Trent Severn

Trent Severn
Origin Stratford, Ontario
Genres Folk music
Years active 2011 (2011)–present
Labels Dead Daisy Records
Associated acts Joel Plaskett
Website TrentSevernBand.ca
Members Emm Gryner, Dayna Manning, Lindsay Schindler

Trent Severn is a Canadian folk trio composed of Emm Gryner, Dayna Manning, and Lindsay Schindler. Founded in 2011, all three women share vocal duties and contribute to the songwriting process. They released their self-titled debut album in November 2012, under the imprint Dead Daisy Records.[1] The band was nominated for two 2013 Canadian Folk Music Awards,[2] and continues to tour and perform around Canada.[3]

History

Founding

Band member Emm Gryner (pictured in 2005), contributes vocals and bass

In 2011 Emm Gryner approached fellow Canadian singer-songwriter Dayna Manning about forming a folk band, and Manning's childhood friend and violinist Laura C. Bates joined soon thereafter.[1] Gryner and Manning had co-billed a number of stages early in their careers,[4] and had both been raised in Ontario.[3]

They named the trio Trent Severn, after Trent-Severn Waterway in Southern Ontario.[3] All three women contribute to the songwriting and the vocals,[3] and frequently reference Canadian culture and landscapes in their music.[3] They also typically do all instrumentals themselves, with Manning on banjo or guitar, Gryner with a bass and stomp box, and Bates with a fiddle[4]/violin[5] and sometimes percussion.[4] They sold out a number of their early shows, also playing on CBC Radio's Q.[1]

Debut

They released their self-titled 10-track debut album on Nov 6, 2012, under the imprint Dead Daisy Records.[1] Excluding a guest appearance by Joel Plaskett on the track “Bluenose On a Dime” and percussion by Dave Tolley,[5] all the music is arranged and performed by the band.[1] The writing, recording, and mixing process overall had taken fourteen months.[1]

The album received heavy airplay on CBC Radio,[3] and reviews were generally positive.[1] According to one reviewer, the album "contains a distinctly folk feel reminiscent of Joni Mitchell or Gordon Lightfoot."[3] Post City praised the balanced feel between tracks, stating "For the most part, the album [has a] laid-back, twangy trend, punctuated by a couple of fast-paced and upbeat numbers here and there. The result is a warmly nostalgic record padded with darkly pensive instrumentation...Trent Severn sing and play with the weight carried by old souls, but they can still throw in a wink with playful verses and jaunty songs."[5]

Touring

The band was nominated for two 2013 Canadian Folk Music Awards.[2] Trent Severn tours frequently and plays both large and small events, many informal and outdoors.[3] In 2013 Manning arranged an original folk version of "O Canada" with three part vocal harmony,[6] which Trent Severn performed at the flag raising ceremony on Parliament Hill, Ottawa on July 1, 2013.[7]

The band has an ongoing campaign to have people send postcards from across Canada.[3] On March 15, 2013, they became the first band to receive a phone call to a concert from space, when they played a live song for Commander Chris Hadfield while he was on the international space station.[8] On Canada Day[3] of that year the band was part of Hadfield's first performance back on earth, of "Space Oddity" by David Bowie.[9]

Members

Current

Former Members

Discography

Albums

Year Album title Release details
2012 Trent Severn
Year Album title Release details
2015 Trillium
  • Released: Oct 9, 2015
  • Label: Trent Severn
  • Format: Digital

Singles

Incomplete list of songs by Trent Severn
Year Title Album Certifications
2012 "Truscott" Trent Severn
2014 "Love and Maple Syrup" by Gordon Lightfoot Single only

Awards and nominations

List of awards and nominations for Trent Severn
Year Contest Category Result
2013 9th Canadian
Folk Music Awards		 "Vocal Group of the Year" Nominated
"New/Emerging Artist of the Year" Nominated

Further reading

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Trent Severn Interview". The Toronto Quarterly. December 2012. Retrieved 2014-03-27.
  2. 1 2 "Nominees Announced". Canadian Folk Music Awards. September 2013. Retrieved 2014-03-27.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Slater, Stew (August 28, 2013). "Trio in songwriting mode during hometown concert swing". St. Marys Journal Argus. Retrieved 2014-03-27.
  4. 1 2 3 "About". Trent Severn Band. Retrieved 2014-03-27.
  5. 1 2 3 Nanji, Sabrina (November 27, 2012). "Album Review: Trent Severn’s self-titled debut". Post City. Retrieved 2014-03-27.
  6. ↑ "O Canada: Credits". Trent Severn. July 2013. Retrieved 2014-03-27.
  7. ↑ "Canada Day Dream". Trent Severn. July 2013. Retrieved 2014-03-27.
  8. ↑ Lahteenmaa, Darryl (March 16, 2013). "Video: Chris Hadfield talks to Trent Severn from International Space Station". YouTube. Retrieved 2014-03-27.
  9. ↑ "Video: Chris Hadfield Space Oddity". Trent Severn Band. July 8, 2013. Retrieved 2014-03-27.
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