Meryn Cadell is a Canadian singer, writer and performance artist. He currently teaches the writing of song lyrics and libretto in the Creative Writing Program at University of British Columbia. Performance art is art where the actions of an individual or a group at a particular place and in a particular time, constitute the work. ... The University of British Columbia (UBC) is a public university with its main campus located at Point Grey, in the University Endowment Lands adjacent to Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada and another smaller campus known as UBC Okanagan located in Kelowna, British Columbia. ...

A graduate of the Ontario College of Art and Design, Cadell was active as a performance artist in Toronto, Ontario's Queen Street West scene when he released an independent cassette titled Mare-In Ka-Dell in 1988. The Ontario College of Art & Design is Ontarios premier school devoted entirely to art and design. ... Template:Hide = Motto: Template:Unhide = Diversity Our Strength Image:Toronto, Ontario Location. ... Queen Street West refers to both a major east-west downtown street and a series of neighbourhoods or commercial districts within the city of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. ... 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

He soon signed to Intrepid Records, and recorded with Jim Creeggan of Barenaked Ladies, Bob Wiseman of Blue Rodeo and members of Rheostatics. Those sessions were released in 1991 as the album Angel Food For Thought, whose first single "The Sweater" became a surprise Top 40 hit in Canada in 1992. Jim Creegan is the bass player for Canadian band Barenaked Ladies. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Bob Wiseman is a Canadian singer-songwriterfilmmaker. ... Blue Rodeo is a Canadian country rock band formed in 1984 in Toronto. ... Rheostatics are a Canadian indie rock band. ... 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Top 40 is a radio format based on frequent repetition of songs from a constantly-updated list of the forty best-selling singles. ... 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ...

In 1993, Cadell released his follow-up album Bombazine on Sire Records. This album featured guest appearances by Rheostatics, Ben Mink, Tyler Stewart, Anne Bourne and John Alcorn. Following that album, he took a hiatus from music to do human rights work with PEN Canada. He also wrote an independent film, which was never produced due to provincial government cutbacks to arts funding. Sire Records Company is an American record label, owned by Warner Music Group and distributed through Warner Brothers Records The label was founded in 1966 as Sire Productions by Seymour Stein and Richard Gottehrer. ... Ben Mink (born 1951) is a Canadian songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, producer, and long-time collaborator with k. ... Tyler Stewart is the drummer for Barenaked Ladies. ... John Alcorn is a Canadian jazz singer. ...

In 1997, Cadell returned to music with the album 6 Blocks on the independent label Handsome Boy Records. Special guests on this outing included Anne Bourne, Mary Margaret O'Hara, Chris Wardman and Jason Sniderman (Blue Peter), Paul Brennan (Odds) and Martin Tielli. 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Mary Margaret OHara is a Canadian singer-songwriter, who has been hailed as one of the greatest cult heroines in rock music despite having released very few of her own recordings. ... Jason Sniderman is a Canadian businessman. ... Blue Peter were a Canadian new wave synthpop band in the early 1980s. ... Paul Brennan is a Canadian musician. ... Odds were a Canadian alternative rock band in the 1990s. ... Martin Tielli Martin Tielli, born in 1967 in Italy, is a Canadian singer-songwriter. ...

Following that album, Cadell retired from the music business, and is now a professor of creative writing at the University of British Columbia. The University of British Columbia (UBC) is a public university with its main campus located at Point Grey, in the University Endowment Lands adjacent to Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada and another smaller campus known as UBC Okanagan located in Kelowna, British Columbia. ...

Discography

• Mare-In Ka-Dell (1988)
• Angel Food for Thought (1991)
• Bombazine (1993)
• 6 Blocks (1997)

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External links

• Cadell's online journal