Caitlin Hanford
Caitlin Hanford is an American and Canadian country and bluegrass singer and a music teacher. She is a member of the group Quartette and also the band The Marigolds.[1] She is the ex-wife of musician Chris Whiteley.
Early life
Hanford was born in Lawrence, Kansas, October 24, 1954, the daughter of Psychologist Dana B. Hanford and Frances Mason Hanford. Her family moved to Anacortes, Washington when she was six, where she attended Fidalgo Elementary School. Hanford is rumored to be obsessed with Anacortes and the nearby town of Sedro-Woolley.
In 1965 her family moved near Poulsbo, WA, and rented a beach cabin on Hood Canal. It was here that Hanford first took an interest in country music when her father brought home a Roger Miller album. A year later, her family moved to Bainbridge Island, WA, where she attended Commodore Bainbridge Middle School and Bainbridge High School, graduating in 1972.
Hanford attended the University of Northern Colorado and the University of Oregon. After her sophomore year, she took a year off to join the Hoedads, a tree planting co-op based in Eugene, Oregon.
Hanford moved to Canada in 1976 and graduated from McGill University, in Montreal, Quebec in 1978.[2]
Career
After graduation, Hanford began teaching elementary school music. She began performing country music as well. In 1981, Hanford and Chris Whiteley released an album , Lovin' in Advance, and a single through Troubadour Music.[3][4] After a second album, the pair were nominated for a Juno Award in 1984.[2] In 1989 Hanford and Whiteley founded and performed with the Adobe Brothers.[2]
In 1993, Hanford was a founding member of Quartette, along with Sylvia Tyson, Colleen Peterson and Cindy Church. The group released its first album in 1994,[5] and later produced six more albums. They toured Canada extensively,[6][7] and have been nominated for several Juno Awards.[1][6]
Hanford continued to perform in the Toronto area.[8] She joined with Suzie Vinnick and Gwen Zwick to create The Marigolds; she tours in Ontario with this group.[9]
When not performing or recording, Hanford teaches music in an elementary school in Toronto.[10]
In 2016, Hanford participated in a month-long Quartette tour in December.[11]
References
- ^ a b "Quartette brings Christmas to Morinville". St. Albert Gazette, Nov 25, 2015 Anna Borowiecki
- ^ a b c "Quartette". The Canadian Encyclopedia, article by Richard Haskell.
- ^ David Farrell (19 December 1981). "Cavoukian builds on small stable of acts". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. pp. 71–. ISSN 0006-2510.
- ^ "Ken Whiteley". The Canadian Encyclopedia. article by Durrell Bowman.
- ^ Larry LeBlanc (4 February 1995). "Canada: Who's Who". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. pp. 80–. ISSN 0006-2510.
- ^ a b Larry LeBlanc (9 September 2000). "Tyson album, stage show, draw on her life and long career in music". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. pp. 60–. ISSN 0006-2510.
- ^ "Quartette Work Of The Heart – 1995 (Denon (Canada))". Country Standard Time, Reviewed by Joel Bernstein
- ^ "Dead good!". NOW Toronto, by Sarah Liss. April 25, 2002
- ^ " Marigolds". Frontenac News, by Jeff Green, 05 October 2006
- ^ " Finding the harmony between your job and your passion". Harvey Schachter, The Globe and Mail, May 17, 2012
- ^ "A Quartette Christmas with Sylvia Tyson and friends". Ottawa Citizen, Lynn Saxberg, December 16, 2016