"This chick is here to stay . . . deep lyrics and melodic beats that remind of The Organ, or even a lighter Portishead but with more humour and more pop." - Lina Harper, Xtra
“Thorpe's whimsical songs, accompanied by gentle ukelele or guitar, are offset by her gorgeously deep and weary alto. Fans of the Indigo Girls or Portishead's Beth Gibbons will eat this lady up.” - Alison Lang, The Coast
Dinah Thorpe burst onto the Toronto music scene in May 2008 with the release of her self-titled EP...
"This chick is here to stay . . . deep lyrics and melodic beats that remind of The Organ, or even a lighter Portishead but with more humour and more pop." - Lina Harper, Xtra
“Thorpe's whimsical songs, accompanied by gentle ukelele or guitar, are offset by her gorgeously deep and weary alto. Fans of the Indigo Girls or Portishead's Beth Gibbons will eat this lady up.” - Alison Lang, The Coast
Dinah Thorpe burst onto the Toronto music scene in May 2008 with the release of her self-titled EP. Her full-length debut, Truths and Other Stories, was released in the fall of 2009. Dinah was inspired to create an old-fashioned album that tells a story from beginning to end - from Mike Parsons’ anarchic cover art, to the expansive stereo mix, to the winding ride from one track to the next. The album has two distinct parts: a faster, harder, party disc, and a disc of sparser, more lyrical folk songs. And yet Truths and Other Stories as a whole is propelled by themes of urban alienation and resistance, of love and lust, with Dinah on vocals, beats, keyboard, guitar, ukulele, and harmonica.
Dinah has shared the stage with Buck 65, The Cliks, Eternia, and Melissa Ferrick. Her beats have induced fevers in dance clubs, while her silvery voice and sweet melodies have brought tears to folk clubs. Past festival performances include: In the Dead of Winter (Halifax), Canadian Music Week (Toronto), Europride (Zurich), Mayworks (Toronto), Ladyfest (Ottawa and Toronto), and Pride Toronto.
If she weren’t so damn tall, Dinah Thorpe would be the proverbial small package: composer, singer, multi-instrumentalist, and sound engineer all in one. Her self-produced EP earned her the title “Best Up and Coming Indie Folk Producer” (Toronto Exclusive Magazine).
Instrumentation
Dinah Thorpe – vocals, acoustic guitar, ukulele, keyboard, drums, MIDI, and programming
Discography
Self-titled EP, 2008
Truths and Other Stories, 2009
Links
www.myspace.com/dinahthorpe
www.sonicbids.com/dinahthorpe
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