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Canadian singer-songwriter
Dorothea Paas
Dorothea Paas performing with band outside of a cafe.
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Dorothea Paas is a Canadian singer-songwriter from Toronto, Ontario. Her debut album Anything Can't Happen was a longlisted nominee for the 2021 Polaris Music Prize.

Paas was raised in Toronto, Ontario where she was raised singing in choirs and playing guitar in a church group. Paas has released a number of EPs since 2012. A self-taught songwriter, her writing was influenced by her religious upbringing and popular music heard on the radio.

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. 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".

In addition to her solo career, she has also performed as a guest vocalist with Badge Époque Ensemble, and as vocalist and guitarist with Marker Starling.

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.

Discography

  • 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)
  • Think of Mist (2024)

References

  1. Viney, Steven (25 April 2014). "Dorothea Paas is Ahead of Her Time". Vice. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
  2. Kaufman, Brandon (12 May 2021). "Dorothea Paas is one of Canada's most gifted musicians". Cult MTL. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
  3. Doyle, Breanne (16 June 2021). "Mustafa,The OBGMs, Nyssa land on 2021 Polaris Prize long list". NOW Toronto. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
  4. ^ Sims, Paige (7 May 2021). "Album Review: Dorothea Paas's "Anything Can't Happen"". LOCK. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
  5. ^ Alex Hudson, "In Spite of Herself, Dorothea Paas Is Breaking Through". Exclaim!, May 3, 2021.
  6. Alex Hudson, "Dorothea Paas Shows That Anything Can Happen on 'Anything Can't Happen'". Exclaim!, May 5, 2021.
  7. Stuart Berman, "Badge Époque Ensemble, Self Help". Pitchfork, November 21, 2020.
  8. Nicola Orlandino, "Streaming: Marker Starling – Yet You Go On", October 28, 2022.

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