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Hawksley Workman
8:00 PM
Delivered
from the mythic Muskoka wilderness, Hawksley arrived on the scene nearly a
decade ago with a fearlessness rooted in an undeniable vocal panache. This Juno
Award winning wild card has already cemented his place as an emblem of Canadian
culture here and abroad.
New albums MEAT and MILK are numbers eleven and twelve in
Hawksley’s impressive catalogue. MEAT
came of a wintry retreat to Huntsville and is a raw take on the end of a
relationship. The overall dance pop feel of MILK was heavily influenced by
Marten Tromm, who Hawksley met on a writing trip to Stockholm.
Hawksley’s catalogue (Lover/Fighter, The Delicious Wolves, Treeful of Starling, Between the Beautifuls, Los Manlicious and the one-of-a-kind
Christmas album Almost a Full Moon)
includes pop tunes, country jangles, anthemic rockers, hip-hop dance beats and
gut-wrenching ballads, proof that Hawksley can do it all. His live show has
taken him on national, European, Australian and Japanese tours, where Hawksley
has made devoted fans worldwide.
10 years after its debut, For Him and the
Girls, Hawksley’s first record still stands as one of the groundbreaking
albums of a new indie aesthetic that still reigns today. American critics
reacted quickly to the US release of the album in November 2009, with
comparisons to today’s most progressive indie darlings.
Beyond his work as a recording artist, Hawksley has had a hand in shaping the
next generation of Canada’s favourite albums, including Polaris Short List and
Juno Nominated albums with artists such as Hey Rosetta, Sarah Slean, Serena
Ryder, Tegan and Sara, Great Big Sea and, most recently, Justin Rutledge.
Hawksley’s unquenchable thirst for collaboration also drives many songwriting
partnerships here and abroad. From Oscar-winner Marion Cotillard to icon Jane
Birken to French legend Johnny Hallyday, there is no shortage of star power on
Hawksley’s resume. A new deal with Peermusic has brought Hawksley’s songwriting
further afield, with a major US TV campaign with Volvo, work for TV shows and a
project called “Hockey the Musical”, which opened at TIFF in September 2010.
Opening for Hawksley will be Parry Sound's own Kick Ptarmigan. Muskoka meets Parry Sound on the Stockey Stage!
