Editing Chris Brown and Kate Fenner (section)

==History==
Brown and Fenner were founding members of the Canadian [[alternative rock]] group [[Bourbon Tabernacle Choir]] in the 1980s.<ref name="makingmark"/> That band moved to New York City following their 1995 album ''Shy Folk'' in an attempt to break into the larger American market, but broke up soon afterward, with most members returning home to Toronto. Brown and Fenner opted to stay in New York City, and continued writing and performing as a duo.<ref>"Brown and Fenner fuse musical genres". ''[[Victoria Times-Colonist]]'', August 25, 1999.</ref>

They released their debut album ''Other People's Heavens'' in 1997, and toured extensively in the United States as an opening act for [[Ani DiFranco]] and in Canada as an opening act for [[Weeping Tile (band)|Weeping Tile]].<ref>"Canadian duo takes bite out of Big Apple ; Chris Brown and Kate Fenner discover quirky side of making music in New York". ''[[Toronto Star]]'', July 22, 1999.</ref> Brown also spent some time as a supporting musician in [[Barenaked Ladies]], during [[Kevin Hearn]]'s hiatus from the band for cancer treatment;<ref>"Great Barenaked exposure". ''[[The Province]]'', August 24, 1999.</ref> he and Fenner simultaneously played some dates together as an opener for Barenaked Ladies during that tour.<ref>"The spirit of Bourbon returns in a new form". ''[[Ottawa Citizen]]'', July 23, 1999.</ref>

They then released ''Geronimo'' in 1999, and supported the album with further touring both on their own and as an opening act for [[The Tragically Hip]]'s ''Music @ Work'' tour in 2000,<ref name="tragicallyhip">"Tragically Hip greeted with full-swing singalong". ''[[Toronto Star]]'', June 24, 2000.</ref> also participating as supporting musicians in the Hip's headlining sets.<ref name="tragicallyhip"/> During that tour, they also performed some separate live club dates during which they recorded the live album ''Great Lakes Bootleg'', which was released in December 2000.<ref>"CD Reviews". ''[[Victoria Times-Colonist]]'', December 12, 2000.</ref>

They recorded their next album, 2001's ''O Witness'', at The Tragically Hip's [[The Bathouse Recording Studio|Bathouse Recording Studio]].<ref>"O Witness conveys emotional warmth ; Chris Brown and Kate Fenner launch new disc this week". ''[[Toronto Star]]'', May 17, 2001.</ref> In the same year Brown organized the compilation album ''[[GASCD]]'', which featured musical and spoken word tracks as a fundraiser to cover the legal costs of the [[anti-globalization]] activists who had been arrested at the [[3rd Summit of the Americas|Quebec City Summit of the Americas]] earlier in the year.<ref name="protest">"Protest pop as it used to be". ''[[The Globe and Mail]]'', December 27, 2001.</ref> The album included Brown and Fenner's own song "How You Gonna Bring Your Children to God?"<ref name="protest"/> In 2001 and 2002, Brown and Fenner played a number of concert dates to promote the album and raise additional funds, along with artists including [[Bruce Cockburn]], [[Sarah Harmer]], [[Jason Collett]], Barenaked Ladies and [[Rheostatics]],<ref>"Top acts are inspired by the Summit". ''[[Kingston Whig-Standard]]'', April 18, 2002.</ref> and activist speakers including [[Maude Barlow]] and [[Naomi Klein]].<ref>"The price of democracy: Benefit album will help pay legal fees of Quebec City summit protesters". ''[[Montreal Gazette]]'', April 18, 2002.</ref>

In 2003 they released ''Songs'', a two-CD rerelease of the by then out of print ''Other People's Heavens'' and ''Geronimo'', along with a non-album track, "Resist War", which was distributed as a free Internet download.<ref>"Timely shout for truce: Brown and Fenner Resist War song gets rushed into play". ''[[Montreal Gazette]]'', March 13, 2003.</ref> At the same time, Brown and Fenner each released solo albums, although their tour to support the albums was still undertaken as a duo.<ref>"Alone, together". ''[[National Post]]'', October 11, 2003.</ref> They released their sixth and final album as a duo, ''Go On'', in 2004.<ref>"Citizens band together: With Kate Fenner in tow, Chris Brown returns to Wolfe Island". ''[[Kingston Whig-Standard]]'', August 6, 2005.</ref>

Following ''Go On'' they stopped recording under the Chris Brown and Kate Fenner name, instead each pursuing solo careers, although they continued to collaborate on each other's recordings and in live performances. In 2005 they were commissioned to write "Chansons du Salamandre", a song cycle supporting [[Mystery on Fifth Avenue]] project; the song "Salamandre" was covered by Sarah Harmer on her album ''[[I'm a Mountain]]''.