Tanya Gallagher

Tanya Gallagher
Gallagher performing with Big Virginia Sky at Vinyl Music Hall in Pensacola, Florida in December 2013
Background information
Born Pensacola, Florida, United States
Genres
Occupation(s) Singer, songwriter, scientist
Instruments Vocals, guitar, piano
Years active 2006–present
Labels Head Above Water
Associated acts Big Virginia Sky, Leathan Milne, Logan Vath
Website tanyagallagher.com

Tanya Gallagher is an American indie folk singer-songwriter from Pensacola, Florida.

Early life

Born in Pensacola, Florida, Gallagher is the youngest of four, in a family that grew up on the Gulf of Mexico near the Florida-Alabama line.[1]. Tanya grew up in a musical and loving household learning to sing from her grandfather.[2] She began writing songs from the time she learned to write and at the age of 15 auditioned for her church choir.[3] At the age of 18, Gallagher picked up the guitar and began to play at venues throughout the Southeast. [4]

Career

Gallagher attended the University of West Florida where she received her Bachelors and Master's in Environmental Science. [5] While at UWF, she formed her first band, Baylen, with her brother-in-law Jonathan Britnell [6] The acoustic-indie-pop duo released their first record "It's Been So Long" in 2007 [7]. In 2009, Gallagher traveled to Hampton, Virginia to work as a summer intern for the NASA Langley Research Center [8] Following her return from NASA, her band Baylen amicably split in 2010 upon Britnell's relocated to Austin, Texas. Gallagher then formed the jam band, Dr. Hu and the Love Machine with fellow college friends Ben Coppenger, Ben Coppenger, Joey Whibbs, Nick Milano, and Aerial Tolentino.

After graduating with her Masters from UWF, Gallagher met singer/songwriter Leathan Milne and traveled to Vancouver, BC to record her first solo album Oh My Love, which was released in 2013[9]. In Fall 2013, Gallagher relocated to Vancouver, BC to pursue a PhD in Landscape Ecology at the University of British Columbia [10] [1] [2]where she published scientific articles on landscape change, GIS, and water issues.[11] In 2016, she teamed up with Canadian producer/multi-instrumentalist Brandon Hoffman of Blocktreat to release her second solo album Virginia. [12] [13]Virginia was met with critical acclaim with the album drawing musical comparisons to the likes of Brandi Carlile, Bon Iver, Ryan Adams, Jason Mraz, and Jack Johnson.[14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19]

Gallagher is currently working with producer Daniel Mendez at Matchbox Studios in Austin, Texas on a new record set to be released in Summer 2018 [20]

Discography

  • It's Been So Long (Baylen, 2007)
  • Oh My Love" (Solo Album, 2013)
  • Virginia (Solo Album, 2016)

Press

References

  1. 1 2 "Tanya Gallagher Brings Southern Soul & Folk to Vancouver - 604 Now". 29 August 2016.
  2. 1 2 "Tanya Gallagher - The Raw Book". www.therawbook.com.
  3. ↑ SCHKLOVEN, EMMA. "Musician Tanya Gallagher pays tribute to Virginia with new album".
  4. ↑ "Genre Wander: Tanya Gallagher - Computer Magic - Lion Sphere - Otis Redding - Lion's Den". www.beehivecandy.com.
  5. ↑ "Music and science make a sweet duet - UWF Newsroom". 13 October 2011.
  6. ↑ "Downtown Crowd August 2013".
  7. ↑ "About BAYLEN". Sonicbids.
  8. ↑ "UWF student to intern with NASA - UWF Newsroom". 22 May 2009.
  9. ↑ "Oh My Love by Tanya Gallagher". 2 August 2013.
  10. ↑ Solutions, Abask Geospatial. "Landscape Ecology Lab – UBC » Tanya Gallagher". sarahgergel.net.
  11. ↑ Gallagher, Tanya L.; Gergel, Sarah E. (1 December 2017). "Landscape indicators of groundwater nitrate concentrations: an approach for trans-border aquifer monitoring". Ecosphere. 8 (12): e02047. doi:10.1002/ecs2.2047.
  12. ↑ "PREMIERE: "MONTEREY" by TANYA GALLAGHER". 15 September 2016.
  13. ↑ "Album review: Tanya Gallagher, 'Virginia'". 30 September 2016.
  14. ↑ Bohanan, Rebecca (30 August 2016). "Virginia Is the Perfect Album for Fall".
  15. ↑ "A&A: 10/27/16". www.aidabet.com.
  16. ↑ "Tanya Gallagher : Carry Me Back To Old Virginia". 25 October 2016.
  17. ↑ "Review – "Virginia" – Tanya Gallagher". 18 October 2016.
  18. ↑ "Tanya Gallagher Virginia". exclaim.ca.
  19. ↑ "LORDS of DOGWOOD - Tanya Gallagher – "Virginia" (Review)". www.lordsofdogwood.com.
  20. ↑ "Tanya Gallagher's New Album". Kickstarter.


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