Patrick Watson has cleaned up at the GAMIQ Awards, Quebecs Awards for Independent Music. Watson won five awards in all including Artist of the Year, Songwriter of the Year, Show of the Year and International Career of the Year. Also taking awards were Coeur de pirate for Breakthrough Artist of the Year, Beast for Electro Artist of the year, Bell Orchestre for Experimental Album of the Year, and...
Much rejoicing this morning chez moi, cuz Patrick Watson has won the Polaris Prize! This is Canada's equivalent of the UK Mercury Prize, and is awarded solely on artistic merit. The ten nominees included Arcade Fire and Feist. Now that lesser-known artists have won two years in a row, it seems that artists at this level of international success are not the judges' favourites. There were several...
Canadian singer/songwriter Patrick Watson began his musical career early in life. As a boy he played in church choirs and studied jazz and classical piano performance, composition, and arrangement. While in high school in the late 1990's he sang and played keyboards with a Ska band called Gangster Politics. In 2001 he left the band and released his solo debut album. He creates vibrantly text...
Although Patrick Watson may have won the Polaris Music prize in 2007 with Close To Paradise, the Canadian’s latest experiment in sound could possibly win him a prize for the most eclectic album of all time if such a prize existed. From the opening strings of ‘Fireweed’, Watson takes you through a nocturnal journey of…
we all love to sing along to the sound of the bird that longsPatrick Watson - Big Bird in a Small CageIt’s Sunday and time to relax a bit. Sit my ass on the couch, stare out the window, and just chill. Right now Patrick Wilson is providing the perfect soundtrack for this kind of [...]
Patrick Watson is a band. Yes we know that seems like quite a pretentious move from main member Patrick Watson but rest assured there is a reasoning behind the name and it holds no obnoxious roots; it just happens to be the name that followed him and the band since their birth in the early 2000's.
Wooden Arms is the new album from Polaris Prize winner and Montreal native Patrick Watson. The album will be released in Canada on April 28th and in the US on May 5th.This album sees Watson delve deeper into the found sound and odd percussion than on his previous effort. Songs like "Tracy's Water" and "Down At the Beach" weave this together with a thread of folksy and big band influences. A
This week's song from the Best of Great Songs Period. Playlist is by Canadian born songwriter, Patrick Watson. Although not in the same caliber as Jeff Buckley, Watson is certainly reminiscent and sings in the same vein as our friend who is no longer with us.I remember clearly how I discover Patrick Watson. He was one of roughly 1,500 artists playing SXSW '07. I made it my mission to listen ...
Much rejoicing this morning chez moi, cuz Patrick Watson has won the Polaris Prize! This is Canada's equivalent of the UK Mercury Prize, and is awarded solely on artistic merit. The ten nominees included Arcade Fire and Feist. Now that lesser-known artists have won two years in a row, it seems that artists at this level of international success are not the judges' favourites. There were several...
Polaris Prize winner Patrick Watson recently released his new album Wooden Arms with, well the Wooden Arms (album review). They have just released a visually stunning video for the track "Fireweed".Watch the video here:Patrick Watson's websitePatrick Watson's Myspace
Polaris Prize winner Patrick Watson has announced the release of his sophomore album. Wooden Arms will be released on April 28th here in Canada and on May 5th in the US.For this album the Montreal native, backed by the Wooden Arms, delves into areas of found sound and foley effects for inspiration. The results would make both Tom Waits and Andrew Bird proud.You can get a little taste of what
Although Patrick Watson may have won the Polaris Music prize in 2007 with Close To Paradise, the Canadian’s latest experiment in sound could possibly win him a prize for the most eclectic album of all time if such a prize existed. From the opening strings of ‘Fireweed’, Watson takes you through a nocturnal journey of…