Keri Latimer

Keri Lee Latimer^[1] is a Canadian singer/songwriter and guitarist from Winnipeg, Manitoba.^[2] She is known for her work with the band Nathan, and has also performed as a solo artist and with the band Leaf Rapids. Latimer also plays the theremin.

Early life

Latimer was born Keri McTighe in Lethbridge, Alberta,^[3] the daughter of Arlene and Bernard McTighe.

Career

In 2001, with Devin Latimer, Shelley Marshal and Damon Mitchell, McTighe formed the alternative country band Nathan.^[4] The band produced four albums, and won several awards, including a 2008 Juno Award for best roots and traditional album.^[5] In 2005, McTighe and Devin Latimer were married.

Now known as Keri Latimer, she contributed a composition to the 2008 film soundtrack Frozen River^[6] and to the 2010 Great Canadian Song Quest. Also in 2010 she presented the Back 40 Festival's songwriters workshop.^[7]

In 2012 Latimer released a solo album, Crowsfeet and Greyskull.^[8] The album was nominated for a Western Canadian Music Award for best solo album.

In 2015, with her husband chemistry instructor Devin Latimer, she formed the band Leaf Rapids.^{[5] [9][10]} That year the pair released their first album, Lucky Stars,^[8] and went on tour in western Canada.^[11]

Latimer provided harmony vocals for Steve Dawson's 2016 album Solid States and Loose Ends.^[12]