NxEW Spotlight: Great Lake Swimmers

The (Weekly) Artist Spotlight is a new thing at NxEW and there was considerable debate over who should go first. Ultimately the Great Lake Swimmers had the most support. It seems kind of a strange choice - most people already know and therefore love the Great Lake Swimmers. However, maybe that assumption is wrong. The Great Lake Swimmers have had a huge year very quietly. Their album Lost Channels got huge critical acclaim. They were shortlisted for the Polaris Music Prize and NxEW's Shadow Polaris Prize but ultimately took neither. They are now up for the Canadian Folk Music Award for Contemporary Album of the Year - So, while they've definitely gotten everyone's attention this year they don't seem to be making it to the top of the list, so perhaps just a little more attention is due.

See the bottom of this page for upcoming tour dates, but if you honestly don't know the Great Lake Swimmers or kinda know them but not really here are a few links to help build the bond:

Great Lake Swimmers on the Canada Live Podcast

CBC Radio 3 Sessions with Great Lake Swimmers

Great Lake Swimmers release Legion Sessions

Great Lake Swimmers at Vancouver Folk Fest

Tony Dekker at City Sonic

Great Lake Swimmers Interview on CKCU

Of course you can also find more atgreatlakeswimmers.com, myspace.com/greatlakeswimmers, CBC Radio 3's New Music Canada, www.facebook.com/greatlakeswimmers and on Twitter @greatLakeSwim.

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And Don't Forget Those Tour Dates:

Great Lake Swimmers Fall Tour 2009

The Wooden Birds will be supporting on all dates, except Sept. 28. Their new release is on Barsuk Records

Oct 14
The Great American Music Hall, San Francisco, CA
www.musichallsf.com
Oct 16
The Crocodile Cafe, Seattle, WA
www.thecrocodile.com
Oct 17
Doug Fir, Portland, OR
www.dougfirlounge.com
Oct 20
The State Room, Salt Lake City, UT
www.thestateroomslc.com
Oct 21
Larimer Lounge, Denver, CO
www.larimerlounge.com
Oct 22
Bourbon Theatre, Lincoln, NE
www.bourbontheatre.com
Oct 23
Memorial Union, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
FREE SHOW
Oct 24
Illini Union Courtyard Cafe, Urbana, IL
www.illiniunioncourtyard.uiuc.edu
Oct 25
The Cedar Cultural Center, Minneapolis, MN
www.thecedar.org
Oct 26
The Maintenance Shop at Iowa State University, Ames, IA
www.m-shop.com
Oct 28
Lincoln Hall, Chicago, IL
www.lincolnhallchicago.com
Oct 29
Subkirke, South Bend, IN
www.subkirke.com ALL AGES
Oct 30
Ladies Literary Club for Calvin College, Grand Rapids, MI
www.calvin.edu/admin/sao/calendar/09-10/oct/
Oct 31
Turner Hall Ballroom, Milwaukee, WI
ALL AGES with Serena Ryder, Matisyahu, The Championship, Kid Millions, Will Phalen & the Stereo Addicts
www.radiomilwaukee.org

Great Lake Swimmers European Tour 2009

Nov 11
Komedia - Brighton (UK)
Nov 13
Crawdaddy - Dublin (EIR)
Nov 14
Speakeasy - Belfast (UK)
Nov 15
Glee club - Birmingham (UK)
Nov 16
Deaf Institute - Manchester (UK)
Nov 17
Metropolis - Bristol (UK)
Nov 18
Scala - London (UK)
Nov 19
Glaz'art - Paris (F)
Nov 20
Dialogues Musiques - Brest (F)
In-store performance at 6:00pm, doors open at 5:30pm
Nov 21
Le Vauban - Brest (F)
Nov 23
Molotow - Hamburg (D)
Nov 24
Festsaal Kreuzberg - Berlin (D)
Nov 25
Steinbruch - Duisburg (D)
Nov 26
King Georg - Köln (D)
Nov 27
Friedenskirche - Dachau (D)

Great Lake Swimmers (Tony Dekker SOLO) with Will Johnson & Jason Molina

Nov 28
Toutpartout 15 years @ Botanique - Brussel (B)
Nov 29
Le Guess Who? Festival @ Tivoli - Utrecht (NL)
Nov 30
MC Frits Philips - Eindhoven (NL)
Dec 1
Railway Inn - Winchester (UK)
Dec 2
The Garage - London (UK)
Dec 3
Deaf Institute - Manchester (UK)
Dec 4
Emporium - Rouen (F)
Dec 5
Le Scopitone - Paris (F)