Altameda

Altameda is a Canadian folk-rock and alternative country duo, consisting of singer-songwriter Troy Snaterse and drummer Erik Grice.^[1] They are most noted for their 2022 album Born Losers, which was a shortlisted Juno Award nominee for Adult Alternative Album of the Year at the Juno Awards of 2023.^[2]

The group was first formed in the mid-2010s in Edmonton, Alberta, when Snaterse recruited several friends to assist in recording what was originally intended as a solo album.^[3] The other two original members were keyboardist Matthew Kraus and bassist Todd Andrews.^[3] Choosing instead to proceed as a full band, they released their debut album Dirty Rain in 2016.^[4] They followed up in 2019 with the album Time Hasn't Changed You.^[5]

Snaterse and Grice moved to Toronto, Ontario. in 2020, opting to continue as a duo after Kraus and Andrews chose not to follow. Born Losers, their third album, was released in April 2022,^[6] and was followed in October by Born Losers Live, an EP of several live performances from the album's supporting concert tour.^[7]

References

^ Scott Simon, "Alt country duo Altameda releases new album 'Born Losers'". NPR, April 16, 2022.
^ "Here are all the 2023 Juno nominees". CBC Music, January 31, 2023.
^ ^a ^b Sydney Morton, "Altameda refuses to be defined under any musical genre". Kelowna Capital News, January 14, 2019.
^ Sarah Murphy, "Altameda, 'Dirty Rain'". Exclaim!, June 30, 2016.
^ Jason Schneider, "Five Questions With… Altameda's Troy Snaterse". FYI Music News, January 30, 2019.
^ Beau Hayhoe, "TODAY’S SONG: “SWEET SUSIE” SHOWCASES THE BEST OF THE BEST FROM ALTAMEDA’S NEW ALBUM ‘BORN LOSERS’". Atwood Magazine, April 15, 2022.
^ Michael Major, "Alt-Country Duo Altameda Releases New EP 'Born Losers Live'". Broadway World, October 18, 2022.