Biography
Originally from Baltimore and now based in sunny Oakland, songbird and solo uke-slinger/guitarist, Tippy Canoe (Michele Kappel-Stone), made the switch from a 5-piece drum kit with the garage-pop princesses The Kirby Grips (Sympathy For The Record Industry), to a 4-stringed ukulele in 2003. In 2009 she upped the string count and added guitarist to her resume. She’s on a mission with her band the Paddlemen to bring sincere uplift in a severely down-slanted era by spreading her hook-laden pop-meets-roots music.
On her debut full-length album, “Parasols & Pekingese,” released in 2008 on Late Bloomers Works and recorded with her full band the Paddlemen, Tippy Canoe shows off her enchanting and dynamic sound. Her voice is a mixture of the 60's girl group sound and classic country with its own quirky nature shining through. Her songwriting highlights a variety of influences ranging from 20's and 30's acts like The Boswell Sisters and Jack Teagarden, to 50's and 60's performers like Brenda Lee and The Chiffons, and catchy post-punk bands like Squeeze and Blondie.
Tippy Canoe has shared the stage or completed coastal tours with artists including Martha Wainwright, Big Sandy & his Fly-Rite Boys, Mad Tea Party, and others. San Francisco shows Tippy Canoe a lot of love; she was included in an exhibition on the ukulele at the San Francisco Museum of Craft and Folk Art, featured in the first annual San Francisco Ukulele Festival, and aired on a segment of PBS’s Bay Area Arts program SPARK TV. Tippy Canoe also contributed original music to the animated children’s DVD “Music Time.”
You won’t want to miss Tippy Canoe as she continues to stomp the pavement and charm audiences with her solo act.
FOR CLUB BOOKING & PRIVATE EVENTS please contact:
latebloomersworks (at) earthlink.net
Regarding Publicity please contact:
Kim Grant
KG Music Press
phone: 323-336-0500
KGMusicPress (at)
Thehappybookers.net
http://www.kgmusicpress.com
Other Internet homes include:
Myspace: http://www.myspace.com/tippycanoe
Facebook: http://tinyurl.com/tippyfacebook
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/tippycanoe
Spark TV Feature: http://tinyurl.com/sparktv
Please stop on by and say hello.
Instrumentation
TIPPY CANOE is a solo performer, uke-slinger, guitarist, and vocalist.
This singular songbird frequently shares the stage with:
Mikie Lee Prasad (guitar, vocals, tambourine, harmonica)
Occasionally when on-stage in the San Franciso Bay Area as Tippy Canoe & the Paddlemen the line-up also includes:
Rick Quisol (drums)
Chris "T.G." Green (bass)
Matty Stone (percussion and official blogeographer)
Discography
"Parasols and Pekingnese" ~ the debut full-length recording presented by Late Bloomers Works LBW001 2008 (www.latebloomersworks.com)
"Shout Baby Shout, Volume 1" ~ Yanoo! Records, 2008 -- Japanese compilation of roots musicians from the U.S., Europe and Japan who all share a similar vision.
Links
| http://www.tippycanoe.net |
| Tippy on Facebook |