Dana Louise is a singer-songwriter, painter, hide & seeker based out of Fayetteville, Arkansas.
Dana Louise and the Glorious Birds take flight! The Northwest-Arkansas-based
band Dana Louise and the Glorious Birds will release their self-titled debut CD on Trout Records. Fronting the band are Dana Louise on guitar and vocals and Adams Collins on vibraphone and 5-string banjo. The rhythm section is made up of Dana’s father Ezra Idlet and Keith Grimwood of the band Trout Fishing in America. The music is a blend of indie folk and jazz – alternately melodious and hard-driving – and often unexpected with its
unusual mix of instruments and influences.
During a solo journey to the Azores Islands in 2011, Dana Louise, a visual artist, taugh herself to play guitar. The daughter of Ezra Idlet of the Grammy-nominated Trout Fishing in America, Dana forged the beginnings of her sound, practicing amidst the archipelago’s lava rocks and dragon trees. Back in the States, she began singing and songwriting professionally, touring regionally and internationally, and has just finished recording her debut album with Trout Records.
Joined by the Glorious Birds — Adams Collins (vibraphone and 5-string banjo), and Ezra Idlet and Keith Grimwood (Trout Fishing in America/guitar, percussion and bass) — Dana brings her vibrant, melodic vocals and finger picking to a body of complex songs. Drawing from jazz and bluegrass, carrying a contemporary beat, the sound is roots-rooted flung-into-the-future folk. Dana Louise and the Glorious Birds work to leave their audiences glowing with the magic music can bring: genuine human connection.
