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Julie Doiron is an Acadian and Canadian singer and songwriter.
Julie started playing bass in Eric's Trip at age 18, having joined the band under the insistence of her then-boyfriend, Rick White, also of Eric's Trip. After their break-up in 1996, she began releasing solo albums, initially under the name
Broken Girl. In 1999, Doiron recorded an album with the Ottawa band Wooden Stars, 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 of 2000. She has also appeared as a guest musician on albums by The Tragically Hip and
Gordon Downie.
Apart from her music career, Doiron is an avid photographer, having published a book of her photographs entitled
The Longest Winter with words by Ottawa writer Ian Roy. She often does her own promotional photos and cover artwork along with her husband, painter Jon Claytor.
She currently lives in New Brunswick with her husband and their three children: Ben, Charlotte, and Rose. At various points in her life, she has lived in Moncton, Sackville, Montreal and Toronto.
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