Tara Beier

Tara Beier (née Browne) is a Canadian-American singer-songwriter. Her music has been often described as a blend of folk, alternative, country, and pop.

Early life Beier was born in Vancouver, British Columbia. Her father is from the Philippines and her mother is Canadian of British, Austrian and Scottish descent. Her great-grandfather was a working pianist in Victoria, Canada.

Throughout her childhood, her family moved often. She attended three different elementary schools and three different high schools. They lived in a horse village for a period of time, where she cultivated a love of animals and nature and became an avid equestrian. She would often sleep in barns to get up early to trail ride. She took horseback riding lessons and would muck barns in exchange for lessons. Her parents eventually separated and later reconciled. She describes her childhood as "difficult and at times confusing," which told the story of Ler Wah Lo Bo, a Burmese refugee and former revolutionary fighter. She then wrote and performed in a native rights film entitled Covered, a docudrama highlighting a CBC 1966 television interview of Buffy Sainte-Marie.

Film festivals and accolades Her film I Met A Man From Burma was accepted into the Vancouver International Film Festival Reel Causes Program, dedicated to addressing global social justice issues. After sending the Canadian immigration minister a copy of the film, Beier was told that the film's subject Ler Wah Lo Bo would be upgraded from refugee status to full Canadian citizenship. In 2014, Beier's film Covered won the Best Experimental category at the ImagineNative Film Festival in Toronto, and was also accepted into the Toronto International Film Festival, Whistler Film Festival and a number of other international film festivals.

Musical career Playing the role of Buffy Sainte-Marie inspired Beier to focus on music. In 2016 she released her first album, Hero & The Sage’’ produced by Bret Higgins, the bassist of the Great Lake Swimmers. Songs from the album were well-received and got significant air time on radio stations across Canada and the USA. In 2017, Tara self-produced California 1970, a 6 track EP, at The Village (studio) in Los Angeles, with guitarist Adam Zimmon, drummer Tripp Beam, bassist Eliot Lorango, and keyboardist Sasha Smith. Additional vocals for the EP were recorded at the home studio of Guns N' Roses drummer Matt Sorum in Hollywood.

Super Bloom Tara's second album "Super Bloom" was produced by three-time Grammy-nominated musician Ken Coomer, (original founding drummer of Wilco and Uncle Tupelo) in Nashville in 2019 and released on Manimal Vinyl Records in 2020, a Los Angeles-based record label that had previously released debut albums for Yoko Ono, Moby, Duran Duran, Bat for Lashes, Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros, Carla Bruni, Asia Argento and more. Its premiere was covered by USA Today, and Glamour Magazine featured an interview with Beier about the single, "Hopeless Romantic."” The campaign video is of nurses across the United States who pledge to wear masks for 100 days and ask the public to do the same to fight COVID-19.

In July 2021, Beier commemorated her twin pregnancy with a semi-nude photoshoot on the cover of life-fashion journal Harpers Bazaar.

Among the notable performances from this album was Beier's rendition of Joni Mitchell's "California," which she performed live on the television show "Daytime Chicago" on WGNTV.

Her life and music have been discussed in American Songwriter, ET Canada, GQ, the New York Times, Harper Bazaar and NBC news. She has also appeared on the cover of LaPalme Magazine, British Thoughts Magazine and Contrast Magazine, among others. She has appeared in interviews in television shows such as Bloom NBC, Spectrum News, Jason Carter, and Chicago Daytime, WGN-TV.

Discography Albums Hero & The Sage (2016) Super Bloom (2020) Her Story (2022) Doctor Brown (2018) Flying Saucer (2019) Free Yourself (2021) Do You Hear What I Hear (2021) Freedom Island' (2022)

Personal life While working on a Nivea television commercial, Tara met Dennis Beier, a commercial film producer. and have previously resided in Hamburg, Berlin, and Toronto. Tara and Dennis are parents to twin sons, Austin and River, born in 2021 via in vitro fertilization (IVF).

Beier is an advocate for environmental conservation, emphasizing the reduction of plastic waste. She often conveys this message through her active presence on social media platforms, especially Instagram.