Great Lake Swimmers - Concrete Heart (live) @ First Baptist Church, Ottawa, ON - June 19, 2009

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Great Lake Swimmers (Tony Dekker) playing Concrete (including a brief intro about the song [while I was adjusting camera]), off the latest GLS album "Lost Channels" on June 19, 2009 at First Baptist Church in Ottawa, Ont. Lost Channels is nominated for the prestigious Polaris Music Prize: http://www.polarismusicprize.ca/
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When Great Lake Swimmers Tony Dekker wrote the song Everything is Moving So Fast, he couldnt have predicted that it would foreshadow the rapid success of the Toronto bands fourth album, LOST CHANNELS. For a project that has seen a slow upward trajectory since its humble beginnings in 2001, the Great Lake Swimmers are suddenly getting exponentially more attention across North America and Europe, entrancing newcomers to the band with Dekkers unforgettable voice and compelling songwriting.

That LOST CHANNELS was a success in Canada is no surprise: Great Lake Swimmers have long been a word-of-mouth favourite for whom critical mass was inevitable, and they are regarded as a national treasure by the countrys public broadcaster, the CBC; LOST CHANNELS recently topped the chart on CBC Radio 3 (which is also broadcast in the U.S. on Sirius Satellite Radio). It also sat at #1 on iTunes Singer/Songwriter chart.

But its not just the home team cheering on the Swimmers. LOST CHANNELS attained the #2 Most-Added position at the influential radio trade magazine Friday Morning Quarterback. It debuted at #10 on Billboards Heatseekers Chart in its first week, re-entering the Top 10 in May, and was #1 on the Amazon MP3 downloads chart. Meanwhile, an older non-album track, See You On the Moon, can be heard on prime time television in a Honda ad. And individual bloggers have been massive champions: Great Lake Swimmers reached Most Blogged Artist status on premier MP3 site Hype Machine.

No doubt much of this has been fuelled in part by public endorsements by the likes of Feist, Robert Plant, NBC Nightly News anchor Brian Williams and cyclist Lance Armstrong. The latter two have both raved about the band on their personal websites; the former have handpicked the Great Lake Swimmers to open shows and whole tours. Theyve also shared bills with Bela Fleck & The Sparrow Quartet, Hayden, Goldfrapp, and Bill Callahan of Smog.

LOST CHANNELS also features the talents of Julie Fader (flute/backing vocals), Greg Millson (drums), Darcy Yates (bass), with appearances by Erin Aurich on violin; Mike Olsen on cello; and Paul Aucoin on vibraphone; along with special guests / Swimmers collaborators Serena Ryder with vocals on Everything Is Moving So Fast and Bob Egan on pedal steel.

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