Rock My World Canada, chapter 40: Wild Strawberries

[Mike Carr has put together a massive volume on Canadian music history entitled Canadian Alternative & Indie Reference and Collector’s Guide. It’s an incredible discography of hundreds of bands. This is the latest excerpt from his book. – AC]

Wild Strawberries is a pop rock band consisting of married couple Roberta Carter-Harrison (vocals) and Ken Harrison, who are also, respectively, a physiotherapist and a doctor by trade. In 1988, the band submitted the song “Crying Shame” to Toronto radio station CFNY for its new music search contest; it won the contest, and received airplay from the station.

The band has since eliminated all dependence on record labels, preferring instead independent production and promotion; the band adopted a strategy to promote themselves directly to fans. The success of Bet You Think I’m Lonely also earned the band a 1995 Juno Award nomination for Best New Group.

Find out more about this artist and hundreds of other Canadian artists in the softcover edition of Canadian Alternative & Indie Reference and Collector’s Guide. Get your copy here.

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