Julie Doiron

Julie Doiron (born June 28, 1972 in Moncton, New Brunswick) is a Canadian singer-songwriter of Acadian heritage. Doiron started playing guitar (later switching to bass) in Eric's Trip at age eighteen, having joined the band under the insistence of her then-boyfriend, Rick White, also of Eric's Trip. Shortly before the band's break-up in 1996, she released a solo album under the name Broken Girl, which followed two previous 7" EPs under that name.... more

Julie Doiron (born June 28, 1972 in Moncton, New Brunswick) is a Canadian singer-songwriter of Acadian heritage. Doiron started playing guitar (later switching to bass) in Eric's Trip at age eighteen, having joined the band under the insistence of her then-boyfriend, Rick White, also of Eric's Trip. Shortly before the band's break-up in 1996, she released a solo album under the name Broken Girl, which followed two previous 7" EPs under that name. All of her subsequent material, however, has been released under her own name. Although most of her solo material has been written and performed in English, she has also released an album of French language material, Désormais. In 1999, Doiron recorded an album with the Ottawa band Wooden Stars, which was the first time she had worked with a band since the end of Eric's Trip. She was honoured with a Juno Award for Julie Doiron and the Wooden Stars in March 2000. She has appeared as a guest musician on albums by The Tragically Hip (2000s Music... less