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Line 29: [[File:AnissaHart.jpg\|thumb\|150px\|right\|Anissa Hart performing at the [[Calgary]] Folk Festival in 2010]] Ohbijou released their debut album, ''Swift Feet for Troubling Times'', in 2006. They played festivals across Canada,<ref name=Rayner /> including the [[Osheaga Festival]] in [[Montreal]] and the [[Hillside Festival]] in [[Guelph]]. They played the opening set for the [[Virgin Festival]] in Toronto, and were nominated for the 2007 Galaxie Rising Stars Award of the CBC,<ref>Bliss, Karen (Spring 2008). ''Words & Music'', '''15''' (1): 8.</ref> competing with [[IllScarlett]], [[Owen Pallett\|Final Fantasy]] and [[Emily Haines]] of [[Metric (band)\|Metric]]. The band were among the organizers of a 2007 compilation CD, ''[[Friends in Bellwoods]]'' — based out of Mecija's Bellwoods Ave. Toronto home and practice space for Ohbijou and their friends — as a benefit for Toronto's Daily Bread Food Bank.<ref>Liss, Sarah. "[http://www.nowtoronto.com/music/story.cfm?content=157047&archive=26,19,2007 Parkside pop: Ohbijou makes new friends in Bellwoods] {{webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110605041653/http://www.nowtoronto.com/music/story.cfm?content=157047&archive=26,19,2007 \|date=2011-06-05 }}", ''[[Now (newspaper)\|Now]]'', 2007-01-11. Retrieved on 2008-09-28.</ref> In 2008, they were chosen as one of three bands for the [[Banff Centre]]'s first Indie Band Residency, where they had the opportunity to spend two weeks working with producers and recording engineers.<ref name=Lederman />< Their music has been playlisted on [[CBC Radio 3]]. Their song "St. Francis" peaked at No. 4 on the network's weekly charts in December 2006,<ref>[http://radio3.cbc.ca/blogs/2006/12/The-R3-30Week-Ending-December-4th-2006 CBC3 weekly charts]{{Dead link\|date=April 2019 \|bot=InternetArchiveBot \|fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> and ranked as the No. 34 song on the network's year-end singles chart.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20070921155341/http://radio3.cbc.ca/blogs/2006/12/Top-94-Tracks-of-2006 CBC3 2006 charts]</ref> Ohbijou was included in the April 5, 2008 broadcast of [[CBC Radio]]'s ''[[The Vinyl Cafe]]'' and chosen as [[Aux.tv]]'s X3 Artist of the month for August 2009, in partnership with [[CBC Radio 3]] and ''[[Exclaim!]]''. As well, Casey Mecija was named one of ''[[Chatelaine (magazine)\|Chatelaine]]''{{'}}s 80 Women to Watch for 2008.<ref>Dean, Flannery; Griffith-Greene, Megan; Howard, Cori; et al. (May 2008). "Chatelaine's 80 amazing Canadian women to watch", ''[[Chatelaine (magazine)\|Chatelaine]]'', 81 (5): 253–273.</ref> Line 35: Ohbijou is nationally distributed through [[Outside Music]]. The band released their second album, ''[[Beacons (album)\|Beacons]]'' in 2009. Casey Mecija covered [[The Beatles]]' "Dear Prudence" for [[American Laundromat Records]] charity CD ''Sing Me To Sleep -— Indie Lullabies'', which was released worldwide on May 18, 2010. During this year the band also visited China with local promoters [[Split Works]]. The album ''Metal Meets'' appeared on the !earshot Campus and Community National Top 50 Albums chart in January, 2012.<ref>[http://www.earshot-online.com/charts/index.cfm?intChartTypeID=101&dWeekOfID=2012-01-03 "The National Top 50 For the Week Ending: Tuesday, January 3, 2012"]. ''!earshot''.</ref> The band announced, they would go on an indefinite hiatus after their farewell show on September 7, 2013. Casey Mecija has continued to work on music, arts and media projects, including hosting the documentary series ''[[The Doc Project]]'' on [[CBC Radio One]].<ref name=fall>[http://www.broadcastermagazine.com/news/cbc-radio-one-unveils-fall-lineup/1003787540/?&er=NA "CBC Radio One Unveils Fall Lineup"] {{Webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151117032512/http://www.broadcastermagazine.com/news/cbc-radio-one-unveils-fall-lineup/1003787540/?&er=NA \|date=2015-11-17 }}. ''Broadcaster'', September 3, 2015.</ref> ==Members==

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