City and Colour’s playlist
Praise for City and Colour’s latest album If I Should Go Before You roars on as the Canadian star tours North America in support of the release.
After earning three Juno nominations including Artist of the Year and Songwriter of the Year this past spring, City and Colour (aka Dallas Green) is up for a 2016 iHeartRadio MuchMusic Video Award for Best Rock/Alternative Video for the album’s second single “Wasted Love.”
If Dallas takes the trophy, it won’t be his first. He won the 2006 MMVA for Fan Fave Artist (labelled the Peoples Choice: Favorite Canadian Artist at the time) for his tune “Save Your Scissors,” and among all the recognition he’s received since, that honor happens to be his fave.
“That award means a lot to me,” Dallas tells me. “Unlike a lot of awards where you have a panel of people voting and deciding who wins, people who actually dig my songs were voting for me.”
Speaking of votes of confidence, Dallas says it’s the fans’ positive response to his music that jump started and fueled his solo career.
In 2005, while co-fronting the band Alexisonfire, Dallas released a few songs online using the handle City and Colour.
“I had a whole bunch of songs that I didn’t really know what to do with,” he says, explaining the reason for the digital releases.
When fans ate up those tracks, Dallas reworked those tunes in the studio and recorded a collection of songs which became his debut solo album Sometimes.
“I figured why not put a record out and see what happens next,” Dallas says. “That was the first goal, just to see if anyone would dig what I was doing on the side.”
Oh, we dig it alright.
Sometimes earned Dallas the Juno Award for Alternative Album of the Year and set the stage for four more loudly applauded solo studio albums and rose ave., a collaborative record with pop superstar P!nk, which the two released under the joint moniker You+Me.
As Dallas and I looked back at his start, we thought we’d put a soundtrack to this nostalgic moment.
I asked Dallas to pick a time when he felt his solo career found its steady footing and for a playlist of albums he remembers having on repeat at that stage in his life.
The year was 2009. Dallas had just won the Juno Award for Songwriter of the Year for his platinum-selling sophomore album Bring Me Your Love, and the album’s second single, “Sleeping Sickness,” (featuring the Tragically Hip’s frontman Gordon Downie) achieved gold certification.
Here’s a playlist of albums Dallas had going in his ears.
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And Now That I’m In Your Shadow – Damien Jurado
Yellow House – Grizzly Bear
Love Deluxe – Sade
Meanderthal – Torche
Mercy (Dancing For the Death of an Imaginary Enemy) – Ours
City and Colour’s video for “Wasted Love” is nominated for Best Rock/Alternative Video at the 2016 iHeartRadio MuchMusic Video Awards. See all of this year’s nominees here and watch the event live on MUCH, CTV, VRAK or much.com Sunday, June 19.
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See tour dates below:
June 10 – Edmonton, AB – Rexall Centre
June 11 – Calgary, AB – Scotiabank Saddledome
June 12 – Regina, SK – Brandt Centre
June 14 – Winnipeg, MB – MTS Centre
June 15 – Thunder Bay, ON – Community Auditorium
June 17 – Toronto, ON – Molson Canadian Amphitheatre
June 18 – Toronto, ON –Molson Canadian Amphitheatre
June 20 – Montreal, QC – Bell Centre
June 28 – Morrison, CO – Red Rocks Amphitheatre
July 3 – Saskatoon, SK – Saskatchewan Jazz Festival
July 8 – Quebec City, QC – Festival d’Ete de Quebec
July 13 – Moncton, NB – Molson Canadian Centre at Casino New Brunswick
July 14 – Halifax, NS – Halifax Jazz Festival
July 16 – London, ON – Harris Park – Rock the Park
July 17 – Ottawa, ON – Ottawa BluesFest
July 28 – Chicago, IL – Lollapalooza
July 31 – Buffalo, NY – Canalside
August 19 – Hollywood, CA – Hollywood Bowl
August 28 – Dana Point, CA – Doheny State Beach
October 3 – Tucson, AZ – Rialto Theatre
October 5 – Phoenix, AZ – Orpheum Theatre
October 6 – Albuquerque, NM – Sunshine Theatre
Posted by Marc Andrew
on Jun 10 2016. Filed under Celebrity Playlist.
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