Dala is a Canadian acoustic- folk two-piece musical group, made up by Sheila Carabine and Amanda Walther, both of Scarborough, Ontario.

Early history (2002-2005)

Sheila Carabine and Amanda Walther first met at Mary Ward Catholic Secondary School, at a high school band practice. Quickly afterwards, Carabine and Walther's friendship blossomed and they formed ''Dala'' in the summer of 2002. Their "innate understanding of music" and "vocal range" helped propel them towards signing a five-year artist development deal with Big Bold Sun Music on December 12, 2003, and on April 3, 2005, Dala released their first album, '' This Moment Is a Flash''.

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On August 8, 2005, Dala signed its first major record deal with Universal Music. Soon thereafter, on November 1, the band released its first major album, ''

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'', containing five original songs and five covers. Immediately afterwards, Dala went out on tour to support the album, including a brief stint in early 2007 opening for Tom Cochrane. Returning to the studio after the tour, the band released their album '' Who Do You Think You Are'' on August 14, 2007, with the lead single "Anywhere Under the Moon" entering

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rotation. Dala finished opening for Matthew Good on a cross-Canada tour in

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on November 3, 2007. In 2008, Dala joined Stuart McLean, the host of CBC Radio's ''

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'', for three separate Canadian tours. Other musical guests featured on these tours include Danny Michel and

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. Over the course of their career, Dala has contributed cover songs to several compilations. The ''Angels & Thieves'' recordings of "

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", The Cure's " Lovesong", and Neil Young's " A Man Needs a Maid" were released on ''Just Like Heaven - a tribute to The Cure'' (2009), ''Sing Me To Sleep - Indie Lullabies'' (2010), and ''Cinnamon Girl - Women Artists Cover Neil Young'' (2008) respectively. ''Cinnamon Girl'' also included the duo's cover of Young's " Ohio", which was recorded for the 2007 compilation '' Borrowed Tunes II: A Tribute to Neil Young''. The duo released their fourth album, '' Everyone Is Someone'', on June 9, 2009. Lead single "Levi Blues" was nominated in the Mainstream Adult Contemporary category at the 2010 Canadian Radio Music Awards. The duo taped a performance for PBS in February 2010, which aired in June as ''Girls from the North Country''. The performance also featured Canadian all-girl acts The Good Lovelies and Oh Susanna, and included covers of songs by

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, Gordon Lightfoot, Leonard Cohen, Neil Young, and Bob Dylan. That year the band won Vocal Group of the Year at the Canadian Folk Music Awards."The Once, Beyond the Pale, both win two at Canadian Folk Music Awards"
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'', which earned three

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nominations for English Songwriter of the Year, Vocal Group of the Year, and Producer of the Year. In between long breaks from recording, Amanda Walther and her brothers and cousins, as the WW Club, released a children's album ''More Better'' in June 2015. Sheila Carabine's solo album was planned for release in 2016.

Discography

Studio albums

Live albums

Awards

Canadian Folk Music Awards

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- Angels & Thieves ,

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Toronto Independent Music Awards

The Toronto Independent Music Awards have been presented bi-annually since 2009

Juno Awards

The Juno Awards have been presented annually since 1970 to Canadian musical artists and bands to acknowledge their artistic and technical achievements in all aspects of music. , - , 2011 , Dala - Girls from the North Country , Roots & Traditional Album of the Year – Group ,

References

External links

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