Bio

The members of indie-rock band Canella love to create. They meet up in the basement, akin to the ones they frequently play in Albany, NY, to write, record, and hang out.

 

Juliana Castrillón, lead singer and songwriter from Bogotá, Colombia, brings her criss-cross applesauce bedroom acoustic songs to the rest of the band. Bassist Joe Taurone, guitarist Gabe Klingler-Horn, and drummer Dan Carr take the songs in, and output what they think is right, funny, or stupid. This makes them smile and laugh. Once the songs are done, they play them with all of their might on stage. Juliana dances and flails, and the other members quickly follow suit. They have won a couple of awards from the local college radio station WCDB in 2021 and 2022 for ‘Best Song of the Year’ and they have shared the stage with artists like mxmtoon, Vanessa Carlton, Chico Romano, Laveda and more. Canella loves playing with their fellow Albany bands composed of their own band members and
musicians in the Tummy Rub Records collective.

 

Canella has heavy riffs and pop melodies that they’d love to share with you. Friends usually describe them as an unexpected, over-encompassing rock band that can surprise you with a taste of many alternative genres but with one strong common spice, like cinnamon.