilingual (English, French and Spanish). Starr has a BA in Race and Gender Studies from Queen's University.[1]

After moving to Vancouver, Starr formed her first band in 1992. According to legend, the true extent of her talent was first revealed on trip to New York City, when a friend pushed her onstage at an East Village club's open-mic night, where her impromptu spoken-word poetry met an enthusiastic reception.

Career

Following a self-released demo called Learning 2 Cook in 1995, she released her debut album Tidy in 1996, mixing rock, punk, pop, and hip-hop, along with her trademark spoken-word poetry. On that album, she rapped in three languages: English, Spanish, and French.

Starr signed to major label group Island/Def Jam in 1997, following a massive bidding war during which Clive Davis personally flew out to dine the young artist to try and sign her to his roster of pop stars.[2] The next year, Seagram bought Polygram, the parent company of Island Def Jam, and merged it into Universal Music Group. In the resulting upheaval, Starr felt she was lost in the shuffle and she asked to be released from her contract. The material she recorded for her first album with Island Def Jam, 1998's Mending was never released, though some record labels have talked of releasing the lost album.

In 1997, Starr appeared on the Lilith Fair tour. In the late '90s and in 2004, she toured Canada with Veda Hille and Oh Susanna as part of the "Scrappy Bitch Tour".[3]

She performed in November 2000 at Lee's Palace in Toronto.[4]

Cirque du Soleil pursued Starr to sing in their productions, and in 2003 she contracted with them to perform in Zumanity for two years. After releasing her 2003 album Sun Again, she moved to Las Vegas. However, she was back home in Canada by the following year, where she continued to perform and record.

Her 2013 album "Kiss It" was made available to fans at Vancouver's Queer Arts Festival one week before the official release.[5]

Her 2018 album, Feed the Fire explores finding one's truest self amidst the digital chaos of the 21st century.[6]

Musical style and influences

Her musical style has been described as "hip hop aggro groove"[citation needed].

Starr has enlisted other Canadian musicians to appear on her albums over the years, including Swollen Members' Moka Only, Coco Love Alcorn, former Dream Warrior Spek and Tegan Quin of Tegan and Sara. Nelly Furtado credits Starr as an influence.[citation needed]

Music videos

  • "Ophelia" Director: Marsha Herle
  • "Month of Trickery" Director: Marsha Herle
  • "Nearer" Director: Marsha Herle
  • "Home is Everywhere" Director: Hannah C
  • "Go Go See It" Director: Hannah C
  • "High Heels" Director: Hannah C

Film

Starr's songs have been included on the soundtracks for the TV series The L Word and the movie Thirteen.

In 2001, Starr co-starred in Down and Out with the Dolls, a Kurt Voss movie about a fictional all-girl rock band.

Starr conceived of, and co-produced, the 2016 documentary Play Your Gender,[7] which explores the gender gap in the music industry, asking why only 5% of professional music producers are female. Produced by Sahar Yousefi and directed by Stephanie Clattenburg, the film premiered at the Canberra International Film Festival in Australia.[8] At the 2017 Melbourne Documentary Film Festival the film was awarded "Best Music / Art Documentary" (in a tie).[9] In 2018, the film was screened at the Reeperbahn Festival as part of the "Key Change Festival Initiative".[10]

Starr composed the score for the 2018 Haida language film Edge of the Knife.[11]

Activism

Much of Starr's work engages positively with female sexuality, in contrast to male perspectives often associated with hip-hop culture.[12] Starr identifies as bisexual, and has enjoyed popularity in the queer community.[13]

In 2006 she formally became a mentor for aspiring indigenous musicians as a faculty member with the Manitoba Audio Recording Industry Association's Aboriginal Music Program (AMP) Camp.

Starr appeared as a guest on The Rachel Maddow Show on 11 August 2006.[14] On 31 August, her single "Anything" was the first-ever No. 1 single on CBC Radio 3's new countdown show The R3-30.

Starr has often spoken out, for example during a 2013 performance at Vancouver Folk Music Festival,[15] about the importance of protecting water.

Discography

Album Year Label Producer
Learn 2 Cook (demo) 1995
Tidy 1996
Mending (Unreleased) 1998 Island/Def Jam
Tune-Up 2000
Sun Again 2003 Maple Music
Anything 2006
A Different Day 2010 Last Gang Chin Injeti
Kiss It 2013 Aporia
From Far Away 2014 Aporia
Feed the Fire 2018 Aporia

Filmography

  • 2001: Down and Out with the Dolls. Director: Kurt Voss.
  • 2016: Play Your Gender (host, curator & co-producer). Director: Stephanie Clattenburg. Producer: Sahar Yousefi.

Awards and recognition

In 2004, Starr was nominated for the Juno Award for New Artist of the Year.

Starr was featured in the Royal British Columbia Museum's major 2008 exhibition, "Free Spirit: Stories of You, Me and BC", as one of 150 cultural icons of BC.[16][17]

She produced the album We Are... by Digging Roots, which won the Juno Award for Aboriginal Recording of the Year at the Juno Awards of 2010.

In 2011, Starr was honoured as a Pioneer in Canadian Hip Hop Culture by the ManifesTO festival.[18]

Year Nominated work Award Result
2004 Sun Again Juno Awards, New Artist of the Year Nominated
2010 Digging Roots' album We Are... (Producer) Juno Awards, Aboriginal Album of the Year Won[19]
2014 Haida Raid 3: Save Our Waters — Kinnie Starr (Musician) & Amanda Strong (Director) imagineNATIVE Film and Media Arts Festival, Best Music Video Won[20]
2019 Edge of the Knife (Composer) Leo Awards, Best Musical Score, Motion Picture Nominated[21]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Vancouver's Kinnie Starr releases the "Big World" single". HipHopCanada. 29 April 2018. Retrieved 21 October 2020.
  2. ^ "Manifesto Festival Magazine Vol.5 (p. 29) by Manifesto Community Projects". ISSUU.com. 9 September 2011. Retrieved 2 April 2015.
  3. ^ Larry LeBlanc (16 December 2000). "Singer/Songwriter Oh Susannah aims to break out with third set". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. pp. 48 and 75. ISSN 0006-2510.
  4. ^ "LIVE: Kinnie Starr w/ Sook-Yin Lee & Tara Chase Tuesday November 07, 2000 @ 10:30 AM Nov. 3, 2000 Lee's Palace Toronto, ON"[usurped]. ChartAttack, Review By: Darrin Keene
  5. ^ Marchand, Francois (26 July 2013). "Kinnie Starr: Home is everywhere". Vancouver Sun. Archived from the original on 15 December 2018.
  6. ^ Week, Aboriginal Music. "Kinnie Starr". Sakihiwe.ca. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
  7. ^ "Playing her gender: Kinnie Starr" . BC Musician Magazine • 19 May 2017
  8. ^ "Film about gender gap in music industry screens at Reel 2 Real festival". CBC News, 3 April 2017
  9. ^ "Leaderboard". Melbourne Documentary Film Festival. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
  10. ^ "Film Programme Confirmed! - Reeperbahn Festival". 3 February 2021. Archived from the original on 3 February 2021. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
  11. ^ "Edge of the Knife". 28 September 2018. Archived from the original on 28 September 2018. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
  12. ^ "Can I Flaunt My Body and Be a Feminist? | Kinnie Starr". 19 June 2017. Archived from the original on 19 June 2017. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
  13. ^ "Kinnie Star: Home is everywhere" Archived 15 December 2018 at the Wayback Machine. Vancouver Sun
  14. ^ "Today's Show: Friday, August 11, 2006 | The Rachel Maddow Show | Air America Radio". 21 October 2006. Archived from the original on 21 October 2006. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
  15. ^ Thorkelson, Erika (9 August 2013). "Electro Artist Kinnie Starr Sings Out for Water". The Narwhal. Retrieved 30 October 2018.
  16. ^ "Royal BC Museum Annual Report (2008-09)" (PDF). Royal BC Museum. (p.6)
  17. ^ "Visit Joy at the Royal BC Museum for a picture with her!". Joy Kogawa House. 12 September 2008.
  18. ^ "MANIFESTO". Mnfsto.com. Archived from the original on 17 June 2013.
  19. ^ "Kinnie Starr – Kiss It Review | New Canadian Music Mobile". M.newcanadianmusic.ca. 2 August 2013. Archived from the original on 5 April 2015. Retrieved 2 April 2015.
  20. ^ "2014 Award Winners". imagiNATIVE Film & Media Arts Festival. Archived from the original on 31 July 2015.
  21. ^ "2019 Nominees & Winners by Name". Leo Awards. Archived from the original on 21 June 2020.
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Kinnie Starr.

Read other articles:

Tim Vanni

American wrestler Tim VanniPersonal informationBorn (1961-02-02) February 2, 1961 (age 63)Van Nuys, California, U.S. Medal record Men's freestyle wrestling Representing the  United States Pan American Games 1987 Indianapolis 48 kg 1991 Havana 48 kg 1995 Mar del Plata 48 kg Timothy (Tim) Mark Vanni (born February 2, 1961) is a two-time U.S. Olympic wrestler. He finished fourth in the '88 Games in Seoul and fifth in the '92 Games in Barcelona. Vanni also has six world championships pl...

 

العلاقات الأندورية التشيلية

العلاقات الأندورية التشيلية أندورا تشيلي   أندورا   تشيلي تعديل مصدري - تعديل   العلاقات الأندورية التشيلية هي العلاقات الثنائية التي تجمع بين أندورا وتشيلي.[1][2][3][4][5] مقارنة بين البلدين هذه مقارنة عامة ومرجعية للدولتين: وجه المقارنة أندو�...

 

Kadipaten Dayeuhluhur

Artikel ini tidak memiliki referensi atau sumber tepercaya sehingga isinya tidak bisa dipastikan. Tolong bantu perbaiki artikel ini dengan menambahkan referensi yang layak. Tulisan tanpa sumber dapat dipertanyakan dan dihapus sewaktu-waktu.Cari sumber: Kadipaten Dayeuhluhur – berita · surat kabar · buku · cendekiawan · JSTOR Kadipaten Dayeuhluhur adalah sebuah kerajaan kecil atau keadipatian atau kadipaten yang berlokasi di Kecamatan Dayeuhluhur sekara...

Синелобый амазон

Синелобый амазон Научная классификация Домен:ЭукариотыЦарство:ЖивотныеПодцарство:ЭуметазоиБез ранга:Двусторонне-симметричныеБез ранга:ВторичноротыеТип:ХордовыеПодтип:ПозвоночныеИнфратип:ЧелюстноротыеНадкласс:ЧетвероногиеКлада:АмниотыКлада:ЗавропсидыКласс:Пт�...

 

Gudit

Queen of the Kingdom of Semien in the 10th-11th century Yodit redirects here. For the Ethiopian model, see Yodit Getahun. YuditQueen of SemienQueen of SimienReignc.960 A.D.-c.1000 C.E.PredecessorGideon IVBornBegwena, Kingdom of AksumDiedc.1000 A.D.SpouseZenobisDynastyHouse of GideonFatherGideon IVReligionJudaism Gudit stela field, Aksum, Ethiopia Abreha and Atsbeha Church Gudit (Ge'ez: ጉዲት) is the Classical Ethiopic name for a personage also known as Yodit in Tigrinya, and Amharic, but ...

 

Kakanj

Town in Bosnia and Herzegovina Town and municipality in Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnia and HerzegovinaKakanj КакањTown and municipality Coat of armsLocation of Kakanj within Bosnia and Herzegovina.Coordinates: 44°07′52″N 18°05′50″E / 44.13111°N 18.09722°E / 44.13111; 18.09722Country Bosnia and HerzegovinaEntityFederation of Bosnia and HerzegovinaCanton Zenica-DobojGovernment • Municipal mayorMirnes Bajtarević (...

Gerlach and Ely Instructional Design Model

Mary Gerlach and Ely Model The Gerlach And Ely Instructional Design Model The Gerlach and Ely model emphasizes the cycle nature of instructional design.[1] The authors wanted to design a model which explained each component of the teaching and learning process while at the same time examining the relationship between the media and instruction. The model consists of ten elements and was constructed for teachers who both design and deliver instruction.[2] The model is clearly de...

 

乌克兰总理

 烏克蘭總理Прем'єр-міністр України烏克蘭國徽現任杰尼斯·什米加尔自2020年3月4日任命者烏克蘭總統任期總統任命首任維托爾德·福金设立1991年11月后继职位無网站www.kmu.gov.ua/control/en/（英文） 乌克兰 乌克兰政府与政治系列条目 宪法 政府 总统 弗拉基米尔·泽连斯基 總統辦公室 国家安全与国防事务委员会 总统代表（英语：Representatives of the President of Ukraine） 总...

 

內閣總理大臣

  关于与「內閣總理大臣」標題相近或相同的条目页，請見「內閣總理大臣 (消歧義)」。 日本國內閣總理大臣內閣總理大臣紋章現任岸田文雄自2021年10月4日在任尊称總理、總理大臣、首相、阁下官邸總理大臣官邸提名者國會全體議員選出任命者天皇任期四年，無連任限制[註 1]設立法源日本國憲法先前职位太政大臣（太政官）首任伊藤博文设立1885年12月22日，...

Stardust Resort and Casino

Historic casino hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada Stardust Resort and CasinoShow map of Las Vegas StripShow map of Nevada Location Winchester, Nevada, U.S. Address 3000 South Las Vegas BoulevardOpening dateJuly 2, 1958; 65 years ago (1958-07-02)Closing dateNovember 1, 2006; 17 years ago (2006-11-01)ThemeOuter spaceNo. of rooms1,065 (1958)1,552 (final years)Total gaming space85,000 sq ft (7,900 m2)Permanent showsLido de Paris (1958–91)Enter the Nig...

 

Amelia Behrens-Furniss

Pioneering American deep-sea diver Amelia Behrens-FurnissAmelia Behrens-Furniss in the 1920sBornAmelia Bauer Florence Behrens(1895-07-06)6 July 1895New Jersey, USADied8 July 1970(1970-07-08) (aged 75)Glendale, California, USAOther namesAmelia Florence Behrens Amelia Florence Behrens Musser Florence Amelia Musser Amelia Florence Musser Amelia Florence FurnissAmelia FurnissKnown forDeep-sea divingSpouses Guy Milton Musser ​ ​(m. 1913; div. 19...

 

Natalie Elphicke

British politician and lawyer (born 1970) Natalie ElphickeOfficial portrait, 2019Member of Parliamentfor DoverIn office12 December 2019 – 30 May 2024Preceded byCharlie ElphickeSucceeded byTBC Personal detailsBornNatalie Cecilia Ross (1970-11-05) 5 November 1970 (age 53)Welwyn Garden City, EnglandPolitical partyLabour (since 2024)Other politicalaffiliationsConservative (until 2024)Spouse Charlie Elphicke ​ ​(m. 1995; div. 2021)​Ch...

Bedřich Smetana

Potret Bedřich Smetana Bedřich Smetana (diucapkan:ˈbɛdr̝ix ˈsmɛtana); 2 Maret 1824 – 12 Mei 1884) dianggap sebagai salah satu komponis terbesar Ceko pada abad ke-19. Ia paling terkenal karena puisi simfonisnya Vltava (Moldau), bagian kedua dari siklus enam komposisi yang diberi judul Má vlast (Tanah airku). Kehidupan Smetana adalah anak seorang pembuat bir di Litomyšl di Bohemia, yang saat itu merupakan bagian dari Kekaisaran Austria. Sejak kecil ia belajar piano dan ...

 

عبد العزيز بن الحسن

سلطان المغرب الـ 18 من العلويين مولاي عبد العزيز سلطان المغرب الـ 18 من العلويين فترة الحكم7 يونيو 1894 إلى 4 يناير 1908 معلومات شخصية الميلاد 1878فاس، المغرب الوفاة 1 يناير 1943 (65 سنة)طنجة، المغرب مواطنة المغرب  الأب الحسن الأول بن محمد  إخوة وأخوات يوسف بن الحسن،  وعبد الحفي�...

 

Cormorant

Family of aquatic birds For other uses, see Cormorant (disambiguation). Cormorants and shagsTemporal range: 24–0 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N Late Oligocene - present Little pied cormorantMicrocarbo melanoleucos Scientific classification Domain: Eukaryota Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Suliformes Family: PhalacrocoracidaeReichenbach, 1850 Type genus Phalacrocorax Genera Microcarbo Poikilocarbo Urile Phalacrocorax Gulosus Nannopterum Leucocarbo Synonyms Aust...

Mike Whitby

British politician (born 1948) For the academic and ancient historian, see Michael Whitby. The Right HonourableThe Lord WhitbyMike Whitby in the Council Chamber, BirminghamLeader of Birmingham City CouncilIn officeJune 2004 – 3 May 2012Preceded byAlbert BoreSucceeded bySir Albert BoreMember of Birmingham City Councilfor HarborneIn office11 September 1997 – 22 May 2014Preceded byAnthony RustSucceeded byJohn AldenMember of the House of LordsLord TemporalIncumbentAssumed of...

 

Maria Theresa

Habsburg ruler from 1740 to 1780 For other uses, see Maria Theresa (disambiguation). Maria TheresaPortrait by Martin van Meytens, 1759Holy Roman EmpressTenure13 September 1745 – 18 August 1765Queen of Bohemia2nd reign12 May 1743 – 29 November 1780Coronation12 May 1743PredecessorCharles AlbertSuccessorJoseph II1st reign20 October 1740 – 19 December 1741PredecessorCharles IISuccessorCharles AlbertArchduchess of AustriaQueen of Hungary and CroatiaReign20 October 1740 – 29 November 1780Co...

 

2022 European Athletics Championships – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase

Men's 3000 metres steeplechase at the 2022 European Athletics ChampionshipsVenueOlympiastadionLocationMunichDates16 August (heats)19 August (final)Competitors34 from 16 nationsWinning time8:21.80Medalists  Topi Raitanen   Finland Ahmed Abdelwahed   Italy Osama Zoghlami   Italy← 20182024 → 2022 EuropeanAthletics ChampionshipsTrack events100 mmenwomen200 mmenwomen400 mmenwomen800 mmenwomen1500 mmenwomen...

Arthur Ruppin

German-Jewish Zionist (1876–1943) Arthur RuppinBorn(1876-03-01)1 March 1876Rawicz, Province of Posen, Prussia, German EmpireDied1 January 1943(1943-01-01) (aged 66)Jerusalem, Mandatory PalestineResting placeKibbutz Degania Alef Arthur Ruppin (1 March 1876 – 1 January 1943) was a German Zionist proponent of pseudoscientific race theory and one of the founders of the city of Tel Aviv.[1] Appointed director of Berlin's Bureau for Jewish statistics (Büro für Statistik der Juden...

 

Cradle to the Grave (album)

2015 studio album by SqueezeCradle to the GraveStudio album by SqueezeReleased2 October 2015 (2015-10-02)GenrePop[1]Length44:32LabelVirgin EMI Records, Love RecordsProducerGlenn Tilbrook, Laurie LathamSqueeze chronology Spot the Difference(2010) Cradle to the Grave(2015) The Knowledge(2017) Cradle to the Grave is the fourteenth studio album, and the thirteenth album of original material, by British rock band Squeeze. It was released in October 2015 and is their...