Cindy Church

Cindy Church
Origin	Bible Hill, Nova Scotia, Canada
Genres	Country, folk
Occupation(s)	Singer-songwriter
Instruments	Vocals, guitar
Years active	1987-present
Labels	Stony Plain
Associated acts	Quartette Ian Tyson
Website	www.cindychurch.com

Cindy Church is a Canadian country and folk artist. Church released three studio albums on Stony Plain Records and was nominated for Best Country Female Vocalist at the Juno Awards in 1995 and 1996. She is also a member of the award winning group Quartette.

Church grew up in Bible Hill, Nova Scotia.

In 1984, Cindy Church, along with guitarist Nathan Tinkham, joined Ian Tyson's band, the Chinook Arch Raiders. Church sang background vocals on three of Tyson's albums. In 1987, Church and Tinkham joined the traditional country music trio Great Western Orchestra founded by Neil Bentley, Dave Hamilton and mandolinist David Wilkie. The group recorded an album for Sony Music Canada and received a 1990 Juno Award nomination for Best Country Group or Duo. Church launched a solo career in 1992 with the release of the single "The Road to Home." Her second single, "A Song for Brent," was recorded in honour of Brent Berezay, who became a paraplegic following a rodeo accident. Proceeds from the song went to the Song for Brent Society.

Church won Female Artist of the Year at the 1993 Alberta Country Music Awards. That same year, she joined singer-songwriters Sylvia Tyson, Caitlin Hanford and Colleen Peterson to form the country and folk music group Quartette. Quartette won the Canadian Country Music Association's award for Vocal Collaboration of the Year in 1994 and received three consecutive Juno Award nominations for Best Country Group or Duo from 1995-1997. Peterson was forced to leave the group when she was diagnosed with cancer in 1996. She chose her friend Gwen Swick to fill in for her.

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