11:38 PM. I keep wandering around our hut and our room looking for things. Every 15 minutes I’ve managed to lose something else, only to find it a moment after. But sometimes when we’re looking for one thing, we end up finding another.
Read More »Banff Dispatch 5: Looking out your window, hiding in your room
October 23rd, 2009 / 0 Comments 
Banff Dispatch 4: Broadening horizons (ie. visiting other band huts)
October 22nd, 2009 / 0 Comments
12:30 AM. We spend most of the day working on our own thing while we’re out here. From our hut, we can hear the sounds of The Witchies, Basia Bulat, and Analog Bell Service practicing. But mostly, we hear Analog Bell Service – they definitely win the “Loudest Band at the Banff Centre” prize. But, they can also play nice and pretty too, and here they did just that after having heard the song in question all of once before recording. Win/Win!
Read More »Banff Dispatch 3: Shaking In My Boots
October 21st, 2009 / 0 Comments
3:00 AM. Swear to God, there’s wolves howling outside of my practice hut. Or maybe it’s just people, but either way I’m sticking inside for a bit.
Read More »Banff Dispatch 2: Hunting + Gathering (from a mountain-top cafeteria buffet, but still…)
October 20th, 2009 / 0 Comments
7:20 PM. Post pasta overload. Wondering what would happen if one decided to “rough it” in a mountain cabin with some duct tape, a cooking dish, and a copy of Julia Child’s best known work.
Read More »Banff Dispatch 1: Sleepy, Chilly, But Oh So Happy
October 19th, 2009 / 0 Comments
2:40 AM. Dark mountain-side studios, a baby grand piano, and thoughts of bear attack. ALWAYS BE PREPARED.
Read More »Ottawa Dispatch 2: Autumnal Landscapes
October 18th, 2009 / 0 Comments
A crisp early morning, and everything’s yellow, gold, and red. Too little sleep, but always more than enough energy to sing another favourite.
xox, mark + catriona sturton + shane turner
Read More »Ottawa Dispatch 1: Up Late in the Nation’s Capital
October 17th, 2009 / 0 Comments
We know we should be asleep, but sometimes you just want to stay up and sing with your friends.
xox, mark + catriona sturton + shane turner
Read More »New album pre-order and the first snows of winter (plus another new song for you)
October 15th, 2009 / 7 Comments
The new Woodpigeon album Die Stadt Muzikanten is available for pre-order via Boompa Records starting today. And because everyone’s all about the pre-order bonuses these days, we’ve got a few nice ones in store for you too.
First of all, all copies of Die Stadt Muzikanten released in our home and native land of Canada will receive the bonus mini-album disc BALLADEER / to all the guys i’ve loved before, a collection of new tunes recorded in Calgary and Dublin.
Secondly, the first 100 orders will receive a special Die Stadt Muzikanten poster, featuring album artwork by the amazing Jeff Kulak.
And finally, everyone who pre-orders before the 12 January 2010 release date will also receive some bonus .mp3 recordings between now and then, including (but not limited to, because who knows what will make its way to tape between now and then) some solo acoustic renditions of the songs from Die Stadt Muzikanten. These bonus .mp3s will also come…
Read More »Dispatch 5: In the Shadow of Three Trolls
September 4th, 2009 / 0 Comments
There’s far more to Vík í Mýrdal than just its record as the rainiest place in Iceland (the seas are so rough here, they’ve never been able to build a harbour). It’s also one of the most inspiring views one will ever see. In tribute, a new song, dedicated to Reynisdrangar, the three trolls. (Listen for the rain through the window … a bit of a theme with these recordings).
xox, mark + benjamin stacey of reykjavik.
Read More »Dispatch 4: Late Nights (or is it Early Mornings) in East Finchley
September 3rd, 2009 / 0 Comments
Our pal Jack Day is one of our favourite folk traditionalists. It was hard enough to get him to play into a “newfangled” recorder, and then he kept trying to throw me off by holding phrases and being difficult. So, one take. No overdubs. A song handed down for ages, and now from us to you.
xox, mark + jack day (chris dadge on beatz)
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