 julie doiron (born june 28, 1972 in moncton, new brunswick) is an award-winning canadian singer-songwriter of acadian heritage.exclaim â eric's trip: timeline ==career== doiron started playing guitar (later switching to bass) in eric's trip at the age of 18, having joined the band at the insistence of her then-boyfriend, eric's trip guitarist rick white. shortly before the band's break-up in 1996, she released a solo album under the name broken girl, which followed two previous 7" eps ("dog love, pt. 2" & "nora") also released under that name. all of her subsequent material has been released under her own name. although most of her solo material has been written and performed in english, she also released an album of french language material, dÃ©sormais. thumb|250px|left|julie doiron playing with eric's trip in saskatoon, 2001in 1999, doiron recorded an album with the ottawa band wooden stars, which was the first time she had worked with a band since the end of eric's trip. she shared a juno award for julie doiron and the wooden stars in march 2000. eric's trip reunited in 2001, and have played shows periodically ever since. she has also appeared as a guest musician on albums by the tragically hip (2000s music at work), gordon downie (2001's coke machine glow, 2003's battle of the nudes and 2010's the grand bounce), and herman dÃ¼ne. she has also released a split record co-credited to the alternative country band okkervil river, and collaborated with american musician phil elverum on the 2008 mount eerie album lost wisdom. she played with indie rock band shotgun & jaybird until their demise in 2007. she also played drums a
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