Yonder Hill are : Katie Moore, Angela Desveaux and Dara Weiss - vocals and acoustic guitar, Terry Joe Rodrigues - banjo, Heather Schnarr - fiddle, Joe Grass - Dobro, Andrew Horton - vocals and upright bass****************************************************
The Bogghoppers are : Glenn Patterson, Tyler Rudolph and Dara Weiss******************************************
Dara has also collaborated with Ernie Redquest - guitar (Weiss & Redquest - The Woodshed Sessions) and Peter Okie Weiss - vocals and guitar***************************************************************
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Influences
Stanley Brothers, Bill Monroe, Carter Family, Gillian Welch and David Rawlings, Tim O'Brien, Richard Buckner, Steve Earle, Ricky Skaggs, Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee, Bruce Molsky, Josquin Desprez, Tom Waits, Rhonda Vincent, Blue Highway, Joni Mitchell, Johnny Cash, Ryan Adams, J.S. Bach, Neil Young, John Coltrane, Leonard Cohen, Eric Bachmann, Crooked Fingers, Pearl Jam, Dimitri Shostakovitch, Taj Mahal, Jay Farrar, Jeff Tweedy, Dixie Chicks, Ornette Coleman, Radiohead, Louvin Brothers, Doc Watson, Hank Williams, Dwight Yoakam, Clarence Ashley, Bob Dylan, Metallica, John Lee Hooker, King Wilkie, The Band.......
Sounds Like
YONDER HILL - Willie Cline
Live at The Black Sheep Inn May 29th, 2009
Hop High My Lulu Gal - The Bogghoppers
Live @ The Yellow Door
THE BOGGHOPPERS
@L'Inspecteur Épingle in Montréal, Qc.
Dara Weiss is a Montreal-born singer and songwriter. She is a dedicated and active member of Montreal's bluegrass/country scene.
Early on in life, Dara's father imbued in her a love of folk music. He taught her some chords, which she diligently practiced on his cherry Guild guitar. Her father’s guitar, made the year she was born, is the same one she plays today. The only guitar she has ever truly loved.
Dara had stints in rock bands during her college years. She also obtained a performance degree in classical saxophone at McGill University. It was bluegrass music, however, that truly grabbed hold of her heart. As she began to involve herself in the bluegrass community in Montreal she drenched herself in the music of the Stanley Brothers and Bill Monroe. She fell deeply in love with the exquisite music of Gillian Welch and David Rawlings, the voice of Tim O'Brien, the haunting blend of the clawhammer banjo and the old time fiddle. She lay her saxophone down and committed herself to the cherry Guild and mountain music.
In 2005, while Dara was living in Thunder Bay Ontario, she collaborated with Cape Breton-born flatpicker Ernie Redquest. The Woodshed Sessions was recorded by Redquest and includes seven of Dara's songs.
Dara's main musical project is her bluegrass group Yonder Hill (www.myspace.com/yonderhill), featuring Katie Moore and Angela Desveaux who, along with Dara, sing and write songs for the band. The band also includes some of Montreal's finest bluegrass instrumentalists: Andrew Horton on upright bass and vocals, Heather Schnarr on fiddle, Joe Grass on dobro and Terry-Joe Rodrigues on the clawhammer banjo. They perform both original compositions and traditional bluegrass songs and fiddle tunes. T
Dara is recording a new album with her old time trio The Bogghoppers. Dara plays guitar and sings in the band and is joined by Glenn Patterson on fiddle and Tyler Rudolph on banjo and vocals. The Bogghoppers play shows and square dances in the Montréal area.
Dara can be found singing at various weekly open-mic/jam nights throughout Montreal, including Barfly's Sunday Night Bluegrass Jam (4062a Boul. St. Laurent); Monday nights at the legendary Wheel Club (3373 Boul. Cavendish in NDG); and Thursday nights at Moonshiner Thursdays at Grumpy's Pub (1242 rue Bishop).
Heya Dara...you gonna make it to Nova Scotia this summer? We have all kinds of great bluegrass festivals...come on :) Really like to finally meet you...
I cannot take your flowers, Sweet beauty in such a sorrowful song It still haunts me when i listen, I love the hope, I love the pain, I love this song. It allows me to believe.
Hope you can make it out to our Clinton's gig Monday, Sept. 22nd 10pm. (responsible under 19ers welcome. $5) In the meantime, check out our myspace to hear our new demo "The Last Record Store". Todd, Carlie, Stu, Dave
Hi Dara. Recently some mean spam was sent out from my account. If you happen to receive it, don't pay any mind to it. Looking forward to hearing you again down at the Wheel. And you folks of Yonder Hill sound absolutely beautiful! Some of the best music I've heard in years.
hey dara!
hope you're well. just wanted to say hi because i haven't seen you in a while. i heard some of the YH tracks and they sound fabulous. seriously, the record is going to kill!
xo
Lindsay
It's nice to hear your voice again. Been a while for sure. You'll be playing in Ormstown, right? Fat Tuesday is performing too, so if you need a Sousaphone player to sit in, I'll be there.
Hi Dara
Nice to hear from you! Sounds lovely could translate to: Suona bene...
Stop by again soon!
Barbie
ps. wanna come to our show on Sunday? hee hee
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