Originally based in Baltimore and now based in sunny Oakland, Tippy Canoe (aka Michele Kappel-Stone) made the switch from a 5-piece drum kit with the garage-pop princesses The Kirby Grips (Sympathy for The Record Industry), to a 4-stringed ukulele in 2003. In 2009 she upped the string count and added guitarist to her resume. She’s on a mission to bring sincere uplift in a severely down-slanted era by spreading her hook-laden pop-meets-roots-music. On her 2008 debut full-length album, “Parasols and Pekingese,” Tippy shows off her enchanting and dynamic sound. Her voice is a blend of 60’s girl group, classic country and its own quirky nature sounding through.
Her songwriting highlights a variety of influences ranging from 20's and 30's acts like The Boswell Sisters and Jack Teagarden, 50's and 60's performers like Brenda Lee and The Chiffons, to catchy post-punk bands like Squeezze and Blondie. It is what one reviewer described as “jaunty country rock.”
Tippy Canoe has shared the stage or completed coastal tours with artists including Martha Wainwright, Barbara Manning, Big Sandy and his Fly-Rite Boys, Mad Tea Party and others. San Francisco has shown Tippy Canoe a lot of love; she was included in an exhibition on the ukulele at the San Francisco Museum of Craft and Folk Art, featured in teh first annual San Francisco Ukulele Festival and aired on a segment of PBS' Bay Area Arts program, Spark TV. Tippy Canoe has also contributed original music to the animated children's DVD "Music Time".
You won't want to miss Tippy Canoe as she continues to stomp the pavement and charm audiences with her solo act.
“Tippy Canoe has an image and musical style that are as sweet as the frosting used to decorate baked goods.”--Molly Gilmore Baldwin, The Olympian
LA Tour Dates:
Saturday, May 29th @ The Echo Park Film Center
8 pm / Donations requested
1200 North Alvarado Street
Los Angeles, CA 90026
With Funeral Club, The Here and Now
Sunday, May 30th @ The Echo
6 pm/ Free/ All Ages
1822 Sunset in Echo Park, CA 90026
playing on the backporch for "The Grand Ole Echo"
w/ Dead Rock West, Funeral Club, Vicki Hill
For additional information on Tippy Canoe please visit:
http://www.TippyCanoe.net
http://www.myspace.com/tippycanoe
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