Sunday, September 12, 2:00PM
@ Bishop's Landing, Halifax
Atlantic Film Festival Showcase
Thursday, September 16, Time TBA
@ TBA
Harvest Jazz and Blues Festival
Friday, September 17, 8:00PM
@ Wilmot United Church, Fredericton NB
Masquerade Ball and Video Release
Friday, October 29, 10:00PM
@ Seahorse Tavern, Halifax
Remarkable intuition as an ensemble, ably dialoguing as if in a narrative, instilling the rich Sa-ba-da-OW! with playful taste.
- Exclaim!
Saturday, May 8, 2010
Someone told us the other day that the band is on the cover of Where Magazine in Ottawa this month. The picture to the left confirms that this is indeed true!
Thursday, April 15, 2010
The band made it over to St. John's to play a showcase at the Junos this past weekend. One of the toughest things about being on the road is finding good food and good coffee. So for those of you also heading to Newfoundland for the Junos (or anytime really) here is Gypsophilia's recommended places to eat in St. John's:
Hava Java: best coffee in the city and in fact some of the best espresso in the country(!)
Folly: a relatively new and extremely delicious restaurant and by far the best place in the city for late night food, specializing in gourmet burgers and pizza.
The Sprout: amazing vegetarian food.
India Gate: delicious butter chicken and curries.
The Classic Cafe and Velma's both offer homestyle traditional Newfoundland food, including giant toutens.
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
At the ECMAs this past weekend our album Sa-ba-da-OW! was awarded Jazz Recording of the Year! We are thrilled with the award, and thanks goes out to everyone who has supported us. Facebook videos of our win and of our performance at the gala awards show are below:
Friday, March 5, 2010
Click the picture above to check out a cool video for "Hietzing: The Lightning Round" posted by a fan on youtube.
Thursday, January 21, 2010
Stay tuned for the release of our first ever music video. It was shot in Halifax over a few days by director Scott Simpson and his able team of video folk. The song is Hietzing from our newest album, Sa-ba-da-OW! and the video features actor Ben Stone (of Zuppa Theatre fame), clips of us against a green screen and some scene stealing personal hygiene robots. It is due for release April 9 at the Seahorse in Halifax.
The video is dedicated to Alec's late father Jeremy Frith.
Click the picture above for some more stills from the set, or check out these behind the scenes looks at the shoot ...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wdTLhpb-Nv4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nIhVmx9s2Sg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9072YYbnCs
If you are on facebook you can also check out the project's facebook group.
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
We are working with singer/guitarist/composer Ryan McGrath on his upcoming debut album - recently we went into the studio to record some tracks live off the floor. The album is slated for release in May 2010 and will be end up being a mix of pop, soul, country and folk sounds. It has been an awesome experience so far and the results of the collaboration are exciting!
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
Sa-ba-da-OW! ended the year in the #1 spot overall on the 2009 !earshot national campus radio jazz chart. Awesome!
Wednesday, December 2, 2009
Gypsophilia has earned two nominations for the 2010 East Coast Music Awards. The band is nominated for Entertainer of the Year, and our album Sa-ba-da-OW! is up for Jazz Recording of the Year. For the full list of nominees, see the ECMA website.
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
Gypsophilia has been selected to play the Rising Star Official Showcase at the 2010 East Coast Music Awards, March 4-7 in Sydney NS. More details TBA.
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
The band was honoured at a ceremony this past Sunday as part of Nova Scotia Music Week. Gypsophilia took home a Nova Scotia Music Award for Jazz Recording of the Year. We are very grateful to all the people who have supported us over the years - our families, friends, Music Nova Scotia, and of course our wonderful fans.
Friday, September 11, 2009
Our album Sa-ba-da-OW! has been nominated for three Nova Scotia Music Awards: Album of the Year, Group Recording of the Year and Jazz/Electro-Acoustic Group of the Year. The awards will be presented at Nova Scotia Music week, held this year in Yarmouth from November 5-8. We'll also be playing a showcase there on November 6. More information on the event can be found at the Music Nova Scotia website.
Wednesday, September 9, 2009
Both of our albums are now available for digital download at zunior.com:
Saturday, August 8, 2009
We're back in town after a very busy summer during which the band toured across the country, making stops at major festivals from Victoria BC all the way to St. John's NL. The tour was a big success, with lots of sell out shows - we also sold out of CDs and had to get more shipped out twice. Among the many highlights of the trip were:
- playing on the same stage Stevie Wonder had played on at the Montreal Jazz Festival (two jumbo-tron screens!)
- thousands of Vancouver fans dancing in the rain in Gastown
- playing shows in Newfoundland's beautiful Gros Morne National Park
- our new album Sa-ba-da-OW! rose to the top of the national campus radio charts
The band is now planning a busy fall - more shows (including a performance on the mainstage at the PEI Jazz and Blues Festival on Sept. 26), rehearsing and recording lots of new compositions, two music video projects and composing the score for an independent short film.
Saturday, August 1, 2009
Sa-ba-da-OW! has been charting well, staying in the top 10 on Chartattack's national chart for 9 weeks, including 6 weeks at number 1.
Thursday, July 16, 2009
Most of our show from last night's performance at the Atlantic Jazz Festival in Halifax was rebroadcast on CKDU FM today and is now available for download from the CKDU archives. It was on today from approximately 10:30-12:05.
Monday, June 22, 2009
Thanks to everyone who came out to FRED. this past weekend for our album release shows. We feel extremely lucky to be able to play two nights to a room full of friendly and supportive faces - it was a great way to kick off the tour. We'll see everyone back in Halifax for our show at the Seahorse on July 15.
Saturday, February 14, 2009
Our ECMA-nominated album Minor Hope is now available for digital download online at iTunes, eMusic, Amazon, Napster and Rhapsody.
Thursday, January 29, 2009
Our new album, Sa-ba-da-OW!, is finished, and we're really happy with it. We also saw the cover design today which is great. The album will be released in Halifax in mid June, after which we will hit the road for a coast to coast national festival tour! In the meantime, we have lots of shows coming up in the Maritimes, including ECMAs and a bunch of dates throughout NS. You can find out more on the shows page - we have some listed already and we'll be adding more dates in the coming days as they are confirmed.
Sunday, December 14, 2008
The band has finished recording tracks for a follow up album to 2007's Minor Hope. We are currently in the studio finishing the mixing and getting ready to master. The album is due for release in June 2009.
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
Gypsophilia has been selected to play at the Nova Scotia Music Week Gala Awards Show on Sunday, Nov. 9, 8 pm at New Glasgow's John Brother MacDonald stadium. We're also happy to announce that Minor Hope has been nominated for a Nova Scotia Music Award for Group Recording of the Year!
Monday, September 22, 2008
Gypsophilia has been invited to showcase at two major conferences in late October - Ontario Contact in Richmond Hill and OCFF in Ottawa. While away we will also be performing at Rancho Relaxo in Toronto (Oct. 24) and at Wakefield's Blacksheep Inn (Oct. 26). See Upcoming Shows for all the details.
Thursday, September 18, 2008
Gypsophilia's train tour of Ontario and Quebec was featured in the National Post recently. You can read the story online here.
