The Stage 32 Videos: Corinne Friesen

I've aimed to revive that sultry, haunting quality, the angst of Chris Isaak’s steamy classic; to capture that desperation of being drawn toward the very thing you know will be your ruin.

My (new) Christmas lullaby, not just for little people, not just for Christmas. Hoping to give you a soothing calm, with gentle sweetness to send today on its way.

My song to energize climate action rallies. ('Til the air we breathe in clean, we've gotta keep goin'!") It’s part of my up coming climate action EP “Power of One”.

Bill Murray likes to casually join in whatever ordinary people are doing. Maybe you’ll tug on your bartender’s sleeve and he turns around and it’s Bill Murray. Or you get your wedding photos taken outside and, days later, you get them back and notice Bill Murray is standing there among your wedding guests. So, everything in this song is either from a Bill Murray “sighting” or refers to one of his movies. Then there’s the chorus, “It just doesn’t matter!” He says that in his movies a lot. (Good advice.) He’s encouraging us not to take our lives too seriously. Probably good advice - and catchy.

For Pride weekend karaoke, I changed some of the words toward the end of Elton John's “Border Song” to focus its powerful message to be about the LGBQT++ community. I aimed for the meaning from the original to carry over. I hope you find it does.