Great Lake Swimmers

Great Lake Swimmers Expand Their Vision and Their Guest List on 'The Waves, The Wake'

PUBLISHED Aug 17, 2018

Great Lake Swimmers are one of Canada's top folk acts, but frontman Tony Dekker hoped to defy much of what we've come to expect from them o...

Great Lake Swimmers

The Waves, The Wake

PUBLISHED Aug 14, 2018

Say what you will about Great Lake Swimmers, but the Canadian alt-folk outfit can't be accused of stagnation or resting on former glories....

​Great Lake Swimmers Announce 'The Waves, The Wake' LP

PUBLISHED Apr 11, 2018

Canadian folk mainstays Great Lake Swimmers have revealed plans for their next full-length album. The Waves, The Wake will arrive on August...

Great Lake Swimmers Release 'They Don't Make Them Like That Anymore' Holiday EP

PUBLISHED Nov 24, 2017

Canadian indie folk unit Great Lake Swimmers are kicking off the holiday season with a festive new EP. Today (November 24), they've unveile...

​Sandbanks Music Festival Gets Great Lake Swimmers, the Inbreds, By Divine Right for 2017 Lineup

PUBLISHED Mar 24, 2017

Sandbanks Music Festival will return to Ontario's Prince Edward County in late summer, and the lineup for 2017's instalment has just been a...

Paper Bag Records Launches "Vintage" Vinyl Reissue Label

PUBLISHED Feb 6, 2017

Diving even deeper into the ever-expanding world of vinyl, Toronto's Paper Bag Records has launched Paper Bag Vintage — a new side label ai...

​Great Lake Swimmers Map Out North American Spring Tour

PUBLISHED Jan 10, 2017

Last year heard Great Lake Swimmers follow up their last LP A Forest of Arms with an EP titled Swimming Away, and they're kicking off 2017...

Great Lake Swimmers

'Swimming Away' (EP Stream)

PUBLISHED Mar 24, 2016

Following the release of last year's full-length A Forest of Arms, Ontario folk outfit Great Lake Swimmers have lined up a new EP to lead i...