Dallas Green comes up clover

MUSICIAN Dallas Green has had the most successful year of his life, but he’s not dwelling on it. In 2013, the shy Canadian, who records as City and Colour, achieved his first top-20 American hit with the album, The Hurry and the Harm (it was number one in Canada).

Green does not view his commercial breakthrough as an artistic barometer. If he did, what would happen when the sales dried up?

“Looked at in terms of selling records, yeah, I guess it’s been a pretty big 12 months,” he says. “However, I measure success in a different way. I ask myself, ‘can I keep on doing this?’ It’s great that people are interested. At the same time, if you revel in it a little too much, that might start to affect your writing.”