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Originally from Baltimore and now based in sunny Oakland, songbird and solo uke-slinger/guitarist,
Tippy Canoe (Michele Kappel-Stone), made the switch from a 5-piece drum kit with the garage-pop
princesses The Kirby Grips (Sympathy For The Record Industry), to a 4-stringed ukulele in 2003. I
n 2009 she upped the string count and added guitarist to her resume. She’s on a mission to bring
sincere uplift in a severely down-slanted era by spreading her hook-laden pop-meets-roots music.
On her debut full-length album, “Parasols & Pekingese,” released in 2008 on Late Bloomers Works
and recorded with her full band the Paddlemen, Tippy Canoe shows off her enchanting and dynamic
sound. Her voice is a mixture of the 60's girl group sound and classic country with its own quirky
nature shining through. Her songwriting highlights a variety of influences ranging from 20's and
30's acts like The Boswell Sisters and Jack Teagarden, to 50's and 60's performers like Brenda Lee
and The Chiffons, and catchy post-punk bands like Squeeze and Blondie.
Tippy Canoe has shared the stage or completed coastal tours with artists including Martha Wainwright,
Barbara Manning, Big Sandy & his Fly-Rite Boys, Mad Tea Party, and others. San Francisco shows
Tippy Canoe a lot of love; she was included in an exhibition on the ukulele at the San Francisco Museum
of Craft and Folk Art, featured in the first annual San Francisco Ukulele Festival, and aired on a
segment of PBS’s Bay Area Arts program SPARK TV. Tippy Canoe also contributed original music to
the animated children’s DVD “Music Time.”
For more news and information please visit http://www.TippyCanoe.net
Jon--------- N. January 8, 2011
"Tippy is enthusiastic about everything she does. As a teacher she will tailor lessons to your interests. As a performer she is fun and spontaneous. I've enjoyed all of my dealings with Tippy. Also, the store where she teaches, Acme House of Music, is a cool place. "