A powerhouse vocalist and adept multi-instrumentalist, Charlena Russell uses her musical training to create fiery, soulful blues-rock and haunting, personal electronica. Famed for her do-it-yourself ethic, she is constantly involved in community projects and has been performing and promoting shows for the last six years.Charlena’s uses her music to address various social, spiritual and political issues she feels need attention. If that’s not enough she recently spearheaded her own independent quarterly zine Fox Rock Ex-Press which has only begun to stir the grey matter of fans and critics alike.Charlena spent the summer of 2007 traveling Thailand, Laos, Vietnam and Cambodia mostly freestyle backpacking until the last three weeks of her trip which she spent volunteering with orphans across Cambodia and Thailand. Her experience was beautiful, heart wrenching and life altering.Charlena now resides in Owen Sound and is beginning plans to record and produce her second album. Never one to rest, Charlena is performing and organizing benefit shows to raise money for the orphans that have now planted themselves in her heart. You can find out more about her benefit shows and future performances at www.myspace.com/charlenarussell.............................
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What she likes....MUSIC.....PLAYING, TEACHING. "I EAT, SLEEP AND BREATH MUSIC!" PARTIES, MOVIES, FRIANDS AND FAMILY. NATURE-CAMPING ON AN ISLAND ON LAKE JOE WITH YOUR BEST FRIEND, THE BARE ESSENTIALS, MY GUITAR AND VIOLIN. GOOD ENERGY, FEELING FREE, ENGLAND-I NEED TO GO BACK, ICELAND-BJORK HERE I COME....ROAD TRIPS....ART, DANCE, LIFE AND LIVING IN THE NOW-IT’S A GIFT!
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Charlena LOVES: BJORK, PJ HARVEY, RADIOHEAD, MUSE, THE COOPER TEMPLE CLAUSE, IMILIANA TORINNI, KINNIE STAR, MATTHEW BARBER, TORI AMOS, NINE INCH NAILS, MARLIN MANSON, LED ZEPPLIN, VANISSA MAE NICHOLSON, HANDEL, OLD JAZZ, LAMB, BOA, AIR, HEART, CIBO MATTO, SIGOR ROS, HEMDRIX, MARLEY, METRIC, KYLIE MINOGUE, SWITCH BLADE SYMPHONY....... FRIENDS OF MINE: MARY5E, LUCAS STAGG, DAYNA MANNING, VACUITY, DRIVE BY SATELLITE, TUDISCO, ADAM BOWMAN/EMBER SWIFT, KATE SCHUTT, AMY JACOBS, THE SOPHISTOCATS, MIKE ALVIANO, HUMSHUTTLE, SEVEN SIDED ANIMAL, THE STARS HERE, CLOSE TO HOME, ABACUS, MARY ANNE EPP, MATT OSBORNE, THE TREWS, JAY HUNSBURGER, JOHNNY RIDDIM, THE MINITURES, LOCAL BOY MEKES GOOD, LINE OF FIRE, CHRISTEN&BEN, PETER KATZ, ROB SZABO, SHAKER....AND MANY MANY MORE....
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Movies and such...The Fifth Element, Dancer In The Dark, Donnie Darko, Fox Fire, Cruel Intentions, The Craft, Home Alone (childhood Fav), The Labyrinth (with David Bowie-another childhood Fav!)...as for t.v. Seinfeld, The L Word...that’s it really....tv sucks!
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Fav Book: Fox Fire by Joyce Carol Oates
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