biographical info
Intimate, hopeful and wistful; Paula Toledo's music dreams out loud poignant, melodic-pop/folk songs that weave through life’s optimistic restlessness while capturing the innocence of its ripened discoveries.
With just a five song EP released, music supervisors have licensed Paula’s songs for consecutive seasons of ‘15/Love’ (YTV in Cda./U.S. & in France on France 2), ‘Renegadepress.com’ (Global in Cda.) ‘Secret Lives’ (LifetimeTV in Cda./U.S. & feature film in theatres in Asia and Europe), & ‘Missing’ (LifetimeTV in Cda. U.S.).
When her 5 song EP found its way into the hands of another musician who was also the Creative Director for Larrivée Guitars, he asked Paula to appear in a Larrivée Guitar Ad and featured her in a full colour, double-page ad in several music magazines such as ‘Acoustic Guitar’, ‘Canadian Musician’, ‘Women Who Rock’, ‘Inside Connection’ and ‘Rockr Grl’. The magazine coverage, which spanned across North America, drove readers to her website and resulted in a run of on-line purchases for her EP.
Stay Awhile is to be released on February 14, 2006
“Her first full-length,the ironically named Stay Awhile, is bubbling with movement. It's wistful, hopeful and sung beautifully. … it's warm and lovely without a lot of the nasal tricks and leg-showing that Canadian chanteuses often resort to instead of coming up with good pop-folk melodies. Listening to this, I feel nostalgic. And that's worth something.” The Edmonton Sun
lineup
Hamish Thomson Drums
Paula Toledo Singer/Songwriter
Jonathan Anderson Guitars/BG Vocals
John Bews Bass
influences
Aimee Mann/'Til Tuesday
Kate Bush
Martha Wainwright
Mojave 3
Stina Nordenstam