Career
Calder started with by filling in for Neko Case for live performances and was made a permanent member in 2006. Calder explained in a 2007 interview: "My mom was adopted as a baby and about ten years ago she found her birth family and Carl is in her birth family. At that time I was a teenager and playing in a band and didn"t really know I had that family.. so that"s how I met Carl." Her first solo album,, was released on August 3, 2010 (Canada) and August 10, 2010 (United States), with a digital release date of June 28, 2010.
The album was named after the children"s book with the same name.
" 2010 release Together is dedicated to the memory of Calder"s mother. Calder released her second album, Bright and Vivid on October 25, 2011.
Superchunk drummer Jon Wurster, Jesse Zubot and Ford Pier are some of the guests on the album. The album was named as a longlisted nominee for the 2012 Polaris Music Prize on June 14, 2012.
In July 2012, Calder accepted an offer for a documentary about her life, called A Matter of Time.
lieutenant was produced by the Yellow Bird Project and will be released in 2016. The movie touches on how she met Newman and her mother"s death from Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis , as well as including some live performances from,, and Kathryn herself as a solo artist.