Tara Beier

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Tara Beier
Background information
Birth nameTara Browne
BornVancouver, British Columbia, Canada
GenresFolk, Alternative, Country, Rock and Pop.
Occupation(s)Singer-songwriter and actress.
Years active2007–present
Labels

Tara Beier (née Browne) is a Canadian-American singer-songwriter. Her music has been often described as a blend of folk, alternative, country, and pop.[3][4]

Early life[edit]

Beier was born in Vancouver, British Columbia. Her father is from the Philippines and her mother is Canadian of British, Austrian and Scottish descent.[5] Her great-grandfather was a working pianist in Victoria, Canada.

Throughout her childhood, her family moved often. She attended three different elementary schools and three different high schools. They lived in a horse village for a period of time, where she cultivated a love of animals and nature and became an avid equestrian. She would often sleep in barns to get up early to trail ride.[6] She took horseback riding lessons and would muck barns in exchange for lessons. Her parents eventually separated and later reconciled. She describes her childhood as "difficult and at times confusing,"[6] and says that this gave her a great sense of independence from a young age.[6]

She started playing classical piano at the age of 5. Beier attended The Royal Conservatory of Music for over 10 years. She had a very strict piano teacher who later suffered from alcoholism and Tara would sometimes leave her classes crying and in fear. She persevered for the love of music, and has stated, thankful for the strong foundation in music she received due to this experience.

She attended Simon Fraser University, where she earned a Bachelor of Arts in Criminology. Her degree granted her an understanding of society and human behavior. She became an advocate for criminal justice and prison reform. Beier originally planned to go into law before embarking on a career in film and music.

Beier has been open about her complex relationship with her father, mentioning years of psychotherapy and the 12-step recovery program of Adult Children of Alcoholics & Dysfunctional Families that helped her reconcile past traumas, including this relationship.[7] Her song "Forgiveness" reflects her journey towards healing.[7]

Film and television career[edit]

Beier began her career as a theatre actress and wrote poetry as a hobby. She later pursued a career in filmmaking as a producer and writer. She wrote and produced the documentary I Met A Man From Burma,[8] which told the story of Ler Wah Lo Bo, a Burmese refugee and former revolutionary fighter. She then wrote and performed in a native rights film entitled Covered, a docudrama highlighting a CBC 1966 television interview of Buffy Sainte-Marie.[9][10][11][12]

Film festivals and accolades[edit]

Her film I Met A Man From Burma was accepted into the Vancouver International Film Festival Reel Causes Program, dedicated to addressing global social justice issues.[13] After sending the Canadian immigration minister a copy of the film, Beier was told that the film's subject Ler Wah Lo Bo would be upgraded from refugee status to full Canadian citizenship. In 2014, Beier's film Covered won the Best Experimental category at the ImagineNative Film Festival in Toronto, and was also accepted into the Toronto International Film Festival, Whistler Film Festival and a number of other international film festivals.[14]

Musical career[edit]

Playing the role of Buffy Sainte-Marie inspired Beier to focus on music.[15] In 2016 she released her first album, Hero & The Sage’’[16][17] produced by Bret Higgins, the bassist of the Great Lake Swimmers. Songs from the album were well-received and got significant air time on radio stations across Canada and the USA. In 2017, Tara self-produced California 1970, a 6 track EP, at The Village (studio) in Los Angeles, with guitarist Adam Zimmon, drummer Tripp Beam, bassist Eliot Lorango, and keyboardist Sasha Smith.[18] Additional vocals for the EP were recorded at the home studio of Guns N' Roses drummer Matt Sorum in Hollywood.[15]

Tara then released a single called “Forgiveness”[7] with Grammy award-winning producer Doug Boehm. She then toured with her band throughout Toronto, Berlin, Los Angeles, San Francisco and New York. The band played at Riverfest in Ontario, Canada alongside MGMT. They have also played at Canadian Music Week, headlined at the Troubadour in West Hollywood, and at the Rockwood Music Hall in New York City.[19]

Super Bloom[edit]

Tara’s second album “Super Bloom”[20] was produced by three-time Grammy-nominated musician Ken Coomer, (original founding drummer of Wilco and Uncle Tupelo) in Nashville in 2019 and released on Manimal Vinyl Records in 2020, a Los Angeles-based record label that had previously released debut albums for Yoko Ono, Moby, Duran Duran, Bat for Lashes, Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros, Carla Bruni, Asia Argento and more. Its premiere was covered by USA Today, and Glamour Magazine featured an interview with Beier about the single, "Hopeless Romantic.””[21][2][22][23][24]

Biden’s Nurses Campaign[edit]

Tara’s song “Hero & The Sage” off her debut album was selected to back President Joe Biden’s Nurses Campaign during the Presidential Inauguration in 2021.[25] The campaign video is of nurses across the United States who pledge to wear masks for 100 days and ask the public to do the same in order to fight Covid-19.[26][27][28]

In July 2021, Beier commemorated her twin pregnancy with a semi-nude photoshoot on the cover of life-fashion journal Harpers Bazaar.[29]

In 2022, Beier released "Her Story," a covers album paying homage to female artists of the 1960s and 1970s. The album, produced by Sara Emily and Danny Berrios, features covers of songs by Joni Mitchell, Sybille Baier, Joan Baez, and Barbara Keith.[30]

Among the notable performances from this album was Beier's rendition of Joni Mitchell's "California," which she performed live on the television show "Daytime Chicago" on WGNTV.[31]

Her life and music have been discussed in American Songwriter, ET Canada, GQ, the New York Times, Harper Bazaar and NBC news.[32][26][29] She has also appeared on the cover of LaPalme Magazine, British Thoughts Magazine and Contrast Magazine, among others.[33][23][24] She has appeared in interviews in television shows such as Bloom NBC, Spectrum News, Jason Carter, and Chicago Daytime, WGN-TV.

Discography[edit]

Albums[edit]

Singles & EPs[edit]

  • California 1970 (2017)
  • Forgiveness (2017)[7]
  • Doctor Brown (2018)
  • Flying Saucer (2019)[22]
  • Caged Man (2020)[36][37]
  • Free Yourself (2021)[38]
  • Do You Hear What I Hear (2021)
  • Freedom Island' (2022)

Personal life[edit]

While working on a Nivea television commercial, Tara met Dennis Beier, a commercial film producer.[29][32] The two married and currently reside in Los Angeles, CA and Joshua Tree, CA[5][34][39] and have previously resided in Hamburg, Berlin, and Toronto. Tara and Dennis are parents to twin sons, Austin and River, born in 2021 via in vitro fertilization (IVF).[40][25] Tara has openly discussed her IVF journey, including in an interview with Harper's Bazaar Vietnam aiming to inspire and support women facing fertility challenges and to celebrate femininity and motherhood.[40][41]

Beier is an advocate for environmental conservation, emphasizing the reduction of plastic waste. She often conveys this message through her active presence on social media platforms, especially Instagram.[42][43][44][45][46]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Five Questions With ... Tara Beier". FYI Music News. 17 April 2017. Retrieved 28 April 2018.
  2. ^ a b c La Palme Magazine: SUPER BLOOM, TARA BEIER
  3. ^ "Tara Beier". Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 28 April 2018.
  4. ^ "Live Review: Tara Beier at the Mint in Los Angeles, Ca". Music Connection. 27 June 2017. Retrieved 28 April 2018.
  5. ^ a b "Tara Beier Sure-Footed Debut Album Hero and the Sage". Indie Republik. 21 July 2016. Retrieved 28 April 2018.
  6. ^ a b c Staff, VoyageLA (2 January 2019). "Meet Tara Beier - Voyage LA Magazine | LA City Guide". Retrieved 25 June 2019.
  7. ^ a b c d "Premiere: Tara Beier is Liberated with "Forgiveness"". Atwood Magazine. 14 October 2017. Retrieved 13 June 2016.
  8. ^ "BTW Tara Beier, Rich Aucoin, Lucy Rose, Major Love, Ought, Liza Anne, Nagata Shachu/ Ken Yoshioka/ Julian Fauth". Cashbox. 17 March 2018. Retrieved 29 April 2018.
  9. ^ "Tara Beier Sure-Footed Debut Album Hero and The Sage". Indie Berlin. 21 July 2016. Retrieved 29 April 2018.
  10. ^ "Singing to inspire peace: Tara Beier plays Riverfest in Elora on Aug. 19". The Record. 18 August 2017. Retrieved 29 April 2018.
  11. ^ "Tara Beier". IMDb.
  12. ^ "It Remains Unsaid (2011)". IMDb. Retrieved 30 April 2018.
  13. ^ "About Reel Causes Society". Reel Causes. Retrieved 24 June 2019.
  14. ^ "Imaginenative 2014 Award Winner". Imagine Native. Retrieved 29 April 2018.
  15. ^ a b "Five Questions With ... Tara Beier". FYIMusicNews. 19 April 2017. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
  16. ^ "Tara Beier – 'Hero and the Sage'". Indie Spoonful. 31 October 2016. Retrieved 29 April 2018.
  17. ^ "Tara preps to put out 'Hero & The Sage'". AXS. 7 April 2016. Retrieved 28 April 2018.
  18. ^ "Tara Beier releases official music video for 'Fools Paradise'". Canadian Beats. 28 March 2017. Retrieved 28 April 2018.
  19. ^ "TARA BEIER". TARA BEIER. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
  20. ^ "Exclusive: Singer Tara Beier's "Hopeless Romantic" video puts wellness and fitness at the forefront". Glamour.
  21. ^ Vitagliano, Joe (29 July 2020). "Tara Beier Cherishes The Timeless Moments On "Hopeless Romantic"". American Songwriter.
  22. ^ a b AustinTownHall: POP DITTY FROM TARA BEIER
  23. ^ a b "Tara Beier Takes Bloom". British Thoughts Magazine. 30 August 2020.
  24. ^ a b "Tara Beier: Don't Rain On My Parade". Contrast Magazine.
  25. ^ a b Guyardo, Gayle (16 June 2022). "Finding hope after loss | One Couples IVF® Journey". WFLA. Retrieved 28 November 2023.
  26. ^ a b Atad, Corey (25 January 2021). "Canadian Artist Tara Beier's Song 'Hero & The Sage' Backs Biden's '100 Days, 100 Nurses' Campaign". ET Canada. Archived from the original on 26 January 2021.
  27. ^ "Bopper Music and Nurses For Biden Team Up For Mask Campaign". RightOnDigital. 20 January 2021.
  28. ^ "Tara Beier is a voice of action amid the pandemic". News Channel 8. 15 February 2021.
  29. ^ a b c "Singer and songwriter Tara Beier Pictures Self Nude To Glorify Motherhood". Harpers Bazaar.
  30. ^ a b "Singer & songwriter Tara Beier shares new album". KRON4. 28 June 2022. Retrieved 28 November 2023.
  31. ^ "Singer-songwriter Tara Beier talks new EP". WGN-TV. 17 November 2022. Retrieved 28 November 2023.
  32. ^ a b Ellin, Abby (17 September 2020). "How Covid Has Altered the Conversation About Money". The New York Times.
  33. ^ "Tara Beier Cover". LaPalme Magazine.
  34. ^ a b "Tara Beier: Hero & The Sage". Folk Radio. 13 June 2016. Retrieved 28 April 2018.
  35. ^ USA Today: Singer-Songwriter Tara Beier blossoms with new release record ‘Super Bloom’
  36. ^ ComeHereFloyd: Tara Beier ‘Caged Man’ : Aesthetically inquisitive to the light, Tara embarks on a trend of motions
  37. ^ HXXTIC Magazine: Tara Beier - "Caged Man"
  38. ^ Scott, Jason (15 July 2021). "Daily Discovery: Tara Beier Reclaims Her Life With New Song, "Free Yourself"". American Songwriter.
  39. ^ "New Music / Video: Tara Beier – "Guns Road" (Alternative Folk)". Indie Underground. 16 November 2016. Retrieved 30 April 2018.
  40. ^ a b Lam, Han (18 November 2021). "Singer-Songwriter Tara Beier Shares Her Beautiful Moment With The Newborn Twins". Harpers Bazaar. Retrieved 28 November 2023.
  41. ^ "Lucy Hale: Cuộc đời là những chuyến phiêu lưu". Harper's Bazaar Việt Nam (in Vietnamese). Retrieved 28 November 2023.
  42. ^ "TARA BEIER on Instagram: "Dear Trader Joe's & rest of the world: #plasticisover it is toxic oil sitting on our food and causes cancer! New packaging solutions…"". Instagram. Archived from the original on 26 December 2021. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
  43. ^ "TARA BEIER on Instagram: ""#saveyourplanet before it's too late. Build an energy, a circle of love, it will lift you up to the stars above. Solanda, Take Me To…"". Instagram. Archived from the original on 26 December 2021. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
  44. ^ "TARA BEIER on Instagram: "Globally humans buy a million plastic bottles per minute. In the United States, Americans used about 50 billion plastic water bottles last…"". Instagram. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
  45. ^ "TARA BEIER on Instagram: "Happy #worldoceansday 🌊! I pray we can unite to protect and restore our oceans, which cover 71% of Earth's surface, and hold 97% of our…"". Instagram. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
  46. ^ "TARA BEIER on Instagram: "Let's stand up for our planet and reduce plastic waste! (📸 @trippydana ) These are tips inspiring me to live by: Bring your own mug☕️ to…"". Instagram. Archived from the original on 26 December 2021. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
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