TONY DEKKER OF GREAT LAKE SWIMMERS ANNOUNCES EUROPEAN TOUR FOR ‘PRAYER OF THE WOODS’ RELEASE & DEBUTS VIDEO

Great Lake Swimmers front man Tony Dekker will be returning to Europe this November to celebrate the release of his solo album ‘Prayer Of The Woods’.

The record will be released in Europe by Nettwerk on November 18th, and Exclaim just debut the video for the title track, you can view it here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rusNnf7H6d8

The song is a soft, meditative folk ballad about the forest, and the clip appropriately finds the singer strumming his guitar while surrounded by trees. It was filmed north of Toronto at the Glen Haffy Conservation Area; the Bruce Trail runs through this area, and at this point, there’s a hand-carved sign inscribed with the anonymous poem “Prayer of the Woods.” The poem, which is of Portuguese origin and has spread to North America, provides the lyrical underpinning for this song. The video was directed by Great Lake Swimmers’ Erik Arnesen

Dekker will be joined on tour by Dead Oceans label artist Califone who also have a new release out.

Confirmed tour dates so far:
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November 9 – Prague (CZ) @ Pilot Club *
November 10 – Berlin (D) @ Urban Spree Galerie *
November 12 – Gothenburg (S) @ Pustervik *
November 13 – Stockholm (S) @ Debaser *
November 14 – Stavanger (N) @ Folken *
November 16 – Ottersum (NL) @ Roepaen *
November 18 – Newcastle (UK) @ The Cluny*
November 19 – Manchester (UK) @ Roadhouse *
November 20 – Leeds (UK) @ Belgrave Music Hall *
November 21 – Dublin (EIR) @ Whelan’s *
November 22 – Coventry (UK) @ The Tin at The Coal Vaults *
November 25 – London (UK) @ Lexington *
November 26 – Bristol (UK) @ St. Bonaventures *
November 27 – Aachen (D) @ Musicbunker *
November 28 – Diksmuide (B) @ 4AD
November 30 – Utrecht (NL) @ Le Mini Who? – Noon time show
November 30 – Brussels (B) @ Klein Mercelis Theater – “Autumn Falls Festival”
December 1 – Schorndorf (D) @ Club Manufaktur *
December 2 – St Gallen (CH) @ Palace *
December 3 – Zurich (CH) @ Exil Club *

* with Califone