Crissi Cochrane is a Canadian pop singer-songwriter based in Windsor, Ontario.
Career
Cochrane was born and raised in the
Annapolis Valley of
Nova Scotia. She released her first recordings as a high school student, under the name "Save September".
After graduation, Cochrane relocated to Halifax where she was based for three years before eventually moving to Windsor, Ontario in 2010.
2009–2012: The folk era
While residing in Halifax, Cochrane studied Music Business at the Nova Scotia Community College in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia
and began performing under her own name in 2009. In addition to her solo work, she held a role in indie rock band Gamma Gamma Rays from 2008 to 2010,
and contributed guest vocals on
Rich Aucoin's EP
We're All Dying To Live (Sonic Records, 2011). At the EP's release show in Halifax, Cochrane joined Rich for a duet of the song "Undead Pt. 1: Estrangement".
Just weeks before moving to Ontario by train in August 2010, she released
Darling, Darling, a full-length album recorded at SOMA Electronic Music Studios in Chicago, Illinois.
The record features guest performer
Mike Kinsella (of Owen, American Football) on percussion and additional guitar. In the same month, Gamma Gamma Rays released the LP
Beeps, recorded at the Echo Chamber in Halifax. The group disbanded after Cochrane's departure.
In late 2011, she released the EP Pretty Alright. The EP reached the No. 5 on the national folk chart for campus and community radio
2014–present: Breakthrough with Little Sway; Heirloom
After three years of living in the Windsor/Detroit region, she released her second full-length studio album,
Little Sway, in January 2014. The album carries the influence of jazz, soul, bossa nova,
Motown, and R&B.
The album reached No. 30 on the National Top 50 in February 2014 on campus and community radio.
Cochrane placed in the Top 10 nationwide in the 2014 CBC
Searchlight Contest (The Hunt for Canada's Best New Artist), being one of five artists selected by public vote. She represented the Windsor region in the contest with "And Still We Move", the first single from
Little Sway.
Her song "A Damn Shame" from Little Sway was placed in "Is the Better Part Over?", the 21st episode of the season 3 of ABC's Nashville, in 2015.
Cochrane released "Hungry Love", the first single from her album Heirloom, on 7 January 2020.
Since then, Cochrane has released two singles: "Can We Go Back", on 14 August 2020,
Discography
Albums
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| Composer, guitar, vocals, flute |
| Mandolin, vocals, flute |
| Composer, guitar, vocals, ukulele, flute |
| Composer, rhythm guitars, vocals |
Singles and EPs
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| Composer, guitar, vocals |
| Composer, guitar, vocals |
| Composer, guitar, vocals |
| Vocals, guitar, engineering, production |
| Composer, guitar, vocals |
| Composer, rhythm guitars, vocals |
| Composer, vocals |
| Composer, vocals |
Collaborations
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| Vocals on "Dying to Live" |
| Vocals on "Back N Forth" |
| Vocals on "Aalis" |
| Vocals on "Little Love" |
| Vocals on "Cheap String Lights" |
| Vocals on "This Love" |
Notes
- The album was released 16 November 2018 in Italy by Radiocoop under the Aldiar label.
- The single was released 26 October 2018 in Italy by Radiocoop under the Aldiar label.
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