"...never didactic, always intelligent." - Japan Times

"...raw and feral talent..." - Globe and Mail

Kinnie Starr began making her presence felt around 1995 with edgy visual arts, graffiti, rhymes, outspoken race and gender politics, decidedly unorthodox performances, stunning good looks and envelope-pushing, beat-slamming recordings. This combination earned her a well-deserved and devoted fan base, a record contract with Mercury/Island/DefJam (1996-1999), and an immediate connection with critics and consumers alike.

In 2003 she sung and cat walked in Las Vegas for Cirque du Soleil’s sexy X-rated show, Zumanity and that same year was nominated in Canada for a Juno as Best New Artist.  Since then she has played the National Aboriginal Achievement Awards twice and written music for Zellers, the L-Word and the feature movie Thirteen.  Starr teaches with Artstarts In Schools (BC) and the Manitoba Audio Recording Industry Association. She is also the co-founder of Vancouver’s Aboriginal Music Lab, a weeklong intensive for emerging native artists seeking international level performance and recording skills.

After four albums and a decade of successful international touring, How I Learned to Run is Starr’s first book of poetry and drawings. It is a contemplative look at love, history, sex and the complexities of being part Mohawk in a Canadian family that has yet to come to terms with its indigenous roots.

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