Taffy Girls

Here's Taffy Mysterious, delicious, stick in your teeth and save some for tomorrow! Ellen Carol and Colleen Costello met on a hot sweltering sidewalk one Toronto summer, and since then they've melted their way into numerous sticky scenarios all across the Canadian wilderness. Dragging guitars, Peruvian percussion, crazy electronics, snare drums and furry animals along with them, Taffy is an orchestra of two. Pulling the name "Taffy" out of a cowboy hat filled with loose change and infectiou...

Here's Taffy Mysterious, delicious, stick in your teeth and save some for tomorrow! Ellen Carol and Colleen Costello met on a hot sweltering sidewalk one Toronto summer, and since then they've melted their way into numerous sticky scenarios all across the Canadian wilderness. Dragging guitars, Peruvian percussion, crazy electronics, snare drums and furry animals along with them, Taffy is an orchestra of two. Pulling the name "Taffy" out of a cowboy hat filled with loose change and infectious melodies, you can now find this sweet mess adding some scotch and salt everywhere there is music to be played and sarcasm to be displayed. Meet Taffy! Colleen Costello... A charmingly unique writer and performer, her rootsy mix of electronic and acoustic music is as fresh as a carrot out of the ground: hose washed, sweet and gritty. Imagine Nine Inch Nails meets the Cranberries and they move to the country to record in a solar powered studio. Colleen has rocked on Toronto stages and all over Canada including the Mariposa Festival, Toronto City Roots festival, Pride Toronto, live performances on TV talk show Daytime, CIUT and CFMU radio and indiecan.ca podcasts. She has done recording and backup sessions with Don Kerr (Rheostatics, Ron Sexsmith) and current EP Glazed Over was created with engineer/producer Mitch Girio (King Apparatus). She was a finalist in the Independent Music Awards for her song "Lavender and Sweet", and has a number of songs in the popular short film "Falling for Caroline." Ellen Carol Born on the Canadian prairies and drawn to the Rocky Mountains, Ellen Carol took the long way around before landing in Toronto. Performing in places like Trap 77 San Pedro Guatemala, The Rai Lai Beach Fire Fundraiser in Thailand, Karma Cafe in Hollywood California and The Surf Club in Malpias Costa Rica, she came down with a case of the travel bug and the only cure... musical touring. Sporting heart on her sleeve attitude and storytelling with integrity, Ellen captures vignettes from her life and transforms them into song. Besides performing regularly in the GTA and surrounding areas with a variety of local musicians such as Cheryl Beatty, Laura Fernadaz and Peter Verity, Ellen has a passion for organizing fundraising events such as PWA at Hugh's Room, The Sammy Sugar Day Festival, & East Coast Tour. As well as performing a song for the film "Falling for Caroline", Ellen has recently been included in the soundtrack for the movie "Too Late to say Goodbye" with Rob Lowe. Ellen just released her 2008 album Slidin' which was recorded with Don Kerr at The Rooster.