Quartette (band)

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Quartette
Origin Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Genres Country/Folk
Years active1993present
Labels Denon
Members Cindy Church
Caitlin Hanford
Gwen Swick
Sylvia Tyson
Past members Colleen Peterson
Website quartette.com

Quartette is a Canadian country-folk group consisting of Cindy Church, Caitlin Hanford, Gwen Swick and Sylvia Tyson. [1] Each of the four members also record as solo artists in addition to their work as a group. [2]

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History

The group was originally formed in 1993 and included Tyson, Hanford, Church and Colleen Peterson. [3] [4]

In 1994 Quartette released a self-titled album, [5] and later that year won a Canadian Country Music Association award for best vocal collaboration.

In 1995 and 1996 they were nominated for Juno Awards in the category of best country group. [5]

Peterson had toured and recorded with Quartette until early 1996, when she was diagnosed with cancer and was unable to perform with the band during her cancer treatment. She chose her friend and collaborator Gwen Swick to fill in for her, [6] and later died in Toronto on October 9 that year. She is interred in Little Lake Cemetery in Peterborough, Ontario.

All four current members of the group are also solo performers who have toured throughout Canada, [7] having performed on Adrienne Clarkson Presents and at the Vancouver Folk Music Festival.

Quartette's recordings and live performances have been reviewed favorably by The Globe and Mail , Chatelaine and Billboard .

At the end of 2016, Quartette continued to perform live, completing a month-long tour in December. [8]

Discography

Albums

YearTitleCAN Country
1993Quartette [1]
1995Work of the Heart [9] 19
1996It's Christmas
1998In the Beauty of the Day
2002I See a Star
2007Down at the Fair
2013Rocks and Roses
20 Years of Quartette

Singles

YearTitleCAN CountryAlbum
1994"Red Hot Blues"9Quartette
1995"No Place Like Home"81Work of the Heart
1999"I Don't Want to Cry"53In the Beauty of the Day

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  9. "Quartette Work Of The Heart – 1995 (Denon (Canada))". Country Standard Time, Reviewed by Joel Bernstein