PK Tessmann is a fixture in the Vancouver Island indie-folk community. Her well-crafted, original songs are something of substance - a synergy of flowing lyrics, twinkling ukulele and acoustic guitar, and soul-stirring vocals. With two decades of songwriting and performance behind her, Tessmann is now celebrating the release of her brand-new album Dear City.  Two-time winner of Best Roots/Folk Recording at the Vancouver Island Music Awards, Tessmann's work has been described as “beguiling,” “potent,” and “unpretentious”. Her latest work is no exception.
Dear City is a collection of songs that offer a window into Tessmann's journey of grief, hope, loss and new beginnings. With each haunting song, she offers up stories of teen suicide; the plight of the Syrian refugees, yet instills warmth and hope with songs of sisterhood, motherhood and contentment.  Produced by Corwin Fox (Shane Koyczan, CR Avery, Miss Emily Brown) in the vibrant village of Cumberland BC, Dear City showcases Tessmann's songwriting with colourful yet subtle instrumentation. Vintage keys, bells, autoharp, cello, French horn and saxophone combined with whispered harmonies to compliment Tessmann's spirited vocals.
An alumnus of the Capilano College Jazz program in Vancouver BC, PK Tessmann teaches vocal lessons in her home studio, facilitates and song-writing workshops to local groups and individuals, and has released two previous records, including full-length album Maybe and a self-titled EP. In addition to her two recent VIMA awards, she has garnered further VIMA nominations for Vocalist of the Year, Song of the Year and Video of the Year, and she recently took home the title of Regional Champion in the 2015 CBC Searchlight Contest, and was named in the Top of the Pops in this year’s contest. Dear City has recently been nominated in the Indie Acoustic Project as one of the best Singer-Songwriter CD’s of 2016. 
"The middle-of-the-road has disappeared for singer-songwriters, creating a landscape where only truly talented emerging solo artists break through the pack. PK Tessmann is one of those rare multi-talents who mixes some amazing writing and composition, with a voice not dissimilar to contemporary Ingrid Michaelson for an album that never feels like it relies on any one great element but instead is always greater than the sum of its parts."

- The Scene Magazine, Toronto

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