Play Woodpigeon Radio
Woodpigeon
On Tour
299,111 plays (19,038 listeners)
Calgary, Canada
Woodpigeon are a Canadian musical collective from Calgary, Alberta. The band’s sound has been compared to Sufjan Stevens, Grizzly Bear, Camera Obscura, Simon & Garfunkel, and Belle & Sebastian, amongst others. Band leader Mark Hamilton’s main lyrical influence is The Kinks. When asked about the band’s name, Mark Hamilton explains: “I’ve always been in love with the word Woodpigeon for as long as I can remember. When you write it in cursive, it looks like a rollercoaster”.
Woodpigeon’s origins are found with primary song-writer Mark Hamilton writing songs in Edinburgh, Scotland. At this time, the band was named “Woodpigeon Divided By Antelope Equals Squirrel”, and consisted of Hamilton alongside Steve Kaye and Malcolm Benzie. Hamilton states that he “was far too scared to ever sing, so all we ever played was a couple of stupid instrumentals and our only “performance” was in the streets of Edinburgh.” Eventually, Hamilton returned to Canada, and started afresh, with the shortened band band name, Woodpigeon. Other band members fell in place, with Hamilton noting that: “the way it came together was simple: friends started hearing my songs and offering their services.” By now Woodpigeon consists of eight core members: Mark Hamilton (vocals, guitar), Kenna Burima (piano, vocals), Michael Gratton (bass), Annalea Sordi (accordion, flute, vocals), Daren Powell (drums), Peter Moersch (electric guitar, vocals), Foon Yap (violin), AJ Benoit (vocals).
Woodpigeon’s origins are found with primary song-writer Mark Hamilton writing songs in Edinburgh, Scotland. At this time, the band was named “Woodpigeon Divided By Antelope Equals Squirrel”, and consisted of Hamilton alongside Steve Kaye and Malcolm Benzie. Hamilton states that he “was far too scared to ever sing, so all we ever played was a couple of stupid instrumentals and our only “performance” was in the streets of Edinburgh.” Eventually, Hamilton returned to Canada, and started afresh, with the shortened band band name, Woodpigeon. Other band members fell in place, with Hamilton noting that: “the way it came together was simple: friends started hearing my songs and offering their services.” By now Woodpigeon consists of eight core members: Mark Hamilton (vocals, guitar), Kenna Burima (piano, vocals), Michael Gratton (bass), Annalea Sordi (accordion, flute, vocals), Daren Powell (drums), Peter Moersch (electric guitar, vocals), Foon Yap (violin), AJ Benoit (vocals).
Top Albums
Top Tracks
| 1 |
 |
Piano Pieces for Adult Beginners
full track
|
|||
| 2 | |||||
| 3 |
|
Knock Knock
full track
|
|||
| 4 | |||||
| 5 |
|
||||
| 6 | |||||
| 7 | |||||
| 8 |
|
||||
| 9 | |||||
| 10 | |||||
| 11 |
|
7th Fret Over Andres
full track
|
|||
| 11 | |||||
| 13 | |||||
| 14 |
|
I Live a Lot of Places
full track
|
|||
| 14 |
Shoutbox
-
dominicgeinosky wrote:
Bravo, Mark. The album is wonderful. I'm glad I pre-ordered!
-
nadalia wrote:
die stadt muzikanten is amazing. it's been on repeat for awhile
-
ScreamyBoy wrote:
Nice.
-
citizendickorg wrote:
12 Days of Holiday Dick – Day 10 – Woodpigeon – xoxmas http://citizendick.org/2009/12/23/12-days-of-holiday-dick-%E2%80%93-day-10-%E2%80%93-woodpigeon-%E2%80%93-xoxmas/
-
petrichorlady wrote:
reminds me of Hansi.
-
dominicgeinosky wrote:
So good it makes my heart hurt.
-
t_bone_tricia wrote:
These guys are brilliant! And love the lead singer's voice. Yum!
-
Scarfwarrior wrote:
favorite.
-
Lowbacca wrote:
I'd love to see them live!
-
montagmorgens wrote:
your performance in the spiegelzelt at haldern pop was magic!
-
omgzzzfeena wrote:
Just heard of this band today. Absolutely incredible!
-
BeMyHihat wrote:
Åh fina fina söta!
-
Lowbacca wrote:
2 awesome LPs
-
Degarmo wrote:
this is some beautiful stuff
-
Lowbacca wrote:
new photos up!
-
dubccc wrote:
just saw them as part of phrased and confused for the first time (missed out on eotr 08) and it was quite incredible. i too am looking forward to field day!
-
Jeff42 wrote:
yes, treasury library is the best but songbook is also great
-
halisray wrote:
wow I really like their treasury library canada album. is songbook any good?
-
mondoben wrote:
Fond memories of you guys at EOTR last year, especially dancing my arse off to your Sunday night "secret set"...Looking forward to Field Day :)
-
canyonboyz wrote:
Impressive stuff
Videos
See more
Featured Tracks
|
|
Free MP3 Empty-Hall Sing-Along | 3:58 |
|
|
Knock Knock full track | 4:28 |
|
|
Free MP3 Oberkampf | 2:52 |
Events
-
Feb
18
Woodpigeon
La Sala Rossa, Montreal QC, Canada
Add shout
| 2 attendees
News
Banff Dispatch 8: All things must pass
5 Nov 2009 | from www.woodpigeon-songbook.com
Our 2 week stay at the Banff Centre has come to a close, and tonight’s the final performance, the final recording. Early this afternoon our gear was loaded up and taken from the hut where we’ve spent so many hours the past 14 days. …
-
Banff Dispatch 7: An introduction to FOONYAP
4 Nov 2009 | from www.woodpigeon-songbook.com -
Banff Dispatch 6: Wandering, walking, waiting
28 Oct 2009 | from www.woodpigeon-songbook.com -
Banff Dispatch 5: Looking out your window, hiding in your room
23 Oct 2009 | from www.woodpigeon-songbook.com
Listeners
-
dominicgeinosky
Listening now
to Morningside -
Knife-Party
Listening now
to Piano Pieces for Adult… -
sglcklch
Listening now
to Morningside -
nadalia
Top Listener
-
spikingmidgets
Top Listener
-
kiyouka
Top Listener
Recent Activity
-
uet_23 connected Woodpigeon to the group EXILE from Mainstream. 2 hours ago
-
Sunny_Blues and lastfmconnolly added Woodpigeon to their libraries. 7 hours ago
-
urzathegoalie tagged Woodpigeon with indie and canadian. yesterday evening
-
Glupo tagged Woodpigeon with indie pop and folk. yesterday afternoon
-
ineeeee, jakewino and DGugs added Woodpigeon to their libraries. yesterday afternoon
-
y2penni wrote about Woodpigeon – Treasury Library Canada in Albums of 2009. Thursday morning
-
y2penni wrote about Woodpigeon in Albums of 2009. Thursday morning
-
El_Oh_EL_Whut, citizendickorg, hotindie and 1 other person added Woodpigeon to their libraries. Thursday morning
-
boomparecords uploaded woodpigeon-woods to Woodpigeon’s images. Tuesday morning
-
bchan31, van219, Twister-Valley and 4 other people added Woodpigeon to their libraries. Tuesday morning
Related Journals
-
Albums of 2009
by y2penni |
13 Dec 2009 | Add comment
-
Top 10 albums
by Schildpaddo |
17 Nov 2009 | Add comment
-
Bzangy Groink Playlist 12/8/09
by JyotiMishra |
20 Aug 2009 | Add comment
Groups (20)
-
EXILE from Mainstream
27 members
-
CJSW 90.9 FM
26 members
-
Haldern Pop
54 members
-
The Line Of Best Fit
40 members
-
Veer
110 members
