The Heather Dale Band
"An uber-creative, multi-disciplined, golden-voiced renaissance woman."
(WholeNote Magazine)
A Canadian recording artist with Celtic roots, Heather Dale deftly transcends the limits of both Celtic balladeers and folk singer-songwriters. She finds contemporary themes within old material, and fuses folk traditions with blues, jazz, and world music influences. Often compared to Loreena McKennitt and Sarah McLachlan, Dale’s unique vocals are paired with more than a dozen folk instruments in live performances with multi-instrumentalist Ben Deschamps and the Amphis Chamber Strings.
Her hit song, “Mordred’s Lullaby” has been viewed more than 20 million times on YouTube. Dale has released 15 studio albums, five live albums, three songbooks, and a full-length musical theatre work based on the King Arthur legend titled “Queens of Avalon.” An evocative and often surprising wordsmith, Dale’s poetry has been featured in seven novels written by New York Times bestselling authors S.M. Stirling and E.K. Johnston.
Dale is equally comfortable as a businesswoman: she is the head of her own record label Amphis Music, an arts entrepreneur, an experienced audio engineer, and a popular public speaker about independent music in the 21st century. You can watch her TEDx Talk here.
THE HEATHER DALE BAND:
Heather Dale: vocals, piano, hammered dulcimer, Irish flutes & whistles, bodhran drum.
Ben Deschamps: acoustic & electric guitars, cittern, mandolin, fiddle, bass.
John Stadtlander: drums & world percussion.
(WholeNote Magazine)
A Canadian recording artist with Celtic roots, Heather Dale deftly transcends the limits of both Celtic balladeers and folk singer-songwriters. She finds contemporary themes within old material, and fuses folk traditions with blues, jazz, and world music influences. Often compared to Loreena McKennitt and Sarah McLachlan, Dale’s unique vocals are paired with more than a dozen folk instruments in live performances with multi-instrumentalist Ben Deschamps and the Amphis Chamber Strings.
Her hit song, “Mordred’s Lullaby” has been viewed more than 20 million times on YouTube. Dale has released 15 studio albums, five live albums, three songbooks, and a full-length musical theatre work based on the King Arthur legend titled “Queens of Avalon.” An evocative and often surprising wordsmith, Dale’s poetry has been featured in seven novels written by New York Times bestselling authors S.M. Stirling and E.K. Johnston.
Dale is equally comfortable as a businesswoman: she is the head of her own record label Amphis Music, an arts entrepreneur, an experienced audio engineer, and a popular public speaker about independent music in the 21st century. You can watch her TEDx Talk here.
THE HEATHER DALE BAND:
Heather Dale: vocals, piano, hammered dulcimer, Irish flutes & whistles, bodhran drum.
Ben Deschamps: acoustic & electric guitars, cittern, mandolin, fiddle, bass.
John Stadtlander: drums & world percussion.