Dear Nora

The story

Dear Nora is an indie pop band formed in Portland, Oregon in 1999 by songwriter, vocalist, and guitarist Katy Davidson, drummer and vocalist Marianna Ritchey, and bassist Ryan Wise. Ritchey and Wise were previously members of Wolf Colonel. They named their new band after Lewis & Clark College music professor Aaron Beck. Dear Nora's first album, We'll Have a Time, was produced by Amy Linton of The Aislers Set and released on the Portland label Magic Marker Records in 2001.

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Stories

Beyond the records: books, other lives and interviews, from the band and its members.

Watch

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Records

• Spill Diver · 2021 · EP · compilation
• Three States: Rarities 1997-2007 · 2008 · compilation

Records from MusicBrainz, completed with the release lists of Deezer. Sleeves from the Cover Art Archive and the same lists.

Members

• Katy Davidson
• Marianna Ritchey
• Ryan Wise
• Jake Longstreth
• Zach Burba

Members past and present, each with their own page. From MusicBrainz and Discogs.

Also plays on

Records by other artists with Dear Nora in the credits, from the song and record credits of MusicBrainz and Discogs. Their own bands are above.

Playlists with Dear Nora in them: Sonic Architects selections and Pause & Record tapes from linr listeners, Deezer’s editors and curators, radio shows on Mixcloud and ListenBrainz playlists. Every tile opens on linr first, with the original one link away.

If you like Dear Nora

• The Softies3 sources agree
• Tiger Trap2 sources agree
• Saturday Looks Good To Me2 sources agree
• The Aislers Set2 sources agree
• Cub2 sources agree
• Rocketship2 sources agree
• Talulah Gosh2 sources agree
• Girlpool2 sources agree
• Mount Eerie2 sources agree
• Frankie Cosmos2 sources agree
• Tullycraft2 sources agree
• The Cat's Miaow2 sources agree

Where the listeners of ListenBrainz, Last.fm and Deezer agree, with the circle of Dear Nora’s own bands. A source that names other people with the same name is left out.