Draft:Reb Fountain
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Reb Fountain | |
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| Born | 1967 or 1968 (age 56–57) San Francisco, USA |
| Labels | Flying Nun Records |
| Website | rebfountain |
Reb Fountain is an American-born New Zealand songwriter.
Her 2020 self-titled album won the 2021 Taite Music Prize.[1]
Early Life
[edit]Reb Fountain was born in San Francisco, and raised in a music-centred, liberal Christian community that she described was "like a full-on Woodstock hippie situation."[2] Her mother was a nurse and her father was a professor of economics.[3]
In 1979, her family sailed into Lyttelton aboard the Oriana,[4][5] moving to Christchurch for her father's new role at the University of Canterbury;[2] Fountain was 11 years old when they arrived to New Zealand.[6]
Career
[edit]Discography
[edit]Studio albums
[edit]- Like Water – Fountain (FTR 001) (24 January 2007)
- Holster – Fountain (FTR 002) (5 October 2008)
- Little Arrows – Fountain/Southbound (FTR 004) (1 September 2017) – No. 36 NZ Albums Chart https://charts.nz/showitem.asp?interpret=Reb+Fountain&titel=Little+Arrows&cat=a
- Reb Fountain – [Flying Nun Records|Flying Nun] (FN591) (14 August 2020) – No. 3 NZ Albums Chart https://charts.nz/showitem.asp?interpret=Reb+Fountain&titel=Reb+Fountain&cat=a
- Iris – Flying Nun (1 October 2021) – No. 3 NZ Albums Chart[7]
Singles/EPs
[edit]- "Hopeful"/"Hopeless" EP - Fountain (FTR003) (2017)
- "Don't You Know Who I Am" - Flying Nun (FN591-7-2) (2020)
- "When Gods Lie" - Flying Nun (FN593-7) (2020)
References
[edit]- ^ https://apraamcos.co.nz/news/2021/april/2021-taite-music-prize/
- ^ a b Girling-Butcher, Victoria; Shute, Gareth (5 June 2020). "Reb Fountain - Profile". AudioCulture. Retrieved 16 June 2025.
- ^ Trower, Jamie (21 July 2022). "Reb Fountain And Her Music That Travels". M2woman. Retrieved 16 June 2025.
- ^ "Singer-Songwriter Reb Fountain's Bright New Direction". NZ Herald. 18 October 2019. Retrieved 16 June 2025.
- ^ "Reb Fountain, Eden And Callum Gentleman - The Wine Cellar, Auckland". UnderTheRadarNZ. Retrieved 16 June 2025.
- ^ Alexander, Mike (22 October 2017). "Reb with cause". Sunday Star-Times. Stuff Ltd. Retrieved 16 June 2025.
- ^ "NZ Top 40 Albums Chart". [Recorded Music NZ]. 11 October 2021. Retrieved 9 October 2021.
External Links
[edit]- Official website
- Reb Fountain on Flying Nun Records
- Reb Fountain on Bandcamp
- Reb Fountain discography at Discogs