Trent Severn

{{Infobox musical artist | name = Trent Severn | image = | image_size = 220 | landscape = | alt = | caption = | alias = | origin = Stratford, Ontario | genre = Folk music | years_active = {{start date|2011}}–2019 | label = Trent Severn | associated_acts = Joel Plaskett | website = [http://trentsevernband.ca/ TrentSevernBand.ca] | current_members = Emm Gryner Dayna Manning Lindsay Schindler | past_members = Laura C. Bates }}

'''Trent Severn''' was a Canadian folk trio composed of Emm Gryner, Dayna Manning, and Lindsay Schindler. Founded in 2011, all of its members shared vocal duties and contributed to the songwriting process. They released their self-titled debut album in November 2012, under the imprint Dead Daisy Records.<ref name="torontoquartlery"/> The band was nominated for two 2013 Canadian Folk Music Awards,<ref name="nomineescfma"/> and toured and performed around Canada<ref name="stmarys"/> until announcing a hiatus on January 21, 2019.<ref name="hiatus"/>

== History == ===Founding=== [[File:Emm Gryner belts out a tune.jpg|thumb|right|240px|Band member Emm Gryner (pictured in 2005), contributed 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.<ref name="torontoquartlery"/> Gryner and Manning had co-billed a number of stages early in their careers,<ref name="tsabout"/> and had both been raised in Ontario.<ref name="stmarys"/>

They named the trio Trent Severn, after the Trent-Severn Waterway in Southern Ontario.<ref name="stmarys"/> All three women contribute to the songwriting and the vocals,<ref name="stmarys"/> and frequently reference Canadian culture and landscapes in their music.<ref name="stmarys"/> 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<ref name="tsabout"/>/violin<ref name="postcity"/> and sometimes percussion.<ref name="tsabout"/> They sold out a number of their early shows, also playing on CBC Radio's ''Q''.<ref name="torontoquartlery"/>

===Debut===

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

The album received heavy airplay on CBC Radio,<ref name="stmarys"/> and reviews were generally positive.<ref name="torontoquartlery"/> According to one reviewer, the album "contains a distinctly folk feel reminiscent of Joni Mitchell or Gordon Lightfoot."<ref name="stmarys"/> ''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."<ref name="postcity"/>

===Touring=== The band was nominated for two 2013 Canadian Folk Music Awards.<ref name="nomineescfma"/> Trent Severn tours frequently and plays both large and small events, many informal and outdoors.<ref name="stmarys"/> In 2013 Manning arranged an original folk version of "O Canada" with three part vocal harmony,<ref name="ocanada"/> which Trent Severn performed at the flag raising ceremony on Parliament Hill, Ottawa on July 1, 2013.<ref name="canadadaydream"/>

The band had an ongoing campaign to have people send postcards from across Canada.<ref name="stmarys"/> 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.<ref name="chadyoutube"/> On Canada Day<ref name="stmarys"/> of that year the band was part of Hadfield's first performance back on Earth, of "Space Oddity" by David Bowie.<ref name="spaceoddit"/>

==Members== *'''Emm Gryner''' – vocals, guitar, bass, stomp box (2011–2019) *'''Dayna Manning''' – vocals, guitar, banjo floor percussion (2011–2019) *'''Lindsay Schindler''' – vocals, violin, fiddle, (2015<ref name="schindler"/>–2019) *'''Laura C. Bates''' – vocals, violin, fiddle, floor percussion (2011–2015<ref name="schindler"/>)

==Discography== ===Albums=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" |+ ! Year ! scope="col" rowspan="1" style="width:10em;"| Album title ! scope="col" rowspan="1" style="width:15em;"| Release details |-

===Singles=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" |+ Incomplete list of songs by Trent Severn ! scope="col" rowspan="1" style="width:2.5em;" | Year ! scope="col" rowspan="1" | Title ! scope="col" rowspan="1" | Album ! scope="col" rowspan="1" | Certifications |-

|- |rowspan="1"|2012 !scope="row"|"Truscott" |rowspan="1"|''Trent Severn'' | |- |rowspan="1"|2014 !scope="row"|"Love and Maple Syrup" by Gordon Lightfoot |Single only | |- |}

==Awards and nominations== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" |+ List of awards and nominations for Trent Severn ! Year ! scope="col" rowspan="1" | Contest ! scope="col" rowspan="1" | Category ! scope="col" rowspan="1" style="width:6em;"| Result |- |rowspan="2"|2013 |rowspan="2"|9th Canadian Folk Music Awards |"Vocal Group of the Year" |{{Nominated}} |- |"New/Emerging Artist of the Year" |{{Nominated}} |- |2016 |Polaris Music Prize |"Longer List"<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://polarismusicprize.ca/blog/behold-the-longer-list/|title=Behold, The Longer List – Polaris Music Prize|date=2016-08-26|work=Polaris Music Prize|access-date=2017-09-02|language=en-US}}</ref> | |- |}

==Further reading== *{{cite news | title = Album Review: Trent Severn's self-titled debut | url = https://streetsoftoronto.com/album-review-trent-severns-self-titled-debut/ | newspaper = Post City | date = November 27, 2012 | accessdate = 2022-11-15 }} *{{cite news | title = Trent Severn Interview | url = http://thetorontoquarterly.blogspot.com/2012/12/trent-severn-interview-with-emm-gryner.html | newspaper = The Toronto Quarterly | date = December 2012 }} *{{cite news |title = Trio in songwriting mode during hometown concert swing |url = http://www.southwesternontario.ca/community/trio-in-songwriting-mode-during-hometown-concert-swing/ |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150924104137/http://www.southwesternontario.ca/community/trio-in-songwriting-mode-during-hometown-concert-swing/ |url-status = dead |archive-date = September 24, 2015 |newspaper = St. Marys Journal Argus |date = August 28, 2013 }} *{{cite news | title = Video: Chris Hadfield talks to Trent Severn from International Space Station | url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wRRpQh60NoY | publisher = YouTube | date = March 16, 2013 }} *{{cite news | title = Video: Chris Hadfield Space Oddity | url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FT8ZArS5ZR8&list=PLGGOip8exkahmLqT5GFS3ciKzLlkahuaU | publisher = Trent Severn Band | date = July 8, 2013 }}

== References == {{reflist|2| refs =

<ref name="ocanada">{{cite news | title = O Canada: Credits | url = http://trentsevernband.ca/o-canada/ | publisher = Trent Severn | date = July 2013 | accessdate = 2014-03-27 | url-status = dead | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20161117145331/http://trentsevernband.ca/o-canada/ | archivedate = 2016-11-17 }}</ref>

<ref name="canadadaydream">{{cite news | title = Canada Day Dream | url = https://trentsevernband.ca/2013/07/canada-day-dream/ | newspaper = | publisher = Trent Severn | date = July 2013 | accessdate = 2014-03-27 | url-status = dead | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20160328124053/https://trentsevernband.ca/2013/07/canada-day-dream/ | archivedate = 2016-03-28 }}</ref>

<ref name="chadyoutube"> {{cite news | title = Video: Chris Hadfield talks to Trent Severn from International Space Station | first = Darryl | last = Lahteenmaa | url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wRRpQh60NoY | publisher = YouTube | date = March 16, 2013 | accessdate = 2014-03-27 }}</ref>

<ref name="schindler"> {{cite news | title = Trent Severn flows into Minden | first = Chad | last = Ingram | url = https://mindentimes.ca/news/trent-severn-flows-into-minden/ | newspaper = Minden Times | date = November 26, 2015 | accessdate = 2022-11-15}} </ref>

<ref name="spaceoddit"> {{cite news | title = Video: Chris Hadfield Space Oddity | url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FT8ZArS5ZR8 | publisher = Trent Severn Band | date = July 8, 2013 | accessdate = 2014-03-27 }}</ref>

<ref name="stmarys">{{cite news |title = Trio in songwriting mode during hometown concert swing |first = Stew |last = Slater |url = http://www.southwesternontario.ca/community/trio-in-songwriting-mode-during-hometown-concert-swing/ |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150924104137/http://www.southwesternontario.ca/community/trio-in-songwriting-mode-during-hometown-concert-swing/ |url-status = dead |archive-date = September 24, 2015 |newspaper = St. Marys Journal Argus |date = August 28, 2013 |accessdate = 2014-03-27 }}</ref>

<ref name="torontoquartlery">{{cite news | title = Trent Severn Interview | first = | last = | url = http://thetorontoquarterly.blogspot.com/2012/12/trent-severn-interview-with-emm-gryner.html | newspaper = The Toronto Quarterly | publisher = | date = December 2012 | accessdate = 2014-03-27 }}</ref>

<ref name="nomineescfma">{{cite news |title = Nominees Announced |url = http://folkawards.ca/2013/09/canadian-folk-music-awards-nominees-announced/ |publisher = Canadian Folk Music Awards |date = September 2013 |accessdate = 2014-03-27 |url-status = dead |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20131111184002/http://folkawards.ca/2013/09/canadian-folk-music-awards-nominees-announced/ |archivedate = 2013-11-11 }}</ref>

<ref name="tsabout">{{cite news | title = About | url = http://trentsevernband.ca/about/ | publisher = Trent Severn Band | date = | accessdate = 2014-03-27 | url-status = dead | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20180904035854/https://trentsevernband.ca/about | archivedate = 2018-09-04 }}</ref>

<ref name="postcity">{{cite news | title = Album Review: Trent Severn's self-titled debut | first = Sabrina | last = Nanji | url = https://streetsoftoronto.com/album-review-trent-severns-self-titled-debut/ | newspaper = Post City | publisher = | date = November 27, 2012 | accessdate = 2022-11-15 }}</ref>

<ref name="hiatus">{{cite news | title = Facebook post | url = https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=2147737211950349&id=239245229466233 | publisher = Trent Severn Band | date = January 21, 2019 | accessdate = 2019-06-22 }}</ref> }}

==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20190726212538/https://trentsevernband.ca/ TrentSevernBand.ca] (archive) *[https://www.facebook.com/TrentSevernBand Trent Severn] on Facebook

Category:Musical groups established in 2011 Category:Musical groups from Ontario Category:Canadian folk music groups Category:2011 establishments in Ontario