Trent Severn
| Trent Severn | |
|---|---|
| Origin | Stratford, Ontario |
| Genres | Folk music |
| Years active | 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. The band was nominated for two 2013 Canadian Folk Music Awards, and continues to tour and perform around Canada.
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. Gryner and Manning had co-billed a number of stages early in their careers, and had both been raised in Ontario.
They named the trio Trent Severn, after Trent-Severn Waterway in Southern Ontario. All three women contribute to the songwriting and the vocals, and frequently reference Canadian culture and landscapes in their music. 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/violin and sometimes percussion. They sold out a number of their early shows, also playing on CBC Radio's Q.
They released their self-titled 10-track debut album on Nov 6, 2012, under the imprint Dead Daisy Records. Excluding a guest appearance by Joel Plaskett on the track “Bluenose On a Dime” and percussion by Dave Tolley, all the music is arranged and performed by the band. The writing, recording, and mixing process overall had taken fourteen months.
The album received heavy airplay on CBC Radio, and reviews were generally positive. According to one reviewer, the album "contains a distinctly folk feel reminiscent of Joni Mitchell or Gordon Lightfoot."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."
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