Tara Beier – Official Biography

Tara Beier is a Canadian-American singer-songwriter, filmmaker, and activist whose cinematic folk sound transcends genres and generations. Based between Los Angeles and the sacred stillness of Joshua Tree, Beier weaves together themes of healing, womanhood, transformation, and activism—creating music that feels both deeply personal and profoundly universal.

Born in Vancouver to a Canadian mother and Filipino father, Beier proudly represents her AAPI heritage and multicultural roots (Filipino, British, Austrian, and Scottish), which infuse her work with a rich emotional and cross-cultural resonance. She began playing classical piano at age five and trained for over a decade at The Royal Conservatory of Music. Though she originally pursued a degree in criminology at Simon Fraser University with plans to enter law, her creative path was ignited when she portrayed Indigenous folk icon Buffy Sainte-Marie in a biopic—an experience that awakened her inner songwriter and storyteller.

Since then, Tara Beier has released a body of work that is as fearless as it is feminine, earning acclaim from Rolling Stone, USA Today, Billboard, The New York Times, Paste Magazine, American Songwriter, and Glamour. Her debut album Hero & the Sage (2016) featured the poignant title track later used by President Joe Biden’s "100 Days, 100 Nurses" inauguration campaign. Her sophomore album Super Bloom (2020), produced by Grammy-nominated Ken Coomer (Wilco), offered an empowering soundtrack of personal growth and resilience.

In 2022, Beier released Her Story, a reverent and raw EP that celebrated the contributions of female folk artists from the 1960s and 1970s with unique covers of songs by Joni Mitchell, Joan Baez, Sibylle Baier, and Barbara Keith. The project honored the legacy of women who blazed trails in music and inspired future generations to find their voice. One of the standout performances from the EP was her stirring rendition of Joni Mitchell’s “California,” which Beier performed live on Daytime Chicago on WGNTV—offering a full-circle tribute to an artist who helped shape her creative identity.

With Her Story, Beier not only preserved the messages of folk pioneers but gave new life to their work through her lens—as a modern, biracial woman navigating music, motherhood, and meaning in a rapidly changing world. The EP became a love letter to female strength and artistic lineage.

Now, with her most transformative project to date—Mourning Doves of Joshua Tree (2025)—Beier has created a spiritual, genre-defying album that is a tribute to grief, rebirth, and maternal strength. Written during the quiet moments of raising her twin sons after a long and difficult IVF journey, the album was inspired by the symbolic appearance of mourning doves outside her desert window—each pair arriving with two babies, a mirror of her own motherhood. Produced by Steve Stout (Lifehouse) and recorded at the iconic Village Studios in L.A., the album channels the desert’s haunting solitude into a soul-stirring blend of folk, Americana, and poetic grit.

“Art imitates life in every way when it comes to Tara Beier,” wrote Showbiz Magazine, describing her as a “trailblazing and defiant” voice for a new generation. “She is softly feminine, yet strongly fearless—graceful even while confronting the hardest parts of life.”

A passionate advocate for women’s health, mental wellness, and postnatal care, Beier uses her platform to tell the stories often left out of pop culture. Her work as a filmmaker reflects the same passion: her 2011 documentary I Met a Man from Burma helped secure Canadian citizenship for a former revolutionary refugee, and her experimental docudrama Covered(2014), based on a 1966 CBC interview with Buffy Sainte-Marie, won multiple festival awards and global attention.

Beier’s music is deeply cinematic—rooted in silence, nature, and emotional truth. From the Mojave Desert to the stages of The Troubadour, Canadian Music Week, and Riverfest (with MGMT), she has created a body of work that invites reflection and inner growth. Her voice has been featured in campaigns for Hawaiian Airlines, ShopRite, and on NBC, ET Canada, WGN-TV, and the Jason Carter Show. Her fashion-forward visual aesthetic has brought her to the front row at New York Fashion Week and onto the cover of Harper’s Bazaar Vietnam.

Tara’s unique sound—a compelling mix of 90s alt-rock spirit, folk storytelling, and sleek modern femininity—defies easy categorization. She channels the emotive depth of Nick Cave and Joni Mitchell with the cinematic sweep of Lana Del Rey and the raw introspection of Jewel. Through it all, she remains unmistakably herself.

A proud immigrant, Beier became a U.S. citizen in 2024, fulfilling a lifelong dream and further rooting her legacy in both Canadian and American musical traditions. She is also the founder of Lovendar, a lavender-based fragrance line inspired by postnatal sensitivity and the healing power of scent.

Whether writing from the heart, speaking truth to power, or honoring the voices of women before her, Tara Beier is a force of nature. Her work is not just a collection of songs—it’s a movement. A message. A mirror for those navigating life’s most profound transitions.

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