Blog: MVRemix Rock

Polaris Music Prize Nominee's Great Lake Swimmers Prepare For US Fall Tour Radio Festival Dates Kick Tour Off In August The Great Lake Swimmers are currently enjoying buzz-band status this summer as they tour their native Canada's festival circuit. Having been chosen for the Short List of the esteemed 2009 Polaris Music Prize, the band joins a list of previous nominees that includes Arcade Fire, Broken Social Scene and Feist, among others. The Edmonton Journal proclaimed, "Great Lake Swimmers are fast becoming a bold new voice in Canadian folk music… Dekker is already seen as a powerful songsmith, [...]