Receiving a JUNO nomination for Roots & Traditional Album of the Year: Group for their latest album NEW WILD EVERYWHERE, Great Lake Swimmers have added a few more performances in Regina.
April 19 – Outlaws & Gunslingers @ The Exchange
April 20 – The Neighbors Dog Session – check link for free tickets www.picatic.com/rahrah
April 20 – JunoFest @ Artesian on 13th, with The Barr Brothers, Andy Shauf & Rueben and the Dark
April 20 – Regina, SK @ JunoFest – Artesian on 13th
June 6 & 7 – Bayfield, ON @ Old Town Hall
June 14 – Brockville, ON @ TALL SHIPS 1812 Festival
June 22 – Ottawa, ON @ Dragon Boat Festival
July 19 & 20 – London, ON @ Home County Festival
August 3, 4, 5 – Canmore, AB @ Canmore Folk Festival
Check the show page for advance ticket links and more details.
Ten years ago today the debut, self-titled Great Lake Swimmers album was released into the world via the (weewerk) record label and art salon. Though the recording began in the summer of 2001, the album finally found a home through (weewerk), the tiny Toronto indie label that could, in March of 2003.
It’s hard to believe that it’s already been a whole decade of touring, making new friends, and continuing the musical conversation. Thanks to everyone who has helped us out along the way & especially to Phil Klygo for holding down the fort in his role as manager.
Here’s to another ten!
Thanks to World Wildlife Foundation for this wonderful item on Nick Wroblewski, the artist who created the stunning artwork for our latest album NEW WILD EVERYWHERE. Read more about his creation process and consider taking home an original framed print of the cover artwork Nick has donated to WWF: www.blog.wwf.ca
Grateful to receive a JUNO nomination for Roots & Traditional Album of the Year: Group for our latest album NEW WILD EVERYWHERE. Congratulations to the other fine bands nominated in this category and to all the other artists for their nominations as well.
See you in Regina!
The Great Exhale:
To capture the tone of the song for a video, the group worked with director Christopher Mills, who shot exteriors in different parts of Toronto and captured the band in front of a green screen so he could juxtapose them with illustrations and treatments that evoked the feeling behind the song.
“I found the song to be really haunting and beautiful, so the original concept for the video was based on a very loose idea of exploring empty, dissonant places, and to more of a visual essay that put ‘the music on the wind that passes through,’” Mills says. “The plan was to fill these spaces with these drawings, and ‘ghostly light and effects’ in ways that complimented the music.” He accomplished this with some help from French illustrator and producer Gaëlle Legrand and director-videographer Colin Medley, who found the graffiti-strewn walls that dance about in the video.
The Great Exhale - music video
Ballad of A Fisherman’s Wife:
“In August, Canada’s Juno nominated band “Great Lake Swimmers” visited McLellan Group’s ‘Eastern Office’ in the 1000 Islands. With a couple of great shooters, perfect weather, underwater cameras and the River’s funkiest barge, we created their official video for “Ballad of a Fisherman’s Wife” from their “New Wild Everywhere” album.”
– Doug McLellan
HILLSIDE INSIDE 2013 Weekend Line Up Announced:
Great Lake Swimmers, performing with the Suzuki String School of Guelph, will join Elliott BROOD at the River Run Centre on February 1st.
Other shows include: HANNAH GEORGAS & DOUG PAISLEY; HOLLERADO & BORN RUFFIANS; and K’NAAN with Sarah Felker
Tickets on sale Saturday, December 1st @ 11:00am or by phone 1.877.520.2408
www.riverrun.ca
As part of the INSIDE THE MUSIC series sponsored by Napoleon Home Comfort, Tony Dekker of heralded folk band Great Lake Swimmers will be making a few special solo appearances this February.
Thu Feb 21 – Barrie ON @ Mady Centre for the Performing Arts
Fri Feb 22 – Collingwood ON @ Gayety Theatre
Advance tickets on sale now, check the SHOWS tab for more details.
Great Lake Swimmers join a wonderful gathering of artists for Autumn Falls Festival. Their show falls on Dec 02 at Botanique. For more details and tickets, please visit their website: www.autumnfalls.toutpartout.be
Great Lake Swimmers will be back in Europe this November to continue to promote their April released full length “NEW WILD EVERYWHERE”.
Fellow Canadian band Dusted, Brian Brocherdt of Holy Fuck’s new outfit, is confirmed support for the whole tour.
GREAT LAKE SWIMMERS – EUROPE TOUR DATES with Dusted
Nov 15 – Dresden (D) @ Beatpol
Nov 16 – Berlin (D) @ Bi Nuu
Nov 17 – Copenhagen (DK) @ KB18
Nov 18 – Stockholm (S) @ Debaser
Nov 19 – Oslo (N) @ Blaa Oslo
Nov 21 – Aarhus (DK) @ Voxhall
Nov 22 – Hamburg (D) @ Molotow
Nov 23 – Göttingen (D) @ Apex
Nov 24 – Nijmegen (NL) @ Merleyn
Nov 25 – Haarlem (NL) @ Patronaat
Nov 26 – Bush Hall – London (UK)
Nov 28 – Dublin (EIR) @ Button Factory (+ Shearwater)
Nov 29 – Glasgow (UK) @ The Broadcast
Nov 30 – Manchester (UK) @ Night & Day
Dec 01 – Bristol (UK) @ Start The Bus
Dec 02 – Brussels (B) @ Botanique ‘Autumn Falls Festival’
Dec 03 – Köln (D) @ Blue Shell
Dec 06 – Barcelona (ES) @ Primavera Club
For more details please visit: http://www.toutpartout.be/Artists/Great_Lake_Swimmers
