"
Winnipeg's newest, best, most female 'country' band, if you can
call something this amazing country" - The Manitoban
" Vocals like liquid honey and banjo pluckin' like bright
Appalachian afternoons" - The Winnipeg Free Press
new album: "Sweet Nostalgia" listen here
"What´s love" from
the EP "Love Shack"(2010) (Original by Tina Turner)
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Allison de Groot (Banjo) -----Rosalyn Dennett (fiddle/voc)
Vanessa Kuzina (guitar/voc)-Marie-Josée Dandeneau (bass/voc)
Biography ENGLISH
With a sweet
name and even sweeter sound, Oh My Darling conjures up the right
mix of emotion and elation with their unique brand of country. Their
prairie roots mixed with bluegrass, Appalachian old time, southern
twang, and Franco-folk, makes their style a melting pot of musical
languages. Infused with dynamic vocals, brilliant claw-hammer banjo,
inspired fiddling, and grooving bass, their music will get your
hips swinging, toes tapping, and put your heart right into their
hands.
Each time Oh My Darling takes the stage, they prove time and again
why they're captivating audiences and attracting an abundance of
fans, because boy, can these girls can play! Individually, they
are known as some of the hottest players on the Canadian roots scene,
but there is strength in numbers, and combined, the foursome is
strong as steel.
Allison (banjo/vocals) is one of Canada's best claw hammer banjo
players. she is also a great singer, and a great songwriter in her
own rite. Allison brings a calm and steadiness to the band with
her personality, as well as her rock solid banjo lines. She graduated
with a Fine Arts degree from the University of Manitoba, which gives
her the authority to oversee a lot of the visual artwork done with
the band. Allison started studying banjo when she was just out of
high school. Once she discovered the claw-hammer style, she began
taking lessons with Daniel Koulack, Winnipeg resident and internationally
acclaimed banjoist. Just before starting the band, Allison began
traveling down to West Virginia, and other areas of the United States,
to learn more about Appalachian music and culture, a habit she still
keeps up regularly.
MJ (bass/vocals) was already a veteran of the music scene, before
forming the band Oh My Darling. Her tours with Nine Mile, Xavier
Rudd, the Wyrd Sisters, Corinne West, Tribe of One, and Don Amero
(to name a few!) have taken her, and her unique style of bass playing,
all over the globe. This experience was vital to Oh My Darling's
momentum, as MJ assumed the role of booking agent for the band,
and after many successful tours across Canada, has now partnered
up with Paquin Talent & Booking Agency, keeping Oh My Darling
busy the year through. Her custom-made upright bass is a commanding
presence, despite it's smaller size, due to the energy and vitality
that MJ expresses in her live performances. Audiences and industry
professionals alike, frequently pay compliment to her talent as
a musician as well as her engaging show of personality on-stage.
Rosalyn (fiddle/vocals) is a life long scholar of music. She spent
a year in Galway, honing her skills as an Irish fiddler, has made
multiple trips to northern Manitoba to teach and experience fiddle
in Métis culture, earned a Bachelor of Music from the University
of Manitoba, and has recently been making pilgrimages to the United
States to immerse herself in Old Time Appalachian singing and fiddling.
Rosalyn's passion for learning is but a reflection of her passion
for her craft. She puts a fierce enthusiasm into her instrumental
and song writing, arranging, and performance, with an informed edge.
She infuses Oh My Darling with subtle humour and witticisms, through
her role as the band's copywriter, and always has a joke to share
on and off stage.
Vanessa (guitar/vocals) began to discover her voice in various singing
groups in high school. Soon after, she began writing on her own,
and eventually created her solo album of all original songs, Peony
(2007). She's been labeled the "cowboy poet" of the group,
with her lyrics that tell stories about life on the prairies, and
probe at emotions that run deep through in human experience. Her
sensitivity and empathy are valuable to the band, as she is most
often the spokesperson for the group, and is lauded for her ability
to handle even the stickiest of situations with grace and poise.
As her musical talents continue to develop, she is diversifying
her talents as a songwriter through leading songwriting workshops
and camps, and collaborating with major country artists such as
Tom Wilson (Junk house, Blackie & the Rodeo Kings), Murray Pulver
(Doc Walker), and Sam Baker (singer-songwriter).
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"Winnipeg's
beste, neue Frauen-Country Band; einfach großartig!"
-The Manitoban
"Oh My Darling ist ein spannendes und versiertes junges Quartet
, die in der Bluegrass-Community bereits für Furore sorgen.
Diese wilden Mädels spielen Roots-Music mit Schwerpunkt Bluegrass
und Americana. Ihre Auftritte sind großartig und voller Energie
..."-CBC Radio 2 Concerts on Demand
"Ihr Gesang ist wie flüßiger Honig und das Banjo-Picking
klingt nach sonnigen Nachmittagen in den Appalachen." -Winnipeg
Free Press
Oh My Darling verzaubert die Zuhörer mit der richtigen Mischung
aus Emotion und Freude. Ihr Sound aus Bluegrass, Rootsmusik aus
den Appalachen und fränzösicher Folklore macht ihren Stil
zu einem Schmelztiegel der musikalischen Sprachen. Angereichert
mit dynamischem, brillant-gespielten Banjo, inspiriertem Geigenspiel
und groovendem Bass. Musik, die in die Beine geht, zum Tanzen anregt
und das
musikalische Herz am rechten Fleck hat.
In Nord-Amerika
ist ihr neues Album "In the Lonesome Hours" bereits Ende
2010 veröffentlicht worden. In Europa wird es im Frühjahr
2011 erscheinen.
Tolle hauptsächlich selbstgeschriebene Songs, die von Vanessa
mit unter
die Haut gehender Stimme vorgetragen werden, unterstützt von
der einfühlsamen
und professionellen Spielweise der andern Drei. Ein Spitzen-Album,
daß durch
Einflüsse anderer Richtungen, wie Folk, Singer-/Songwriter,
franz.Chanson,
nicht nur Bluegrass-Fans anspricht. Neue CD: "In the lonesome hours" (Vertrieb Europa:
to be anounced)
www.ohmydarling.ca
MORE ABOUT OH MY DARLING
It is the combination of four strong personalities
that makes Oh My Darling one-of-a-kind. With four creative minds
behind the writing, arranging and performing, the original music
of Oh My Darling is unique, informed, and entertaining. Formed during
a particularly frosty Manitoba winter, in 2008, Allison, inspired
by groups like Uncle Earl, asked her friends Vanessa and MJ to put
together an all female old time band. Looking for a fourth who could
play fiddle, Allison's step-dad called a bluegrass band-mate from
the 1970s, which informed him that her daughter played fiddle. Rosalyn
Dennett was brought into the mix, and the music making began. They
soon realized that Vanessa had a great talent for song writing,
and MJ had a tendency towards unconventional bass lines and harmony,
so the idea of a traditional band began to fade into the background
in favor of a more contemporary sounding repertoire.
Still keeping some old time tunes up their sleeve, they started
building an arsenal of original material, and before they could
reload, they got their first gig at the Festival du Voyageur in
Winnipeg. Scrambling to come up with a name for their first gig,
they took on the name Fill'd'Riel (daughters of Riel), which celebrated
the bands Métis heritage, while also acknowledging the range
of influences in their music, including Celtic, French, Métis,
and American. After the festival was over, the girls went back to
the drawing board and the name Oh My Darling emerged from the rubble
of crumpled scraps of paper, baby name books, animal encyclopedias,
and tune lists.
Their self-titled debut EP was released in 2009, and honored with
a Western Canadian Music Award for Best Roots Album. In 2010, they
recorded their first full-length album with renowned producer Lloyd
Peterson (Wailing Jenny's, James Keelaghan). In the Lonesome Hours
received a WCMA nomination, and earned rave reviews in the media.
It also topped the national campus roots charts in 2010, making
Oh My Darling the 14th most requested band on Canadian campus radio.
Throughout the past year in 2010, Oh My Darling has played sold-out
shows from coast-to-coast, and showcased at the Canadian Country
Music Awards. They were interviewed by CMT, received regular play
on CBC Radio, and were featured on CBC Radio 2's 'Canada Live' concert
series. Currently, Oh My Darling are writing and recording new material,
with plans to release a new single in early 2011. This will coincide
with a winter/spring 'Love Shack' tour across Canada, as they prepare
for the release of their next full-length album, and gear up for
a busy summer of concerts and festivals, including performing at
these years Winnipeg Folk Festival.
Watching Oh My Darling play, you feel like you're walking into a
room of best friends, interacting naturally and effortlessly. The
wordless communication that happens between them that is mesmerizing.
They are sincere and earnest on stage, with a measure of good-natured
humor thrown in. You can tell they love to entertain. Their passion
for performing is a force of nature, and that's a force to be reckoned
with.
Tourneen
und Künstlervermittlung
/ Tours & Artist booking
