I have posted two of my songs that I performed with my old band the Subcollisions, therefore in the song Anchor there is me singing with a cold and playing my wheezing accordion + Subcollisions, (also note Éric Jarry graciously engineered this session),
Warm worm with the Subcollisions was recorded live at the Tranzac by Dave Lang. Wonder when is just me with insomnia and a hangover accompanied by the cheapo software on my computer pomme. Old men knitting sweaters was recorded by my ol' man.
Influences
Dianne Heatherington, Mary Margaret O'Hara, Tom Waits, Calamity Royale, Bobby McFerrin, Dinah Christie, Wendy McNeill, Mark Rutherford, Screaming Jay Hawkins, Cab Calloway, Ella Fitzgerald, Christine Duncan, Nino Rota, Richard Bona, Betty Carter
Willow was raised in the wilds of Southern Ontario. She
once witnessed the tornado that hit Barrie in the '80's. Pink
insulation, tooth floss, converted rice and hobby horses filled the
sky. When her bed landed in a tree, she climbed down and discovered a
strange instrument, later informed that it was an accordion. Upon
first surprising squeeze, she was hooked and has never looked back.
Since then, she has travelled the world writing songs about hysterical
love, historical magical realism and nature's unpredictability...
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Willow Rutherford a grandit dans les contrées sauvages du sud de l’Ontario. Dans les années 80, elle fût témoin de la violente tornade qui frappa Barrie et qui remplit le ciel de laine minérale rose, de soie dentaire, de riz-minute et de chevaux à bascule. Après que son lit eut atterri dans un arbre, Willow redescendit sur la terre ferme et trouva à ses pieds un étrange instrument (on l’informa plus tard qu’il s’agissait d’un accordéon). Après les premiers essais – aux sonorités surprenantes, il faut l’avouer! – elle s’enticha rapidement de cet objet qui ne la quitta plus jamais. Depuis, elle parcoure le monde et raconte ses chansons qui traitent d’amour hystérique, de réalisme-historique-magique et de l’imprévisibilité de la nature…
willow! check out your crazy red and white accordion! it looks just like mine! they should meet and have incestuous children. kissing cousins kiss! xobabs
Thanks for the great hospitality in Toronto. We had a great time. Everything was amazing: the show, the walk in the dark, the children's park, the whiskey, the blueberry vodka, everything,........:) We will forever remember everything that happen on this tour. It's really special to be made to free like home when on the road. Please let us know when you might come to montreal!
hello! just got back into town...!waiting news for ottawa...hope it is working...miss you! have you seen the video that jazelin made...i like it!: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_HgGP2SlB0
I really like your songs Willow. I think you use space and music rests well. We had a really great time in Toronto and hope to come back in the not too distant future. We're just trying to figure out how. (I feel that countries should be able to share their art more freely.) Thanks for playing with us.
Bonjour bonjour! Bon j'espère que tu vas m'apprendre à faire une page Myspace aussi jolie que la tienne parce que j'ai un peu de retard... A très bientôt j'espère, bises!
Hello Hello, i can see by the show list things are working fine for you...in canada(LOL)...i wanna suck a bit of your time for 2 things, first one of my songs is on the BANDE A PART billboard(NUMBA 1 CAUCHEMAR DE COURSE) so... www.bandeapart.fm it r.koiyers(thats fucking bad english)you....<re on stage with us... Bye bye.... Bern From Qu/bec
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