Canadian Music ~ Great Lake Swimmers

 

Great Lake Swimmers is a Canadian folk rock band from Wainfleet, Ontario, and currently based in Toronto.

The current touring line-up is Tony Dekker on lead vocals, acoustic guitar and harmonica, Erik Arnesen on banjo, electric guitar and harmonium, Ryan Granville-Martin on drums and backing vocals, Bret Higgins on upright bass and Kelsey McNulty on keyboards and backing vocals. Past members included Julie Fader on backing vocals, Sandro Perri on guitar, and Greg Millson and Colin Huebert on drums.

Studio albums

Great Lake Swimmers (weewerk, 2003)
Bodies and Minds (weewerk, 2005)
Ongiara (Nettwerk, 2007)
Lost Channels (Nettwerk, 2009)
New Wild Everywhere (Nettwerk, 2012)
A Forest of Arms (Nettwerk, 2015)
The Waves, the Wake (Nettwerk, 2018)
Uncertain Country (2023)

Acoustic albums

The Waves, the Wake (Acoustic) (Nettwerk, 2019)

Cover albums

When Last We Shook Hands: Cover Songs, Vol. 1 (2020)

EPs

Hands in Dirty Ground (weewerk, 2006)
Swimming Away (2016)
They Don't Make Them Like That Anymore (2017)
Side Effects (2018)

Live albums

Live at the Church of the Redeemer (Nettwerk, 2007)
The Legion Sessions (Nettwerk, 2009)
Live in Ottawa at the 27 Club, October 3, 2019 (2020)
Live at the Redeemer 2007 (Weewerk, 2021)

Singles

2005 "To Leave It Behind"  Bodies and Minds
         "Bodies and Minds"  

2007 "Your Rocky Spine"  Ongiara

         "Backstage with the Modern Dancers" 
2009 "Pulling on a Line"  Lost Channels
2012 "Easy Come Easy Go" New Wild Everywhere
         "The Great Exhale"