New single from Great Lake Swimmers. 
Split 7" with Picastro.
The physical release by Harbour Songs takes the form of a 45 RPM vinyl record pressed to translucent purple vinyl, and will be available at the shows, while the digital version will be available across streaming platforms care of (weewerk) on March 6, 2020.
Dekker recently participated in a songwriters event in Toronto for the celebrated podcast, Pondercast, using the guided “Night” journal project to come up with the lyrics for Getting To The Heart Of It: “It was an unusual way of working, but ultimately rewarding in that it involved listening deeply and intensely to the sounds of night, and responding to a series of enlightening audio prompts.” – Tony Dekker, Great Lake Swimmers.

Great Lake Swimmers - "Getting To The Heart Of It"

Some Friendly Giants band are from the tall mountains and deep valleys of the Kootenays in British Columbia. 

“My roots come from Sixties, Seventies, and Eighties music, but because our band is cross-generational, every decade has been creatively mined for ideas and influences,” says John Wittmayer of Some Friendly Giants.

When John (vocals, guitar, bass, synth, percussion) and Shawn Fisher (vocals, violin, keyboard, percussion, producing) met in the winter of 2020 during the “Great Lockdown,” they decided to collaborate and work on each other’s song ideas. Their brainchild, Some Friendly Giants, was born!

Barry Jones (vocals, keyboard, trumpet, percussion, producing) and James Stephens (vocals, guitar, bass, drums, producing), and shortly after - Amy Heasman and Holly Schweitzer (both vocals and songwriting) joined.
The magical collaboration called Friendly Giants came to be.

Most recently, Roger Swan has contributed his producing skills to a few songs. 

All band members contribute by way of writing and playing their ideas. John says, “The sum of our parts create music that we all identify with, and this sharing is what thrills us to keep creating.” 

Travis Yost (drums) has also made appearances on some of the band’s tracks.

Some Friendly Giants makes music with deep indie roots and an eclectic mixture of cross-generational hippie-pop. They’re releasing new songs every few months, and are looking forward to releasing their first album next year!

KRISTA HARTMAN BIOGRAPHY:

Magic is everywhere. Transcend, Krista Hartman’s new album, proves that the genuine quest to uncover it, is worth the authentic pursuit.

With the restless soul of a storytelling traveller, as soon as she graduated high school, Krista Hartman left her town of Peace River, Alberta, and spent the first few years of her music career busking on the streets of Indonesia, Australia, and New Zealand. 

After teaching English in South Korea, she returned to Alberta, Canada, for University, where she further developed her gifts, studying English and Theatre by day, recording and performing songs she wrote by night, making friends and building a loyal following.

The inspiration collected from her travels led to her first rustic self-produced Canadiana record, Passport which was recognized in Edmonton’s Vue Weekly Magazine as one of the top ten records of the year. When it was time to tour, she moved to New York, started bartending and toured across several American states. 

By 2008, Krista relocated to Toronto and began recording her second record, Nostalgia (a record that chronicled the characters she met while touring through the US). She was joined on the first single, “Broken in Two” by Juno Award winning songwriter, Ron Sexsmith. The highlight of her year was performing a bilingual version of The Canadian National Anthem Canada’s Prime Minister at a Gala hosted by The Canada India Foundation. By 2015, she had lived in St. Lucia and Chicago with her young family and ventured to Toronto to record her third record, Constellations- a catalogue of songs devoted to the power of optimism. 

Since Constellations, Hartman has been busy uncovering the gems that make her craft truly meaningful and aligned. The songs she has written on this record were created shortly after a songwriters retreat on Bowen Island, British Columbia. “Having a balanced mind, body and spirit is the key to a fulfilling creative path” she is convinced.

“Music is magic” she says candidly. “That said, there are many times I could have convinced myself to quit had I failed to have gone inward. I’m so glad in retrospect that I have created my 4th record with Jordon Zadarozny,” Pembroke based producer also known as Blinker the Star. Hartman’s personal life hints that she is a chameleon: a mother, an artist, a teacher and a devout traveller who is dedicated to her path as a musician. 

Krista is known for her desire to genuinely connect with others through her heartfelt music. Her latest record, Transcend contemplates themes of existentialism and the supernatural world. It was produced by Jordon Zadorozny who has co-written songs with Courtney Love. 

At this point in her adventures, one can find Krista Hartman in Ottawa, Canada writing songs near a quiet sunny window.

“Krista’s Story telling style is classic in the sense of 60’s folk and folk rock tunes. She is able to touch that era and yet twist and turn the songs into a friendly modern feel while illuminating her life experiences. Those picturesque lyrics are the brush strokes that the listener follows to see the picture painted before their ears. Recommended if you like: Lee Hazlewood, Nancy Sinatra, Dar Williams, Cat Power”- Tiny Elvis Review, U.S