Known artistically as City and Colour, acoustic/folk singer Dallas Green hails from Ontario, Canada. He was also a member of the folk band Alexisonfire from 2001 to 2012.
Green has been playing guitar and writing music since he was a teen and put out free downloads of his songs on the Internet in 2004. He reworked some of the songs to form a full length album called “Sometimes” and released it under alias City and Colour (which cleverly refers to his first and last name respectively). Los Angeles based label Vagrant Records re-released the album on 13 January 2009.
Green’s sophomore album “Bring Me Your Love” was released on 12 February 2008 with a more folk sound due to additional instruments like the harmonica and the banjo played by members of the band Attack in Black. He also collaborated with Canadian singer Gordon Downie on the single “Sleeping Sickness.” The album’s name is an ode to a short story by Charles Bukowski. Green supported his album with his first tour in the U.S., opening for bands Tegan and Sara and Girl in a Coma. He also toured in the UK, supporting rock artist P!nk in 2010 performing two new singles “Silver and Gold” and “Oh Sister.”
Green’s single “Fragile Bird” from his album “Little Hell” is his highest charting single in Canada, reaching No. 1 on the alternative/rock chart in 2011. The song also received widespread attention on the Australian radio station Triple J. Green confirms Neil Young has been a major musical influence on his songwriting and musical style.
Myles Smith
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