Tamara Williamson, born in London, England, United Kingdom, is a Canadian singer-songwriter, musician, and producer based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Beginning with classical music training, she moved to Toronto in 1993, performing with the alternative rock band Mrs. Torrance on BMG Canada. She launched her solo recording career with her debut studio album, Nightmare on Queen Street, in 1998, which ranked as the fourth-best production of the year in Canada. She followed with her second studio album, Unconscious Pilot, in 1999, whose live performances topped the year-end list in Now Magazine. Distributed in Europe by Ocean Music, her subsequent studio albums include In the Arms of Ed in 2001, All Those Racing Horses in 2003, The Boat in 2006, More Than a Decade in 2009, and Small Songs in 2009. She has collaborated with acts including King Cobb Steelie, Do Make Say Think, and Microbunny, and toured in France alongside Feist and Shannon Wright at the Les Femmes s'en mĂȘlent festival in 2004.