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Meryn Cadell is a Canada|Canadian writer and performance art ist. He is an assistant professor of song lyrics and libretto writing in the Creative Writing Program at University of British Columbia . cite news| url= http://www.publicaffairs.ubc.ca/ubcreports/2003/03aug07/songwriting.html | volume=49 | title=New Songwriting Course a First in Canada: Creative writing workshops teach lyrics and libretti | date=2003-08-07 | author=Erica Smishek | publisher= UBC Reports | archiveurl= http://www.webcitation.org/query? url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.publicaffairs.ubc.ca%2Fubcreports%2F2003%2F03aug07%2Fsongwriting.html& date=2009-09-20 | archivedate=2009-09-20 cite news| url= http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/Pop_Encyclopedia/C/Cadell_Meryn.html | title=Artist: Cadell, Meryn | date=2004-11-30 | author= | publisher= Canoe.ca|The Canadian Pop Encyclopedia | archiveurl= http://www.webcitation.org/query? url=http%3A%2F%2Fjam.canoe.ca%2FMusic%2FPop_Encyclopedia%2FC%2FCadell_Meryn.html& date=2009-09-20 | archivedate=2009-09-20 http://www.creativewriting.ubc.ca/faculty_staff.shtml
Cadell is a trans man|transsexual man who Transition (transgender)|transitioned in 2003. http://torontoist.com/2007/02/tall_poppy_inte_47.php "Tall Poppy Interview: Meryn Cadell". Torontoist.com, February 26, 2007. He released most of his recordings between 1988 and 1997.
A graduate of the Ontario College of Art and Design , Cadell re-released an independent cassette titled Mare-In Ka-Dell in 1988 while active as a performance artist in Toronto 's Queen Street West scene. As a performance artist, Cadell was particularly known for performing with a heating duct to add reverb .
Cadell soon signed to Intrepid Records (Canada)|Intrepid Records , and recorded with Jim Creeggan of Barenaked Ladies , Bob Wiseman and members of Rheostatics . Those sessions were released in 1991 as the album Angel Food for Thought , whose first single "The Sweater" became a surprise Top 40 hit in Canada in 1992. "The Sweater" is a spoken word monologue, with a musical backing track—the first 20 seconds of Syd Dale's "Walk & Talk"—revolving around a girl's thoughts about a boy's sweater.
In 1993, Cadell released a follow-up album, Bombazine , on Sire Records . This album featured guest appearances by Rheostatics, Ben Mink , Tyler Stewart , Anne Bourne and John Alcorn (singer)|John Alcorn . Following the album, Cadell took a hiatus from music to do human rights work with PEN Canada . Cadell also wrote an independent film, which was never produced.
In 1997, Cadell returned to music with the album 6 Blocks on the independent label Handsome Boy Records . cite news| url= http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/5929762/canuck_sick_of_being_quirky | title=Canuck Sick Of Being "Quirky" | date=1997-05-03 | publisher= Rolling Stone magazine | archiveurl= http://www.webcitation.org/query? url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.rollingstone.com%2Fnews%2Fstory%2F5929762%2Fcanuck_sick_of_being_quirky& date=2009-09-20 | archivedate=2009-09-20
Guest performers on this outing included Anne Bourne, Mary Margaret O'Hara , Chris Wardman and Jason Sniderman ( Blue Peter (band)|Blue Peter ), Paul Brennan (musician)|Paul Brennan ( Odds (band)|Odds ) and Martin Tielli .
Following that album, Cadell retired from the music business. He publicly coming out|came out as transgender on Bill Richardson (radio)|Bill Richardson 's CBC Radio One program Bunny Watson on October 2, 2004, although he had already been out to friends and family for a number of years.
In 2007, Bongo Beat released an expanded edition of Angel Food for Thought , including two tracks that were previously available only on cassette as well as the video for "The Sweater". The CD was remastered by Graemme Brown .
Cadell is also known for the Christmas song "The Cat Carol".
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