Producer/songwriter Will Whitwham will be in Los Angeles from February 21 to March 8 on a writing trip. He will be working with some great songwriters while he is there. We can’t wait to hear what he comes up with!
Will Whitwham of the Wilderness of Manitoba releases his debut solo EP today. There are seven original songs on End of Dreams including one that Whitwham initially wrote for Martha Wainwright, but decided to keep for himself! The songs were written, performed, recorded, mixed and produced by Whitwham at his own Delaware House studio except Alleyways and The Autumn Sun Set Will Set The Land On Fire which were produced by Graham Stairs and recorded at Revolution Recording in Toronto. On those tracks, Whitwham was accompanied by Brian Kobayakawa (Serena Ryder) on stand-up and electric bass, Tom Bona (Sue Foley/the Wilderness of Manitoba) on drums, David Gouveia (Ivana Santilli/Bass Is Base) on congas and percussion, Mika Posen (Timber Timbre) on violin and Stefan Banjevic (the Wilderness of Manitoba) on cello. String arrangements were by Jim McGrath (The Last Mogul).
Check it out here: http://hyperurl.co/EndOfDreams
The new Grand Analog single, Fly Away: Swing Low, is now available on all platforms!
Check out the single and the performance video here: http://smarturl.it/gaflyaway
Ghost Caravan will be performing at the Cameron House in Toronto on Thursday, November 8th at 9:30 PM for Indie Week. The line-up for the show will include Shaina Silver-Baird on vocals, Juliana Iannuzziello on keyboards and vocals, Michelle Faehrmann on five string electric cello and vocals, Rachael Cardiello on viola and vocals, and Sarah Riegler on drums and percussion. The group will be playing songs from their debut album, T.O. Confidential, which will be available on vinyl at the show.
You can buy advance tickets here: https://www.showpass.com/the-cameron-house-ghost-caravan-sara-diamond/
MRG Concerts presents Grand Analog along with special guests HMLT x Joyia and Brahny at Longboat Hall in Toronto on Friday, November 16th.
You can buy advance tickets here: https://buff.ly/2pW5MWM
And, if you haven’t seen it yet, check out Grand Analog’s new video for Sugar Baby directed by Joe Klymkiw and starring Odario: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KsDgB8AtoaM
We’re excited to announce the release of Ghost Caravan’s Damn You single and video featuring Odario of Grand Analog today! We want to thank Shaina, Robin, Michelle and Odario for their performances and energy; Niky Sweet for her directing, editing and filming; Jacqueline Dibacco for her camera skills; and the all the people who appeared in the video and made it a real party!
We also want to bring your attention to the track Time’s Up which is being released simultaneously with Damn You. It was relevant and important when it was written and recorded, but, given recent events, it is even more topical now. Please take some time and listen to the lyrics.
Buy, stream and watch Damn You here: http://hyperurl.co/listenDamnYou
Buy and stream Time’s Up here: http://hyperurl.co/listenTimesUp
We have also made a limited edition vinyl version of the album, T.O. Confidential, and it will be available at Ghost Caravan’s show in Toronto at the Supermarket on Saturday, October 6th. Doors are at 8:00 PM. You can buy advance tickets here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ghost-caravan-vinyl-release-show-tickets-49836044952
Popguru Sound & Vision announces today that it is launching a sync division to represent independent artists. Company founder Graham Stairs says, “There is so much great new music being created and a lot of independent artists have no way of getting their music to the decisionmakers. The music supervisors want to work with a trusted source. I have been doing this for a long time on behalf of my management, label and publishing clients, and have developed the skill sets and contacts. So, why not offer that service to independent artists? “
The first independent artists signed for sync representation are two time Polaris Prize nominee Zaki Ibrahim and the sunshine pop of St. Catharines based band The Bae Beach Club. Pitchfork described Ibrahim’s The Sceret Life of Planets as “a future-soul marvel that connects sounds across time and oceans, creating thrilling moments of pop music synthesized through her wise and worldly vision”. Substream Magazine called The Bae Beach Club’s music as “a warm flood of pure pop bliss that keeps you coming back for more”.
For the past fifteen years, Popguru Sound & Vision, in partnership with New York based Steven Scharf Entertainment, has successfully placed music in North American film, television and commercials. At the inaugural Canadian Sync Awards, two of the four nominees for Sync Artist or Songwriter of the Year were Popguru Sound & Vision artists: Grand Analog and the Wilderness of Manitoba. Grand Analog has had over sixty syncs including a song used in a North American advertising campaign and two songs featured in a movie starring Eva Longoria. They also wrote the theme song for an animated television series. A Wilderness of Manitoba song appeared three times in an episode of popular NBC television drama This Is Us and another from the same EP played over the final scene of an episode of Elementary.
“We’re looking forward to working with Zaki, The Bae Beach Club and other great independent artists that we are in talks with and introducing their music to North American music supervisors.”