Diana Pops

 

 

Diana Pops has a gift. It sounds cliché, but it really does seem like the only way to explain the prodigious talent of this young singer/songwriter and the way she arrived on the indie music scene in Canada.

At 16 years of age, Diana had a pretty typical teenager’s life: school, friends, hobbies and a babysitting gig for the neighbour. There were a couple of noteworthy exceptions. One of her hobbies, songwriting, had already produced hundreds of songs. And her regular babysitting job was for the family of an award winning album producer. (Hmmm…what’s going to happen next?*)

As the story goes, the producer was working on an album for a two-time Juno award winner, and they were a song short. Diana, (who was actually quite shy and not given to aggressive self-promotion), cranked up her courage and handed him a tape of three of her songs.

Both the producer and the artist were immediately captivated by a song of Diana’s called “Subtle Shiver”, and they promptly added it to the album.

The artist and producer happened to own an independent record label called Signpost. They were so taken with Diana’s giftedness as a songwriter and singer that they signed her to a contract to make an introductory EP. Her self titled debut was released on March 12, 2006.

Diana completed a cross-Canada tour as the special guest of Steve Bell in 2006. Bell, winner of multiple Juno’s and numerous industry awards, says “There is a beauty and maturity about Diana’s songwriting that belies her youth. She is the real deal – the keeper of a great artistic gift”.

Diana currently lives in Los Angeles, where she is pursuing her dream of songwriting.