Dida Pelled

Europe Tour begins Oct 15th in Paris! Dida Pelled is a Brooklyn-based singer, guitarist and songwriter. Discovered at 20 at a bar gig in the West Village, she made her debut, Dida Plays and Sings, with Roy Hargrove and Gregory Hutchinson, and went on to tour internationally and score a viral hit with “Jack Nice.” Her new album, ‘I Wish I Was a Single Girl Again,’ is out October 23rd via La Reserve, following her blues album I WISH YOU WOULD earlier this year — named Jazz Album of the Week by Radio France’s FIP. Both feature Grammy-winning pianist Sullivan Fortner (Cécile McLorin Salvant, Paul Simon), Tony Scherr (Norah Jones, Bill Frisell) and Kenny Wollesen (Tom Waits, Bill Frisell, David Byrne). Her music has been featured on FIP, TSF Jazz and WBGO, and in DownBeat, No Depression, The New York City Jazz Record, Acoustic Guitar and All About Jazz. On I WISH YOU WOULD: “She knows that the blues hurt so nice, and she knows just how to inflict that beautiful pain.” – WBGO “On her latest album, I WISH YOU WOULD Pelled presents an alluring personal way with the blues.” – DOWNBEAT “Pelled imbues these nine classic songs and deep cuts with elements of her own heritage (with Iraqi, Thai, and Polish roots) and the musical history of New York City, delivering them through a sultry, queer lens.” – NO DEPRESSION “A guitar style that is warm, sophisticated and quietly virtuosic, never showy, never a wasted note. The mark of a true stylist.” – ALL ABOUT JAZZ