Dorothea Paas

Dorothea Paas is a Canadian singer-songwriter from Toronto, Ontario. Her debut album Anything Can't Happen was a longlisted nominee for the 2021 Polaris Music Prize.

Paas was raised in Toronto, Ontario where she was raised singing in choirs and playing guitar in a church group. Paas has released a number of EPs since 2012. A self-taught songwriter, her writing was influenced by her religious upbringing and popular music heard on the radio.

Although she has often resisted active self-promotion, she successfully built up a career as a backing vocalist for musicians such as Jennifer Castle and U.S. Girls. Anything Can't Happen, which features Paul Saulnier of PS I Love You on bass guitar, has been described by critics as "Joni Mitchell fronting Shellac at a coffee shop".

In addition to her solo career, she has also performed as a guest vocalist with Badge Époque Ensemble, and as vocalist and guitarist with Marker Starling.

Paas has also had occasional roles as a film actress, most notably in Kazik Radwanski's films How Heavy This Hammer and Anne at 13,000 Ft.

Discography

 * Same Sun (2012)
 * A Thirst (2013)
 * Strange Times/Just the Same/Drought (2013)
 * Calm Your Body Down (2015)
 * Prest (2016)
 * No Loose Ends (2016)
 * One for the Road (2018)
 * Anything Can't Happen (2021)