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Po' Girl is a Canadian music group whose style derives from folk, country and jazz. The band evolved from a series of jam sessions, in 2000, between Trish Klein of The Be Good Tanyas and Allison Russell, then of Fear of Drinking. The two met up again in 2003 and named themselves Po' Girl.
Girlband or "girl band" can refer to: An all-female band, where all members of a musical group are female; A girl group, where only the singers are female; Girlband (Australian band), a pop group; Girlband (English band), contestants on The X Factor; Gilla Band, rock band previously known as Girl Band
She launched her singer-songwriter career there with opening sets for Dar Williams, Penny Lang, Veda Hille, Kinnie Starr and Tegan and Sara, and started touring Canada sharing the stage with Rae Spoon, Po' Girl, Bob Snider and many more.
Allison Russell is a Canadian singer-songwriter, musician and activist.. Prior to her solo music career, Russell performed as a member of various music groups including Po' Girl, [1] Birds of Chicago, [2] Our Native Daughters [3] and Sisters of the Strawberry Moon. [4]
An all-female band is a band which has consisted entirely of female musicians for at least three-quarters of its active career. This article only lists all-female bands who perform original material that is either authored by themselves or authored by another musician for that band's use. Therefore vocal groups (girl groups) are not
Pete Bonas replaced Phil Collen, who left to join Def Leppard, though the band broke up soon after. Girl still have six albums available through Sanctuary Records (previously released by Don Arden's Jet Records): Sheer Greed, Wasted Youth, Killing Time, Live at the Marquee, Live at the Exposition Hall, Osaka, Japan, the 37 track anthology My ...
When the duo launched the Be Good Tanyas when they were joined by a mutual friend, Trish Klein. [2] Frazey Ford, who had been planting trees with Parton, joined the trio, and they went on their first tour, opening for Bill Bourne. [3] Holland left the group in 2000 but returned to contribute to their first album, Blue Horse. [2]
The band comprised two key members: Christopher Owens, songwriter and lead singer, and Chet "JR" White, who played bass and produced. Girls' sound was heavily inspired by the music of the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s, with their sound being described as lo-fi, surf rock, rock and roll, psychedelic rock, pop rock, country rock, and garage rock.