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Great Lake Swimmers is tagged as: folk, indie, canadian, singer-songwriter, indie pop

Great Lake Swimmers is an indie folk band which formed in 2003 in Wainfleet, Ontario, Canada. The band currently consists of Tony Dekker (vocals, guitar, harmonica), Erik Arneson (banjo, guitar, harmonium), Bret Higgens (bass), Julie Fader (keyboards, vocals) and Greg Millson (drums).
Fifty-five years ago, Marilyn Bell took a plunge and traversed Lake Ontario. Back then, being a Great Lake swimmer was a big deal; now, it’s an astonishing physical feat taken for granted. It’s a rapidly forgotten part of history, like a faded map or a tattered photograph. Or a lost channel.
|Tony Dekker’s Great Lake Swimmers have spent the past seven years performing on stages around the world—though, like Bell, they should never be taken for granted. LOST CHANNELS, their fourth album set for release on March 31st, finds them once again recording at historic locations. This time in the Thousand Islands region of Ontario and New York state, telling tales of hidden histories, still “mining for light in the dark wells,” still “tuned to an instrument of greater and unknown design.”
|The instrument in question is the singular voice of Tony Dekker, a voice that summons ghosts from times past. It’s a voice that is capable of conveying heartache and co...
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Top 10 Great Lake Swimmers Songs
Your Rocky Spine
Pulling On A Line
Backstage With The Modern Dancers
Changing Colours
Put There By The Land
Everything Is Moving So Fast
Palmistry
I Am Part Of A Large Family
Concrete Heart
Where In The World Are You
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Top 10 Great Lake Swimmers Albums
Ongiara
Lost Channels
Bodies And Minds
Great Lake Swimmers
Hands In Dirty Ground EP
The Legion Sessions
See You On The Moon!
[BadPanda016] Gonna Make It Through This Year
Pulling On A Line
Pulling On A Line (Live Juno Performance 2010)
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