PRESENTED BY THE BLACKSHEEP INN, Wakefield
Founded in 2010 in Montreal, Lakes of Canada is a five piece progressive folk-rock group with gospel and soul vocal harmonies featuring: Jake Smith on lead vocals, guitar, and percussion; Sarah Morasse on vocals, keyboard, and organ; Conor O’Neil on drums, vocals, and synth; Tim Dobby on guitar, and percussion; and Greg Halpin on vocals, guitar, bass, and percussion.
Lakes of Canada was voted #2 Best Local Folk Act and #10 Best Local Act in CULT Montreal’s “Best of Montreal 2014” reader’s poll. They have performed across Canada and been featured at Festivals including: POP Montreal, Canadian Music Week, Festival Folk sur la Canal, M for Montreal, NXNE, and in 2012 won Best Band of the St-Ambroise Montreal Fringe Festival.
Lakes of Canada released their second album Transgressions, inspired by Margaret Atwood’s dystopian novel The Handmaid’s Tale, on October 16, 2015, followed by a tour throughout Eastern Canada. Transgressions was produced by Jace Lasek (The Besnard Lakes, Arcade Fire, Patrick Watson, Young Galaxy) at Breakglass Studio in Montreal.
Their debut album Toll the Bell was released in 2012.
“The music is energetically grandiose, with choral and orchestral folk-rock evoking the classical origins of the concept album in oratorios and orchestral tone poems.”
-Mike Doherty, The National Post
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Lakes Of Canada :
http://lakesofcanada.com/
https://www.facebook.com/lakesofcanada/
https://lakesofcanada.bandcamp.com/
