Poliça singer Channy Leaneagh suffers broken back while clearing ice dams

A GoFundMe page has been set up to help the frontwoman, who has two children and will not be able to perform for several months.

March 7, 2019 at 6:32PM
(The Minnesota Star Tribune)
Channy Leaneagh is currently laid up with a back brace (and samurai sword). / From GoFundMe.com
Channy Leaneagh is currently laid up with a back brace (and samurai sword). / From GoFundMe.com (tqXF6ZxUlJRztS7YyA0RKHjSwT5+y9a+NPEpG6x78ucwAvQbaqLlpe77f36CEFFrKQF61khO3oQJyeK3mCmI+Q==/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

One more reason to hate this evil beast of a winter in Minnesota: It has laid up Poliça singer Channy Leaneagh for the next several months after she fell and broke her back while clearing ice dams at her home in Minneapolis.

Her manager, friends and bandmates have launched a GoFundMe campaign to help her with medical bills and other expenses as she recuperates. The goal is to raise $10,000 for Leaneagh, a mother to two children and full-time artist. A message on the crowdsourcing page reads:

"Thankfully she is expected to make a full recovery and is already walking a bit with the help of a very fashionable back brace, but the mounting medical bills, need for ongoing childcare, and inability to work or perform for the next four to five months has created quite a financial burden."

Leaneagh and the band were about halfway through the making of a new album, which will now likely be delayed due to her injury. They were off the road to focus on recording, but word is they were lining up some dates for later this year that will now likely have to be put off. For better or worse, looks like there'll be more "Sesame Street" in her immediate future.

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Chris Riemenschneider

Critic / Reporter

Chris Riemenschneider has been covering the Twin Cities music scene since 2001, long enough for Prince to shout him out during "Play That Funky Music (White Boy)." The St. Paul native authored the book "First Avenue: Minnesota's Mainroom" and previously worked as a music critic at the Austin American-Statesman in Texas.

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