{{short description|Canadian singer-songwriter}} {{Use mdy dates|date=August 2020}} {{Infobox musical artist <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject Musicians --> | name = Steve Lambke | image = Baby Eagle and the Proud Mothers.jpg | caption = Baby Eagle and the Proud Mothers at 6 Nassau St., Toronto, November 2011. Ian Kehoe, Will Kidman, Spencer Burton, Nick Ferrio, Steven Lambke | image_size =250 | background = solo_singer | birth_name = Steven Lambke | alias = Baby Eagle | birth_date = <!-- {{birth date and age|YYYY|MM|DD}} --> | birth_place = Cambridge, Ontario, Canada | origin = Guelph, Ontario, Canada | death_date = <!-- {{death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} (death date 1st) --> | death_place = | instrument = Guitar, vocals, keyboards, harmonica | genre = Indie rock, folk rock | occupation = Singer-songwriter | years_active = 1999–present | label = Outside Music<br/>You've Changed | associated_acts = Constantines | website = http://youvechangedrecords.com }}
'''Steve Lambke''' is a Canadian singer-songwriter. He is a vocalist and guitarist for the indie rock band Constantines, and formerly released solo material under the name '''Baby Eagle'''.
==Biography== Lambke grew up in Cambridge, Ontario, where he played with fellow Constantine Dallas Wehrle in a band called Captain Co-Pilot in the late 1990s.<ref>Michael Barclay. October 26, 2006, [https://radiofreecanuckistan.blogspot.com/2006/10/baby-eagle-constantines-steve-lambke.html "Baby Eagle: Constantines' Steve Lambke solo"], ''Radio Free Canuckistan''.</ref> He moved to Guelph in 1997 to attend school at the University of Guelph and earned a Bachelor of Science in physics.<ref>Shaffer, Brian. October 20, 2005, [http://econoculture.com/m/index.php?Itemid=1&id=72&option=com_content&task=view "Steve Lambke of the Constantines"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120208135819/http://econoculture.com/m/index.php?Itemid=1&id=72&option=com_content&task=view |date=February 8, 2012 }}, ''EconoCulture''.</ref> Lambke and Wehrle joined two former members of Shoulder in 1999 to form the Constantines.
Lambke released his first solo album, ''Baby Eagle'', in 2006 on Outside Music. The album was recorded in Winnipeg, Manitoba, and includes contributions from John K. Samson and Christine Fellows.<ref>Molotkow, Alex. November 2006, [http://www.exclaim.ca/musicreviews/generalreview.aspx?csid2=850&fid1=23929&csid1=86 "Baby Eagle: ''Baby Eagle''"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930012945/http://www.exclaim.ca/musicreviews/generalreview.aspx?csid2=850&fid1=23929&csid1=86 |date=September 30, 2007 }}, ''Exclaim!''.</ref><ref>''NOW'' staff. March 8, 2007, [http://www.nowtoronto.com/issues/2007-03-08/music_localplayer.php "Local Player Steve Lambke"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070316070238/http://www.nowtoronto.com/issues/2007-03-08/music_localplayer.php|date=March 16, 2007}}, ''NOW''.</ref> A second album, ''No Blues'', was recorded in Sackville, New Brunswick, with contributions from Julie Doiron and Shotgun & Jaybird, and was released in 2007 on Outside Music.<ref>Langlois, Jill. October 2007, [http://www.exclaim.ca/musicreviews/generalreview.aspx?csid1=115&csid2=850&fid1=27667 "Baby Eagle: ''No Blues''"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071013014409/http://www.exclaim.ca/musicreviews/generalreview.aspx?csid1=115&csid2=850&fid1=27667 |date=October 13, 2007 }}, ''Exclaim!''.</ref> The album, ''Dog Weather'' was released in 2010 on Lambke's own You've Changed Records and received strong reviews all around.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Torontoist |title=Sound Advice: <em>Dog Weather</em> by Baby Eagle |url=http://torontoist.com/2010/08/sound_advice_dog_weather_by_baby_eagle/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131219215314/http://torontoist.com/2010/08/sound_advice_dog_weather_by_baby_eagle/ |archive-date=2013-12-19 |access-date=2025-10-13 |website=Torontoist}}</ref> The album includes collaborations with Daniel Romano of Attack in Black, Shotgun Jimmie as well as David Trenaman and Colleen Collins of Construction & Destruction.<ref>''You've Changed Records'' RECORDS.[http://www.youvechangedrecords.com/pages/posts/yc-00859.php "RECORDS"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718144519/http://www.youvechangedrecords.com/pages/posts/yc-00859.php|date=July 18, 2011}}.</ref>
The album ''Bone Soldiers'' was released by You've Changed Records on March 6, 2012. The album is credited to Baby Eagle and the Proud Mothers, and has a noisier, more punk-influenced sound than previous recordings. The Proud Mothers are Lambke's fellow Constantine Will Kidman, Ian Kehoe, Spencer Burton, and Nick Ferrio.
Lambke currently lives in Toronto, where he continues to write, record and perform. He co-owns and operates You've Changed Records along with Daniel Romano.<ref name="kite">[http://kitemag.net/interviews/daniel-romano-keeps-busy "Daniel Romano keeps busy"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101230035601/http://kitemag.net/interviews/daniel-romano-keeps-busy|date=December 30, 2010}}. kitemag.net, March 21, 2010.</ref>
He was a nominee for the 2013 SOCAN Songwriting Prize for "Mule in the Flowers", a song he cowrote with Tamara Lindeman of The Weather Station.<ref name=mokenney>[https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/mo-kenney-claims-socan-songwriting-prize-1.1377286 "Mo Kenney claims SOCAN songwriting prize"]. CBC News, July 10, 2013.</ref>
==Discography== *''Baby Eagle'' (2006) *''No Blues'' (2007) *''Dog Weather'' (2010) *''Bone Soldiers'' (2012) *''Days of Heaven'' (2015) *''Dark Blue'' (2019) *''Volcano Volcano'' (2022)
=== With Daniel Romano as Spider Bite === *''Spider Bite'' (2020) *''The Rainbow and The Dove'' (2023)
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== {{commons category|Steven Lambke}} *[http://www.constantines.ca Constantines] official website *http://youvechangedrecords.com
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