DAKOTA NIGHTS with GREAT LAKE SWIMMERS

We’re very excited to announce another exceptional night of music, An Evening with Great Lake Swimmers, which will take place at The Dakota Tavern in Toronto on Thursday, November 5, 2009.  This very special night is part of Dakota Nights for War Child, a unique benefit concert series featuring intimate performances by celebrated artists, hosted by The Dakota Tavern and War Child Canada.  Doors will open at 7:30 pm and the show will begin at 8:30 pm.  All proceeds will support War Child Canada, a registered charity that provides humanitarian assistance to war-affected children in some of the most devastated regions of the world. Tickets for An Evening with Great Lake Swimmers are $35.00 and can be purchased at www.maplemusic.com.

When Great Lake Swimmers’ Tony Dekker wrote the song “Everything is Moving So Fast,” he couldn’t have predicted that it would foreshadow the rapid success of the Toronto band’s fourth album, LOST CHANNELS. For a project that has seen a slow upward trajectory since its humble beginnings in 2001, the Nettwerk recording artists  are suddenly getting exponentially more attention across North America and Europe, entrancing newcomers to the band with Dekker’s 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 country’s public broadcaster, the CBC. LOST CHANNELS recently topped the chart on CBC Radio 3 and also sat at #1 on iTunes’ Singer/Songwriter chart. 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. The band has also shared bills with Bela Fleck & The Sparrow Quartet, Hayden, Goldfrapp, and Bill Callahan of Smog. For more information about Great Lake Swimmers visit  www.greatlakeswimmers.com or www.weewerk.com.

The Dakota Tavern is one of Toronto's newest live music venues, located just north of Dundas Street West on Ossington Avenue.  Set downstairs in a dimly-lit basement with character in every corner, The Dakota Tavern serves up live music, serious drinks, and simple, good food seven nights a week, plus a Bluegrass Brunch on Sundays. www.thedakotatavern.com