Dorie Colangelo

"I create music for the long walk home in the dark, after a break up I guess" says Dorie Colangelo who started writing songs on a classical guitar in her homestate of Connecticut at the age of 14. She has been living in Brooklyn, NY for the past 5 years, playing shows and writing countless songs about life, love and heartbreak. From 2002 to 2004, Dorie was mentored by producer Jimmy Ienner (John Lennon, Bay City Rollers, Three Dog Night) who helped shape her songwriting, performance skills,...

"I create music for the long walk home in the dark, after a break up I guess" says Dorie Colangelo who started writing songs on a classical guitar in her homestate of Connecticut at the age of 14. She has been living in Brooklyn, NY for the past 5 years, playing shows and writing countless songs about life, love and heartbreak. From 2002 to 2004, Dorie was mentored by producer Jimmy Ienner (John Lennon, Bay City Rollers, Three Dog Night) who helped shape her songwriting, performance skills, image and sound (and even dubbed her with the stage name, Dorie Vance) all which landed her a live audition at Epic Records for the Vice President of A&R who, after a few more meetings, decided that she wasn't quite mainstream enough for a major label record deal. After facing a few more major label rejections, she grew tired of trying to fit into the pop mold and decided to go back to writing what came to her naturally rather than what would appeal to a record executive. In 2008 she released her self titled debut album which was recorded live in the studio in 3 days. "I wanted to make a record like they did in the good old days, where musicians got in a room and just laid down the songs live. No pitch correction, no do-overs, no punching in. And that's what I did." The result was an extremely intimate album of very personal songs. Dorie continues to stay true to her folk and alt-country roots and is currently working on her newest material. She was recently featured on WNBC's Jimmy Lloyd Songwriter Showcase and can be seen performing monthly for a loyal and ever growing audience at NYC's famed Rockwood Music Hall.