Woodpigeon

On Tour

See all 17 pictures

Play Radio

Listen to Woodpigeon Radio, featuring artists like The Leisure Society, The Acorn, ohbijou, Forest City Lovers and more…

• Search on Spotify

719,953 plays (46,765 listeners)
In your library (0 plays)

Send Woodpigeon Ringtones to Cell

Buy

• Send Ringtones to Cell
• Tonefuse Search

Add to my Library

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 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).

Read more… Edit bio

Popular tags: canadian, folk, indie folk, indie, calgary  See more

Share this artist:

• Tweet
• Send

Top Albums

• Songbook
  Woodpigeon

  Buy

  • Download Album
  • Amazon MP3 $8.99
  • 7digital $9.99
  • iTunes $9.99
  • Buy Album
  • End of the Road Records £10.00
  • Amazon Search
  • eBay Search
• Treasury Library Canada
  Woodpigeon

  Buy

  • Download Album
  • Amazon MP3 Search
  • 7digital Search
  • iTunes Search
  • Buy Album
  • End of the Road Records £10.00
  • Amazon $11.45
  • eBay Search
• Die Stadt Muzikanten
  Woodpigeon

  Buy

  • Download Album
  • Amazon MP3 $8.99
  • 7digital Search
  • iTunes $9.99
  • Buy Album
  • Boompa Shop CAD$15.00
  • Amazon Search
  • eBay Search
• Fra Le Nuvole
  Woodpigeon

  Buy

  • Download Album
  • Amazon MP3 Search
  • 7digital Search
  • iTunes Search
  • Buy Album
  • Amazon Search
  • eBay Search

Top Tracks

• Last Week
• Last 6 months

1		Home as a Romanticized Concept Where Everyone Loves You Always and Forever			101
2		Spirehouse			60
3		For Paolo			59
4		Knock Knock			54
4		Empty-Hall Sing-Along			54
6		Piano Pieces for Adult Beginners			50
7		I Live a Lot of Places			39
8		7th Fret Over Andres			37
9		Chorus of Wolves			36
10		In the Battle of Sun Vs. Curtains, Sun Loses and We Sleep Until Noon			35
11		Now You Like Me How?			33
12		A Moment's Peace for mary Christa O'Keefe			29
12		The Alison Yip School for Girls			29
12		Anna, Girl in the Clocktower			29
15		Cities of Weather			28

Buy all tracks at Amazon MP3

See more