Kyrie Kristmanson

Who is Kyrie Kristmanson?

Kyrie Kristmanson is a Canadian singer/songwriter, guitarist and trumpeter. Born in Ottawa, Ontario, she has lived in Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick, Saskatchewan and in France. Since appearing at the 2006 Winnipeg Folk Festival at the age of fifteen, Kristmanson has performed widely in Canada and Europe. Her performances have been broadcast nationally in Canada by CBC Radio 2, and in France by Radio France and by France Inter.

She received an B.Hum. Honours degree in humanities and music from Carleton University in 2010.

She has released three albums as a solo artist, incorporating jazz, folk and classical influences into her musical style. She performs in English and French, and has toured widely in France since launching her third album Origin of Stars at the Eglise Saint-Eustache in Paris. She began her ongoing research of troubadour music and poetry, and particularly the female medieval troubadour tradition, during a year spent studying at the Lumière University Lyon 2. Her poetry chapbook Myths of the Body was published by In/Words Magazine and Press in September 2008, and she has contributed texts to Jowi Taylor's Six String Nation and Folk Prints magazine.