About Chaim Tannenbaum
Born 1947. Chaim Tannenbaum is a Canadian philosopher and singer.
Chaim Tannenbaum is a Canadian folk musician and academic. A longtime collaborator of Kate and Anna McGarrigle and Loudon Wainwright III, he released his own self-titled solo debut album in 2016, and won the Canadian Folk Music Award for Traditional Singer of the Year at the 12th Canadian Folk Music Awards.
Born and raised in Montreal, Quebec, where he was a friend of Kate McGarrigle since high school, Tannenbaum studied philosophy and logic at McGill University and the University of London, and taught philosophy at Dawson College throughout his career.
In 2017, he followed up with a non-album recording of "America the Beautiful".
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Who is Chaim Tannenbaum?
Canadian folk musician and academic
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Chaim Tannenbaum was born in 1947 in Montreal.
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Chaim Tannenbaum is a philosopher and singer.
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