Dylan Guthro

Dylan Guthro (born 1991) is a Canadian singer/songwriter based in Halifax, Nova Scotia. The son of musician Bruce Guthro, Dylan released his debut album, All That’s True, in 2012.^[1] In 2015, Guthro teamed up with fellow Halifax singer-songwriters Carleton Stone and Breagh Mackinnon to form the band Port Cities.^[2]

Life and Career

Dylan Guthro was exposed to music since birth as the son of Cape Breton singer/songwriter Bruce Guthro.^[3] While on tour with his father, Guthro played some demos he had recorded of his own material to musician Dave Gunning. Gunning was eager to help transform the demos into a full-fledged album. What eventually became All That's True was recorded and mixed over a number of different sessions during the course of six months. Bruce Guthro co-wrote five of the album's songs, and it was not the first time they had collaborated; Dylan had co-written four on Bruce's previous release, No Final Destination.^[1]

All That’s True (co-produced by Gunning and Bruce Guthro) was released in 2012. It was called "one of the strongest debut albums" of the year by a music critic in the Prince Edward Island Guardian,and won the Best New Artist Recording of the Year at the Nova Scotia Music Awards in 2012.^[4] The album also received a number of placements on the popular Canadian television series, Degrassi: The Next Generation.^[5][6] Guthro has toured extensively in Canada, as well as Europe.

Guthro's 2014 release, “Do It All Again,” was written with singer/songwriter David Myles, and produced by rapper Classified.^[2] The song placed in the finals in the 2015 USA Songwriting Competition in the R&B Category.^[7]

Also in 2014, Guthro made his producing debut, when he co-produced singer/songwriter Dave Sampson's debut album, "No Pressure No Diamonds."^[8]

Guthro has co-written songs with artists of many different genres, and over the years became more and more involved in working with local hip-hop and EDM artists, resulting in three features on Quake Matthews’ latest album Rap Music.^[9] He also had several co-writing credits on Neon Dreams’ album The Last of Us including being featured alongside internationally renowned rapper Waka Flocka Flame on the single "High."

In 2015, Guthro and fellow singer-songwriters Carleton Stone and Breagh Mackinnon united to form the band Port Cities. The band makes singer/songwriter-style pop music featuring both two- and three-part harmonies.^[2] They originally met at the Gordie Sampson Songcamp in Cape Breton early in the summer of 2011, and have been playing together as a threesome for a few years before officially becoming a band.^[10] The band has been recording their debut album in both Cape Breton and Nashville with producer/songwriter Gordie Sampson and anticipate an album release in early 2017.^[2][10][11]

In July 2016, Guthro released a self-titled solo urban pop EP, which includes tracks co-written with his two Port Cities bandmates, as well as collaborations with Quake Matthews and members of Neon Dreams.^[12][13]

Discography

Albums

• All That’s True (2012)

EPs

• Dylan Guthro (2016)

Singles

• "Dance On Me" (2016)
• "High" - Neon Dreams featuring Waka Flocka Flame and Dylan Guthro (2015)
• "Summertime Win" - Quake Matthews featuring Dylan Guthro (2014)
• "Do It All Again" (2014)

Songwriting credits (co-songwriter)

• With Bruce Guthro
  • "Little Bit of Love" - No Final Destination (2009)
  • "Rush" - No Final Destination (2009)
  • "Flew MacCarthy Home" - No Final Destination (2009)
  • "Without Words" - No Final Destination (2009)
  • "Let It Go" - Celtic Crossing (2011)

• With Dave Sampson
  • "Good Thing" - No Pressure No Diamonds (2014)

• With Breagh Mackinnon
  • "Call You Mine" - Where the Days Went (2012)

• With Carleton Stone
  • "When You Come Home" - Draws Blood (2014)
  • "The Darkness" - Draws Blood (2014)

• With Quake Matthews
  • "Throw Me in the Fire" - Rap Music (2015)
  • "Love me anyway" - Rap Music (2015)
  • "Helluva" - Rap Music (2015)
  • "Get Out of the Way" - Rap Music (2015)
  • "Summertime Win" - single (2014)

• With Neon Dreams
  • "Skyscraper" - The Last of Us (2015)
  • "High" - The Last of Us (2015)
  • "Love Experts" - single (2015)

• With Tim Chaisson
  • "Crushed" - single (2015)

• With Donovan Woods
  • "The First Time" - Hard Settle, Ain't Troubled (2015)

• With Reeny Smith
  • "Last Call" - single (2015)

• With Ria Mae
  • "I Don’t Wanna Know" - single (2016)

Awards and Achievements

• 2015 - USA Songwriting Competition Finalist (RnB Category) - "Do It All Again"
• 2014 - Music Nova Scotia Award Nomination, SOCAN Songwriter of the Year - “When You Come Home”
• 2012 - Music Nova Scotia Award Winner, New Artist Recording of the Year - All That’s True

References

External links

• Official website
• Video: "High" - Neon Dreams (featuring Waka Flocka Flame & Dylan Guthro)