The Corn Sisters | |
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Origin | Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
Genres | Alternative country |
Occupation(s) | Singer-songwriter |
Years active | 1998–2002 |
Labels | Mint |
Past members | Neko Case Carolyn Mark |
The Corn Sisters were a Canadian alternative country act formed in Vancouver in 1998 as a side project by Neko Case and Carolyn Mark. Case had already released a solo album ( The Virginian , 1997), while Mark had released six albums with her former band The Vinaigrettes. [1]
The Corn Sisters built a reputation as "a dynamic touring duo" [2] performing in coffee shops and other small venues before gaining wider exposure as the opening act for Richard Buckner. [3] One of their coffee shop performances, recorded at Seattle's "Hattie’s Hat" in May 1998, was released as The Other Women by Mint Records in 2000 to mixed reviews, [1] [4] although Allmusic acknowledges its appealing "mix of twang and attitude". [5] The pair contributed three songs between them to the label's Team Mint Volume Two sampler in 2001 – one as the Corn Sisters, one as Carolyn Mark and Her Roommates, and one as Neko Case and Her Boyfriends. [6] They also contributed three tracks to the compilation A Tribute to the Soundtrack to Robert Altman's Nashville in 2002 – again, one as the Corn Sisters and one apiece as individuals. [7] While Case and Mark stopped performing regularly as a duo in 2002, they did join Kelly Hogan to record the music for the 2004 documentary Lipstick and Dynamite . [8]
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