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Tora Dahle Aagård

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Tora Dahle Aagård
Tora Dahle Aagård performing in 2018
Background information
Born (1994-01-03) 3 January 1994 (age 30)
Flatanger Municipality, Norway
Occupations
  • Musician
  • Songwriter
Years active2008–present
Musical career
Genres
Instruments
  • Guitar
  • vocals
Labels
  • Touchdown Music
Websitetoradaa.com
YouTube information
Channel
Years active2016–present
Genres
Subscribers10.2k[1]
Total views860,026[1]
Last updated: 7 July 2024

Tora Dahle Aagård (born 3 January 1994 in Flatanger Municipality, Norway) is a Norwegian guitarist, singer, songwriter and frontwoman of her own blues-inspired pop rock band, TORA DAA.

Early life

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Tora Dahle Aagård is the sister of Julie Dahle Aagård. Tora started playing guitar at the age of 14, after watching the 2003 film School of Rock.[2] She studied music, dance and drama at Olav Duun Upper Secondary School in Namsos Municipality, Trøndelag, from 2011 to 2013. In 2012, she got the lead role in a musical called Kongen av luftslott [King of the Pipedream], with newly written music by Åge Aleksandersen. In 2014 and 2015, she played the sister of the lead character in the musical Vinsjan på kaia [Winch on the Quay] at Verdal Municipality, where the music consisted of songs by D.D.E.[3]

Career

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Tora Dahle Aagård began her YouTube channel in 2016. She performed at the Royal Albert Hall in London during The Norwegian Blues Adventure in November 2019 together with Knut Reiersrud, Vidar Busk and Amund Maarud, among others.[4]

TORA DAA

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She is a guitarist, vocalist and songwriter in the band TORA DAA, which plays blues-inspired pop rock. In 2019, the band released their self-titled debut album.[5] The band's second album, Girls, was released in September 2020.[6] The second album was nominated for the 2020 Spellemannprisen in the Blues category.[7]

Equipment

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Tora Dahle Aagård uses a Vintage S-type, a Yamaha Revstar, a customised Fender Stratocaster, and an Epiphone guitar.[2] She uses acoustic guitars manufactured by Alvarez and Tanglewood.[2] Tora Dahle Aagård is the first female guitarist to be endorsed by Chapman Guitars.[8] She has two signature instruments built by Marceau Guitars.[9] For amplification, she has used a Fender Hotrod and a Boss Nextone.[2][9]

Discography

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Albums:

EP:

  • "Change of Scenery" (2016)

Single:

References

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  1. ^ a b "About TORA DAA". YouTube.
  2. ^ a b c d Mead, David (29 June 2020). "Tora Dahle Aagård: "Playing guitar is my meditation"". Guitar World. Retrieved 7 July 2024.
  3. ^ "TORA: "Se her da. Det er faktisk mulig."" [TORA: "Look here then. It's actually possible."]. Ballade.no (in Norwegian). 29 November 2018. Retrieved 7 July 2024.
  4. ^ "Norwegian Blues @ Royal Albert Hall, London". Norway Rock (in Norwegian). 12 November 2019. Retrieved 7 July 2024.
  5. ^ Rønning, Øyvind (17 February 2019). "Anmeldelse: Tora - "Tora" - Trøndersk "girl power"" [Review: Tora - "Tora" - Trøndelag "girl power"]. Dagbladet (in Norwegian). Retrieved 7 July 2024.
  6. ^ "Tora Dahle Aagård interview about her album "Girls" and more". The Guitar Channel. 9 September 2020. Retrieved 7 July 2024.
  7. ^ "Cezinando er nominert i fire kategoriar under Spellemannprisen 2020" [Cezinando is nominated in four categories during the Spellemannprisen 2020]. NRK (in Norwegian). 12 February 2021. Retrieved 7 July 2024.
  8. ^ Roberts, Samuel (14 May 2020). "Tora Dahle Aagård on how School Of Rock made her want to be "the coolest person in the world"". Guitar.com. Retrieved 7 July 2024.
  9. ^ a b Mead, David (21 August 2023). ""I have had moments where I got the best tone on the cheapest guitar because I spent so much time with them": Tora Dahle Aagård on the guitar gear in her life". Guitar World. Retrieved 7 July 2024.
  10. ^ a b Olette Klausen, Aslaug (20 December 2021). "Tora Dahle Aagård: Du er så redd for å miste alt at når du får litt, så er det mer enn nok" [Tora Dahle Aagård: You're so afraid of losing everything that when you get a little, it's more than enough]. Kontekst (in Norwegian). Retrieved 7 July 2024.
  11. ^ Rømo, Ivar (26 September 2022). "Tora er ute med et nytt album – Seventeen" [Tora is out with a new album – Seventeen]. Disharmoni (in Norwegian). Retrieved 7 July 2024.
  12. ^ "Tora DAA Drops Sweet Sounds with "Sugar"". Blues Matters!. 1 May 2024. Retrieved 7 July 2024.

Further reading

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