Bryan Webb
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{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Bryan Webb
| image =
| alt =
| caption = Webb performing with the Constantines at the 2006 Dour Festival in Dour, Belgium
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| landscape =
| birth_name =
| alias = Bry Webb
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1977|6|22|df=y}}
| birth_place =
| origin = London, Ontario, Canada
| death_date =
| death_place =
| genre = Indie rock
| occupation = Singer-songwriter
| instrument = Guitar, vocals
| years_active = 1994–present
| label = Idée Fixe
| associated_acts = Shoulder
Constantines
Harbourcoats
| website = {{URL|ideefixerecords.com/#artists}}
}}
Bryan Webb (born 1977), sometimes credited as Bry Webb, is a Canadian singer and songwriter, best known as the lead vocalist for the indie rock band Constantines.
History
Webb began his musical career playing in the emo band Shoulder in 1994,{{Cite web |last=Julien |first=Alexandre |author-link=Alexander Julien |date=March 12, 2010 |title=Shoulder - Official Biography |url=http://www.abridgedpause.com/shoulder |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131107044956/http://www.abridgedpause.com/shoulder |archive-date=November 7, 2013 |access-date=October 9, 2021 |website=Abridged Pause Blog |language=en-US}} releasing a demo tape, a CD/LP and two 7" vinyl (including a split with Morning Again) before breaking up in 1997. Two years after Shoulder's breakup, in 1999, Webb and two former members of the band formed Constantines, though one of them quickly departed.
In 2007 he recorded a cover of The Velvet Underground's "Oh! Sweet Nuthin'" as a duet with Casey Mecija of Ohbijou for the compilation album, Friends in Bellwoods.
In 2009, Webb received a Genie Award nomination in the category Best Achievement in Music – Original Song for "Big Smoke", a song he wrote for the soundtrack to This Beautiful City.
While living in Montreal, Webb formed the Harbourcoats and recorded an album. In 2009 Webb and his wife decided to start a family in Guelph. Feist heard the Harbourcoats album and invited him to duet on her album. Webb provided back-up vocals on her album Metals, including the first track "The Bad in Each Other".
With the announced hiatus 12 August 2010 of the Constantines, Webb embraced his new role as a newlywed and father. His debut solo album Provider was released 15 November 2011 on Toronto label Idée Fixe Records. The first single, "Rivers of Gold", was inspired by the Constantines' first time playing the Dawson City Music Festival in the Yukon in 2005.[http://arts.nationalpost.com/2011/11/19/the-creative-process-on-how-bry-webb-became-the-luckiest-songwriter-in-the-world/ "The Creative Process: How Bry Webb became the luckiest songwriter in the world while working with Feist"] {{webarchive |url=https://archive.today/20120707140433/http://arts.nationalpost.com/2011/11/19/the-creative-process-on-how-bry-webb-became-the-luckiest-songwriter-in-the-world/ |date=7 July 2012 }}. National Post, 19 November 2011.
Webb is also the operations coordinator for CFRU-FM, the campus radio station at the University of Guelph.[http://www.cfru.ca/about-us "CFRU Staff Profiles"] He previously served as programming coordinator at CFRU from 2010 to 2014.
Webb contributed the song "Someplace I'm Supposed to Be" to the 1 March 2013 episode of This American Life.[http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/489/no-coincidence-no-story?act=2 "489 No Coincidence, No Story"]
Discography
=Singles=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
!Title !From the Album |
|---|
| 2007
|"Oh! Sweet Nuthin'" |
| 2009
|"Big Smoke" |
| 2011
|"Rivers of Gold" |Provider |
=Albums=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
!Album !Label |
|---|
| 2011
|Provider |Idée Fixe |
| 2014
|Free Will |Idée Fixe |
| 2023
|Run With Me |Idée Fixe |
See also
{{Portal|Music|Canada}}
References
{{Reflist
| colwidth = 30em
| refs =
{{cite web
| url = http://www.academy.ca/hist/history.cfm?categid=87&shownum=29&winonly=0&awards=1&rtype=5&curstep=4
| title = 2008 Achievement in Music - Original Song: Bry Webb
| date = 10 February 2009
| work = Canada's Awards Database
| publisher = Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120604141739/http://www.academy.ca/hist/history.cfm?categid=87&shownum=29&winonly=0&awards=1&rtype=5&curstep=4
| archive-date = 4 June 2012
| access-date = 30 November 2011
}}
{{cite web
| url = http://www.allmusic.com/artist/bryan-webb-p551223/credits
| title = Bryan Webb Credits
| website=Allmusic
| access-date = 30 November 2011
}}
{{Citation
| url = http://collectionscanada.gc.ca/ourl/res.php?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&url_tim=2011-11-30T21%3A22%3A04Z&url_ctx_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Actx&rft_dat=40062654&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fcollectionscanada.gc.ca%3Aamicus&lang=eng
| title = "Provider" (sound recording) / Bry Webb
| work = collectionscanada.gc.ca
| publisher = Library and Archives Canada
| location = Ottawa
| id = AMICUS No. 40062654
| access-date = 30 November 2011
| postscript = .
}}
|title = WATCH: Bry Webb (of Constantines) performs solo material in studio
|first = Dan
|last = Busheikin
|url = http://www.chartattack.com/news/2011/nov/10/watch-bry-webb-of-constantines-performs-solo-material-in-studio
|magazine= Chart
|issn = 1198-7235
|date = 10 November 2011
|access-date = 30 November 2011
|url-status = usurped
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20111214191440/http://www.chartattack.com/news/2011/nov/10/watch-bry-webb-of-constantines-performs-solo-material-in-studio
|archive-date = 14 December 2011
}}
{{cite news
| title = Bry Webb Premieres Two New Songs on Exclaim! TV » News » Nov 09 2011
| first = Vish
| last = Khanna
| url = http://exclaim.ca/News/bry_webb_premieres_two_new_songs_for_exclaim_tv
| newspaper = Exclaim!
| publisher = 1059434 Ontario Inc.
| location = Toronto
| issn = 1207-6600
| date = 9 November 2011
| access-date = 30 November 2011
}}
{{cite news
| title = Bry Webb » Provider » Reviews » Folk & Country » Nov 15 2011
| first = Vish
| last = Khanna
| url = http://exclaim.ca/Reviews/FolkAndCountry/bry_webb-provider
| newspaper = Exclaim!
| publisher = 1059434 Ontario Inc.
| location = Toronto
| issn = 1207-6600
| date = 15 November 2011
| access-date = 30 November 2011
}}
{{cite news
| title = Feist and Bry Webb Find the Good in Each Other » News » Nov 21 2011
| first = Vish
| last = Khanna
| url = http://exclaim.ca/News/feist_bry_webb_see_good_in_each_other
| newspaper = Exclaim!
| publisher = 1059434 Ontario Inc.
| location = Toronto
| issn = 1207-6600
| date = 21 November 2011
| access-date = 30 November 2011
}}
{{cite news
| title = Bry Webb's Baby Boom » Interviews » From The Magazine » Dec 2011
| first = Vish
| last = Khanna
| url = http://exclaim.ca/Interviews/FromTheMagazine/bry_webbs_baby_boom
| newspaper = Exclaim!
| publisher = 1059434 Ontario Inc.
| location = Toronto
| issn = 1207-6600
| date = December 2011
| access-date = 30 November 2011
}}
{{cite web
| url = http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/Artists/C/Constantines/2009/03/25/8876761-sun.html
| archive-url = https://archive.today/20130115132319/http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/Artists/C/Constantines/2009/03/25/8876761-sun.html
| url-status = usurped
| archive-date = 15 January 2013
| title = Constantines singer quits nightlife
| first = Denis
| last = Armstrong
| date = 25 March 2009
|website= Jam!
| access-date = 30 November 2011
}}
|url = http://www.genieawards.ca/Genie29/catlist.cfm?catid=17000
|title = 29th Genie Awards » Nominees for Achievement in Music: Original Song
|date = 10 February 2009
|website= Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television
|access-date = 30 November 2011
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110930071204/http://www.genieawards.ca/Genie29/catlist.cfm?catid=17000
|archive-date = 30 September 2011
}}
{{cite news
| title = Disc Review » Bry Webb – Provider (Idée Fixe)
| first = Carla
| last = Gillis
| url = http://www.nowtoronto.com/music/discs.cfm?content=183935
| newspaper = Now
| issn = 0712-1326
| date = 24 November 2011
| page = 62
| access-date = 30 November 2011
| volume = 31
| issue = 13
}}
{{cite web |url=http://radio3.cbc.ca/#/bands/Bry-Webb |title=Bry Webb Artist Page |website=CBC Radio 3 |access-date=1 December 2011 |archive-date=1 March 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110301032334/http://radio3.cbc.ca/#/bands/Bry-Webb |url-status=dead }}
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20150609010223/http://www.arts-crafts.ca/constantines/ Constantines] official site at Arts & Crafts
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20100713032351/http://radio3.cbc.ca/#/bands/bryanwebb Bryan Webb] at CBC Radio 3
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Category:Canadian rock singers
Category:Canadian indie rock musicians
Category:Musicians from London, Ontario