Diemm plays for that one note, that one resonant chord that opens a cascade of ‘yes’ inside you. She plays harp and sings. Her harp strings weave dense landscapes of rhythm and melody. Her voice is a bell, ringing you home.
Diemm’s first album ‘Ten Thousand Miracles in a Roomful of Regrets’ launched September 2018 in the genre of Chamber Folk. Diemm is the artist name of Dawna McLennan. She’s performed previously under the name HarpPixie Trio, playing House Concerts and Cafes around BC, and on festival stages like Starbelly Jam, Salmon Arm R&B,Tiny Lights Festival. She’s been awarded grants from FACTOR Canada, Creative BC and Columbia Basin Trust, to pursue her musical visions.
Diemm’s concerts blur the line between performance and transformational offering. As a workshop leader and as a performer, Diemm holds hands with the Muse and bows to the power of music to align and illuminate. You’ll leave lighter, clearer, and more inspired than when you walked in, as though you’ve sprouted wings.
Diemm has the incredible ability to discuss heavy, sad, or even complicated topics in a manner that makes them sound light.
~ Alana Ballantyne, Two Story Melody
Diemm sings a lot of otherworldly melodies that sound as if they might’ve been inspired by Indian ragas or Punjabi folk songs. And the spoken word pieces work because Dawna is a truly expressive raconteur.
~ Roots Music Canada
Live Video, Song ‘Want To Want To’
Live Video, Poem ‘Mythmaker’
Ten Thousand Miracles Album on Spotify
Visit www.diemm.ca for links, videos, and to join her mailing list.