Irene
The telling of Irene’s growing up years in the small farming town of Rycroft, AB are told in her debut single ‘Bordertown Girls’. The sweet and picturesque imagery “…playing in the wheat fields, walking down those railroad tracks…” and “campfires burning on the country road, partied to the early morn…” bring a sense of freedom, joy and grounding. Produced and recorded by renowned producer, songwriter and composer, Michael Behm, ‘Bordertown Girls’ is set for release in early 2021.

Border Town Girls

IRENE FEDUN
Singer Songwriter

Up north in Alberta, surrounded by the Saddle Hills County, Clear Hills Country and Birch Hills County, lies a rural farming town called Rycroft, where you will find miles and miles of wheat fields, grown by farmers far and wide. A short hour west from there, along the Spirit River Highway, rests the BC/Alberta border, where the Northern Canadian Rockies reach the sky. 

Clean, pure, fresh water runs down those majestic mountains filling all the rivers and lakes in Rycroft, AB, offering a place of beauty, sustenance and downhome country living for the families nestled in this community. Though the winters are harsh, and the summers hot, there is no complaining, only embracing, as folks young and old partake in the ample supply of hard work, and fun activities like community dances, baseball, fishing, ice hockey and snowmobiling.

This is where singer and songwriter Irene Fedun was raised with her siblings, by her dad who ran the family farm, and her mother who ran the household. With the sounds of Country music and Rock ‘n’ Roll, and the smell of Ukrainian food filling the home, Irene recalls helping in the garden, feeding the pigs and chickens, and playing with Brownie, their family dog. A simple and unified lifestyle, built the foundation for Irene’s upbringing.

Currently an owner of a hair salon by day, and singer songwriter by night, Irene found her talent to sing and write songs later in her life after moving from Alberta in 1983 to the southern part of Vancouver Island, where she makes her home with her musical husband Neil, in Shawnigan Lake. She picked up a guitar and started writing songs in 2010, and by Neil’s encouragement, she joined a choir where she developed her singing voice, later partnering with Neil on local gigs and jams.  

Still a country girl at heart, Irene’s story and song writing abilities caught the attention of renowned producer, singer, songwriter and composer, Michael Behm who began working with her on recording and producing her material.

The telling of Irene’s growing up years in Rycroft, AB are told in her debut single ‘Bordertown Girls’. The sweet and picturesque imagery “…playing in the wheat fields, walking down those railroad tracks…” and “campfires burning on the country road, partied to the early morn…” bring a sense of freedom, joy and grounding.

‘Bordertown Girls’ is set for release in early 2021.

Irene Fedun

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