artist Kinnie Starr

Kinnie was a lead player in the alt-indie film Down and Out with the Dolls (filmed in 2001), directed by Kurt Voss (of Sugar Town fame).... Two years later, she lived and worked in Las Vegas, singing for Zumanity, Cirque du Soleil's controversial cabaret production.... and she found a new, comfortable home at MapleMusic releasing Sun Again in 2003, plus a publishing deal with Last Gang Publishing and their partner company Olé, … the same year Kinnie earned a Juno nomination for Best New Artist.... Also in 2003, Starr co-wrote Carmen Rizzo's Beso, a song for the soundtrack of the acclaimed film Thirteen. But wait, there's more: Starr has another body of work in progress, a collection of four-track songs that she's self-producing on a well-used, much-loved Tascam 564. "They're quite sparse, sort of Joni Mitchell-ish, but they're not really folk songs, they're tipped towards jazz and old-school Motown ballads." She has twenty songs in progress, and hopes to release ten - when they're ready.... Kinnie has started writing for the native publication Spirit Magazine, and recently interviewed Daniel Lanois for its upcoming spring issue.... "I write a lot, and very quickly these days, off the seat of my pants," she adds. "If I'm driving I'll pull over, or I'll take my sketchbook out and put in on my lap while I drive if I can't pull over."