New York, NY (Top40 Charts/ Green Light Go) Begun as a long-distance musical collaboration between opera singer Brandi Sidoryk and bassoonist Krista Wodelet,
Sidney York is one of the sharpest, sweetest, most surprising musical duos around.
Known for their high-energy live shows featuring instruments seldom seen beyond the orchestra pit,
Sidney York is captivating audiences with an unconventional and irresistible blend of catchy lyrics, masterful arrangements, and soaring vocal harmonies.
Named Best Untapped Newcomer at the Calgary Folk Fest,
Sidney York has also performed at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics, SXSW, Canadian
Music Fest, NXNE, Vancouver Jazz Fest, and BIGSOUND. Their 2011 album Apocalyptic
Radio Cynic was called "vivacious, fresh, fun and gorgeous... a burst of fresh air" (Tamara Stanners, The Peak 102.7FM) and celebrated for bringing "sense of humility, a touch of class and most of all, fun" (Andrew Elliot, The Café Live 88.5FM) to the nouveau-pop genre.
Sidney York has recently shared the stage with notable artists Rich Aucoin and Carly Rae Jepsen, and will be featured in the forthcoming documentary Tracks on Tracks, which showcases ten Canadian acts on a cross-country musical adventure aboard a VIA Rail train.
A forthcoming new full-length album, to be released in 2014, infuses their trademark blend of layered vocals and eclectic influences in a set of tracks with "an undeniable edge and depth" (Kirk Hamilton, 3AM Revelations). <3s, the brand new EP from
Sidney York, will be available in Canada and the US in the fall of 2013, and the next year will see them bring their inimitable style around the world - from Canada, to the US, and on to Australia.
From the opera stage and the orchestra pit to the indie music scene,
Sidney York is reinventing the meaning of the term "band geek," one stage at a time.
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Praise for
Sidney York
"It would be hard to beat the hand-clap and whistle-along for 'Dick and Jane.'" -Kevin Scott - Torontoist
"'Hearts' was a pleasant surprise with bassonist Krista Wodelet trying her hand at the synthesizer and some bigger vocal parts, both of which sounded great." -Vancouver
Music Review
"Brandi's pipes remain in fine form: one thing I love about her opera-trained pipes is her ability to, like PJ Harvey, roam between delicacy and demanded attention as the occasion merits. Her voice itself is an instrument, perfectly accompanied by Sheryl Reinhardt and Krista Wodelet." -Amber Waves - Open 'Til Midnight
"Confirmation at long last, band geeks are cool. [T]he Calgary-based trio...opened for superstar singer
Carly Rae Jepsen and stole the show from the B.C. girl." -Thomas Miller - Lloydminster Source
"[They] have created this really cool classical infused indie pop sound." -Matt Schichter - MSN Entertainment
