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Rae Spoon is a Canadian transgender country and indie singer-songwriter. Spoon's breakthrough album, 2008's Superioryouareinferior, was recorded in Calgary and introduced some electronic music elements into Spoon's style.
Personal Life
Rae Spoon was born in Calgary, Alberta and raised by evangelical Christian parents.
After a decade of living as a trans man, Spoon came out as "they" in 2012 during an interview with cartoonist Elisha Lim, a fellow advocate for the gender-neutral pronoun. Spoon explained to Now Magazine, "after years of fighting to be called ‘he,’ the idea of coming out again made me tired. But now I feel kind of rejuvenated, ready to fight on some more. I think the ‘they’ pronoun is a pretty cool thing. It’s letting a lot of people not have to identify as a man or a woman. Whatever it means to them.”
They will also be publishing a book of short stories about growing up in Alberta, with Arsenal Pulp Press in the fall of 2012.
Biography
Spoon has performed with such artists as Annabelle Chvostek, Ember Swift, Kinnie Starr, Melissa Ferrick, The Be Good Tanyas, Bitch & Animal, Natalie Merchant and Earl Scruggs.
Spoon has performed at festivals including North Country Fair, South Country Fair, Under the Volcano Festival, and the Vancouver, Regina, Ottawa, Calgary, Edmonton, Brandon Folk, Music & Art Festival and Winnipeg folk festivals.
Spoon's 2008 album, Superioryouareinferior, was a longlisted nominee for the 2009 Polaris Music Prize.