Songstress.

Singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and genre-bending performance artist Devon More's alternative pop rock songs feature infectious melodies, insightful lyrics, and a symphonic sensibility. Her upcoming album, Sky Is Falling, arrives on February 29th(!) 2024 to transmute your agony during these complicated times.

A classically-trained flautist since age 6, Devon studied theatre before honing her artistic priorities and riot grrrl politics during four transformative punk rock years in Berlin, Germany. Devon now lives on the traditional, ancestral, stolen territory of the Coast Salish First Nations in Vancouver, BC.

Longtime frontwoman for East Van punk pop power trio Hang Lucy, Devon ultimately gained renown for her original one-woman cabarets, earning critical acclaim on stages across Canada for her musical storytelling and lush layering of hypnotic live-looped soundscapes using guitar, flute, and a curious arsenal of noisemakers.

Musing on themes of wanderlust, revolution, and love, Devon’s storyful songs draw from her own unique life experience as a globetrotter, polyglot (Dutch, German, English), and Traumatic Brain Injury survivor.

After fracturing her skull in her early 20s, Devon experienced a years-long ‘altered state of consciousness’ that she credits as being foundational to her genesis as a songwriter and guitarist:

“I was literally lost in my own mind - unable to process what had happened or the world around me. Writing songs helped me make sense of my experience.”

Devon grew up in Kamloops, BC on ʃəˈhwɛpəm (Secwépemc) territory, and now lives and work as a mindful guest on the traditional, ancestral and unceded Coast Salish territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), səl̓ilwətaɁɬ (Tsleil-Waututh), & qiqéyt (Qayqayt) First Nations.


Devon’s solo album

SKY IS FALLING

arrives on the unlikeliest of days:

February 29th 2024…

 

 

Select Press

More is a captivating performer who clearly understands the power of pacing …

The packed house at the show I attended was riveted.

~ CBC (Winnipeg)

Whatever it is, it’s good.

★★★★

CBC Critic’s Pick

 

Devon More is a force of nature.

Her extensive musical talents, storytelling skills, charisma, and physical energy combine to create a dynamic, enthralling theatrical experience.

4.5 STARS


[This] isn’t traditional storytelling,

… but rather

a multimedia experience led by an amazing artist able to blend different instruments and loop them together on the fly.

★★★★

~ Edmonton Journal


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