Ariel Engle

Ariel Engle is a Canadian indie pop singer and songwriter who records and performs as a solo artist and with Broken Social Scene. Engle first became noted as a guest vocalist on Montag's 2005 album Alone, Not Alone, performing vocals on the track "Grand Luxe". She subsequently appeared as a guest or backing vocalist on recordings by Melissa Auf der Maur, Snowblink, Land of Kush, Plants and Animals, Stars, and Martha Wainwright, before collaborating with her husband, Broken Social Scene's Andrew Whiteman, on the band project AroarA. The band's 2013 EP, In the Pines, is based on the poetry of Alice Notley and was a longlisted nominee for the 2014 Polaris Music Prize. Following In the Pines, Engle became a member of Broken Social Scene, often serving as a live fill-in vocalist on songs that had been sung on record by Feist, Amy Millan, or Emily Haines.