Music of the Week (ok…Fortnight?), Part 2
I think I may have intially stumbled upon Tina Dico via iTunes ‘Free Single of the Week’, and call me a sucker for live and unplugged performances, but like last time for Kate, I highly recommend her Live iTunes session as a great starting point to discover this wonderful artist. Adding to her appeal (imo) is her independent route to success:
Or… you could do it Tina Dico’s way. That the 27-year-old has beaten Coldplay and U2 to Number One in her native Denmark is impressive. That she has won the Best Songwriter Grammy and been voted Best Composer at the Danish Music Critics Awards is no mean feat. But the fact she did all this by putting out her music herself – without recourse to the marketing muscles of A Big Record Company – makes her unique. In an age of gimmicks and payola, text-in talent contests and image-first/music-second rock posturing, Tina Dico did it the other way: on the strength of her songs.
“I guess it is quite unusual to start your own label when you’re 23 and release your own album in the States when you’re 27,” she says. “It goes to show you what you can achieve.”
My favorite song is “One”:
unfortunately I couldn’t find a video to post, but “Break of Day” is another excellent track which you can listen to below:
She’s originally from Denmark which, like Canada, seems to produce a disproportionate number of talented musicians and artists - perhaps its the latitude and the proximity of a culturally dominating southern neighbor…
(I promise for the next Music of the Week to deviate from the pretty girl with an acoustic guitar meme. But I also promise to come back to it at some point!)
August 31st, 2007 at 11:28 am
Being a Dane I’m glad to learn that Tina Dicow is picking up abroad. She’s definitely a big hit locally. My favourite being: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WswM_CLOs4g&mode=related&search=