City and Colour

City and Colour is an acoustic and folk band fronted by Juno Award-winning Canadian singer-songwriter Dallas Green accompanied by a varying number of musicians. The name City and Colour comes from his own name: Dallas, a city, and Green, a colour. His reasoning for the name was that he felt uneasy "putting the album out under the name Dallas Green". Green said that he had been writing material since he was around the age of 13 . Regarding the son... more

City and Colour is an acoustic and folk band fronted by Juno Award-winning Canadian singer-songwriter Dallas Green accompanied by a varying number of musicians. The name City and Colour comes from his own name: Dallas, a city, and Green, a colour. His reasoning for the name was that he felt uneasy "putting the album out under the name Dallas Green". Green said that he had been writing material since he was around the age of 13 . Regarding the songs released on his first album, Sometimes, Green said that he had been writing material for it throughout the course of his life, and finished writing songs for it in 2005. Green began releasing City and Colour songs on the internet for fans to download. Eventually, he compiled and rewrote several of these songs to make his first album, Sometimes. The full length debut was released on November 1, 2005 to a good reception, described by one reviewer as "dynamically gentle and vulnerable". The cover art was designed by Scott McEwan, in a tattoo... less