Dorothea Paas
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Dorothea Paas is a Canadian singer-songwriter from Toronto, Ontario.[1] Her debut album Anything Can't Happen was a longlisted nominee for the 2021 Polaris Music Prize.[2][3]
Paas was raised in Toronto, Ontario where she was raised singing in choirs and playing guitar in a church group.[4] Paas has released a number of EPs since 2012.[5] A self-taught songwriter, her writing was influenced by her religious upbringing and popular music heard on the radio.[4]
Although she has often resisted active self-promotion, she successfully built up a career as a backing vocalist for musicians such as Jennifer Castle and U.S. Girls.[5] Anything Can't Happen, which features Paul Saulnier of PS I Love You on bass guitar, has been described by critics as "Joni Mitchell fronting Shellac at a coffee shop".[6]
In addition to her solo career, she has also performed as a guest vocalist with Badge Époque Ensemble,[7] and as vocalist and guitarist with Marker Starling.[8]
Paas has also had occasional roles as a film actress, most notably in Kazik Radwanski's films How Heavy This Hammer and Anne at 13,000 Ft.[5]
Discography
[edit]- Same Sun (2012)
- A Thirst (2013)
- Strange Times/Just the Same/Drought (2013)
- Calm Your Body Down (2015)
- Prest (2016)
- No Loose Ends (2016)
- One for the Road (2018)
- Anything Can't Happen (2021)
References
[edit]- ^ Viney, Steven (25 April 2014). "Dorothea Paas is Ahead of Her Time". Vice. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
- ^ Kaufman, Brandon (12 May 2021). "Dorothea Paas is one of Canada's most gifted musicians". Cult MTL. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
- ^ Doyle, Breanne (16 June 2021). "Mustafa,The OBGMs, Nyssa land on 2021 Polaris Prize long list". NOW Toronto. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
- ^ a b Sims, Paige (7 May 2021). "Album Review: Dorothea Paas's "Anything Can't Happen"". LOCK. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
- ^ a b c Alex Hudson, "In Spite of Herself, Dorothea Paas Is Breaking Through". Exclaim!, May 3, 2021.
- ^ Alex Hudson, "Dorothea Paas Shows That Anything Can Happen on 'Anything Can't Happen'". Exclaim!, May 5, 2021.
- ^ Stuart Berman, "Badge Époque Ensemble, Self Help". Pitchfork, November 21, 2020.
- ^ Nicola Orlandino, "Streaming: Marker Starling – Yet You Go On", October 28, 2022.
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