Tora Dahle Aagård (born 3 January 1994) is a Norwegian

guitarist A guitarist (or a guitar player) is a person who plays the guitar. Guitarists may play a variety of guitar family instruments such as classical guitars, acoustic guitars, electric guitars, and bass guitars. Some guitarists accompany themselve ...

, singer, songwriter and frontwoman of her own

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-inspired

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band, TORA DAA.

Early life

Tora Dahle Aagård is the sister of

Julie Dahle Aagård Julie Dahle Aagård (born 30 December 1978) is a Norwegian Jazz musician (vocals). She is the sister of Tora Dahle Aagård. Career Aagård is a graduate singing teacher from the Jazz program at Trondheim Musikkonsevatorium (1997–2002) ...

. Tora started playing guitar at the age of 14, after watching the 2003 film ''

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''. She studied music, dance and drama at Olav Duun Upper Secondary School in

Namsos Municipality (Norwegian language, Norwegian) or is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Trøndelag Counties of Norway, county, Norway. It is part of the Namdalen Districts of Norway, region. The administrative centre of the municipality is t ...

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, from 2011 to 2013. In 2012, she got the lead role in a musical called ''Kongen av luftslott'' ing of the Pipedream with newly written music by

Åge Aleksandersen Åge Aleksandersen (born 21 March 1949) is a Norwegian singer, songwriter and guitarist. He is one of his country's best known musicians. Some of his most well known songs are "Lys og varme" ("Light and Warmth"), "Fire pils og en pizza" ("Four B ...

. In 2014 and 2015, she played the sister of the lead character in the musical ''Vinsjan på kaia'' inch on the Quayat

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, where the music consisted of songs by D.D.E.

Career

Tora Dahle Aagård began her

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channel in 2016. She performed at the

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in London during ''The Norwegian Blues Adventure'' in November 2019 together with

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and

Amund Maarud Amund Maarud (born 7 April 1981 in Nes, Akershus, Norway) is a Norwegian blues/rock musician (guitar, vocals) and composer, known as a solo artist and as frontman of rock bands The Grand (2005–2010) and the duo «Morudes» (2010 -) with his b ...

, among others.

TORA DAA

She is a guitarist, vocalist and songwriter in the band TORA DAA, which plays

-inspired

. In 2019, the band released their self-titled debut album. The band's second album, ''Girls'', was released in September 2020. The second album was nominated for the 2020

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in the Blues category.

Equipment

Tora Dahle Aagård uses a

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S-type, a

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Revstar, a customised

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, and an

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guitar. She uses acoustic guitars manufactured by Alvarez and

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. Tora Dahle Aagård is the first female guitarist to be endorsed by

Chapman Guitars Chapman Guitars is a guitar company established in 2009 by Rob Chapman, a guitarist known for his video uploads on YouTube. The company designs its guitars " collaboratively", with the design, features, and specs of new models selected by public ...

. She has two signature instruments built by Marceau Guitars. For amplification, she has used a Fender Hotrod and a

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Nextone.

Discography

Albums: *''Tora'' (2019) *''Girls'' (2020) *''Seventeen'' (2022) EP: *"Change of Scenery" (2016) Single: *"Sugar" (2024)

References

External links

Official band websiteOfficial InstagramOfficial YouTubeIMDB
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Aagard, Tora Dahle 1994 births Living people Musicians from Flatanger 21st-century Norwegian women musicians 21st-century Norwegian guitarists Norwegian women guitarists Norwegian blues guitarists Lead guitarists Music YouTubers Norwegian YouTubers YouTube channels launched in 2016