For episode 6 of Steel, we travel to Toronto to meet Christine Bougie.

Christine is a guitarist and lap steel player who has shared the stage and studio with folks like Bahamas, Sarah Harmer, Amy Milan, the Queer Songbook Orchestra and Jeremy Dutcher. Christine just released ‘Soft Start,’ an album of gorgeous ambient music.

In our chat, Christine breaks down her musical journey, from learning to record as a teenager with the two cassette records, to how a few choice words from Bill Frisell inspired her to record her own music, how the lap steel became part of her life and how she used the steel to create lush textures on her ambient album.

To learn more about Christine and find her music, check out the following links:

– https://www.christinebougie.ca/

– https://christinebougie.bandcamp.com/

– https://www.instagram.com/christinebougie/?hl=en

– https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1SZin6f4Z3SLnRWp7Bhv4r?si=ab46bc4dc9934f05

– https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLvvtMAAyfWue8AScjx7r6kWBHED7GDDHL

Steel is hosted by Matt Perpick for the Fretboard Journal network of podcasts.

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