Fell Out of Oz by Christa Couture

Produced by Ewan Deane and Murray Atkinson, musicians Doug Elliot (The Odds) and Don Harrison, Don Binns and Don Short (Sons of Freedom) all lent their musical talents to support Christas first formal recording. With Starter hot off the press, and full of wanderlust, Christa and her guitar moved to England to play in many a smoky pub including the legendary Hope & Anchor in London. After a year of gigging extensively in England, and with increasing radioplay back home and online, Starter quickly garnered praise and devoted fans from across Canada, the United States and the UK. Christas song day 4 was chosen as the first track on the fundraising compilation CD entitled Peace Songs for a Better World (for the UNESCO endorsed project New Songs for Peace), which led to an invitation to play at Winterfolk III in Toronto (February 2005). Thus, Christa finally made her way back to Canada.

Fell Out of Oz was then recorded in Vancouver with producer Futcher (Be Good Tanyas, Girl Nobody, Mike Clark). The recording reunited Christa with guitarist Murray Atkinson, and features the talents of upright bassist Micheal-Owen Liston (Mark Berube, Rae Spoon) and drummer Niko Friesen (Motion Soundtrack). Recorded live off the floor, Fell Out of Oz demonstrates Christas expanding maturity as a songstress and captures the in the moment emotion that lend her songs a raw, yet subtle intensity.

Christa has recently completed a western Canadian tour as part of the popular Grrrls With Guitars series and one of her songs appeared on the brand new Grrrls With Guitars compilation. Her song I will was also selected in 2005 as part of the compilation cd The Independents (Braun & Brains Music), and in addition to the Grrrls tour, Christa has performed solo in Vancouver, Toronto, The Edge of the World Music Festival, and for the delegates at SIOP, the annual, international conference held on Pediatric Oncology.

With the critical success of Fell Out of Oz and fans and support growing with every show, Christa continues to pick up her guitar and head out the door, pockets full of songs and stories.

In early 2007, Christa’s first music video will be released. The video was directed and produced by the award winning William Morrison (The Matthew Good Band, Skinny Puppy, Delirium) for the cinematic track “Scared, Too”.

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