Karen and Bill's
House Concerts
2016-11-13

David Celia and Marla
Dave and Marla met on tour in Germany and have since expanded their journey over several tours across Canada, the UK and Europe. The songs are melodic, sometimes mellow/dreamy and other times “Beatlesque” or mixed with humour. Their voices are captivating together, accompanied by guitar playing that astonishes listeners with spontaneous drive. Together as singer-songwriters, they found their way to play a combination of these styles with the intention of transporting you to another sphere.
David Celia
From Toronto, David is an innovative singer/songwriter and astonishing guitar player, known for his spontaneously driven live performances. His songs are filled with warm sentiment and sometimes mixed with humour. They have an open alt/folk style that's also been described as "Beatlesque”. He tours frequently across Canada and Europe (Glastonbury Festival) and is quoted as "One of Toronto's best guitar players” by CBC Radio. He also plays as sideman with acts diverse as Icelandic alt/pop star Emiliana Torrini or Ian & Sylvia Tyson. David's music consistently appears on the BBC and CBC and even Gordon Lightfoot is a fan. David’s recent release, “Double Mind” is available on Vinyl for the first time (Seedling Music)


Marla
Marla is a German/Spanish singer-songwriter based in Heidelberg, Germany. Inspired by traveling the world, the 20 year-old Marla is processing lost love in her songs, softly picked on acoustic guitar. Her mellow dreamy melodies combined with a deep airy voice might remind one of the artist Jessica Pratt but also reminiscent of Nico. After touring with David Celia in early 2015, she recorded her debut album in Toronto with him as producer and sideman. She easily won over audiences playing in Toronto, over to Montreal, up to Halifax and all over Europe. "Madawaska Valley” is now available and officially coming out on April 8th (Melting Pot Music/Rough Trade)