Bergmann, Art - ShadowWalk

Tracks

Side 1

		Track Name	Length
	1	JaggedOne	02:31
	2	Death of a Siren	05:25
	3	Killing Sunday	05:56
	4	Westerley Caress	03:24
	5	Love3	05:00
	6	Cut n Paste	05:01

Side 2

		Track Name	Length
	1	Impotence	04:31
	2	WinterFire	05:38
	3	Raw Naked Monday	03:47
	4	Children of Kali	04:20
	5	A Hymn for Us	04:03
	6	CandleLight	03:35

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Member of the Order of Canada, Juno Award winner, two-time Polaris Music Prize long listed artist... Art Bergmann has been honoured by his home country in a multitude of ways. But behind the accolades is still a man coping with the unforgiving realities of life as he enters his seventies.

ShadowWalk -- released Sept. 29 via (weewerk) -- is Bergmann’s ode to Sherri Decembrini, his beloved wife of 30 years who passed away unexpectedly in March 2022. The album’s 12 songs capture the darkness, grief and desolation that comes from such a soul crushing loss, while also offering genuine hope that life will go on.

Recorded at Turtle Sound South Surrey and IDIO Studio in Surrey, BC, ShadowWalk is an album for everyone who has loved, lost, and continues to live. Many of the songs were co-written with B.C. poet Patricia Kay, while Art’s longtime friend and fellow songwriter Donna Kerbel penned one track. Produced by Russell Broom and Wes Smith, Broom also contributed much of the music and soundscapes for the album as well.

Additional contributors to ShadowWalk include Paul Rigby (pedal steel), Aidan Farrell (vocals), Owen Owen Owen (bass), Adam Drake (drums), Sunny Matharu (tabla) and Katie Mosehauer & the Glass Heart String Orchestra (strings). The album has been mastered by Greg Reely and will be released on vinyl, as well as on all digital platforms.

The album recording was supported by Creative BC and the Province of British Columbia. Special Thanks to all our generous GoFundMe donors for helping make this album possible. Utmost gratitude to Stephen Rioux, Jay Smales and (weewerk) for financing the vinyl pressing. All photography by P. Kay except back cover photo by Sherri. All layouts and graphics by Art and Marc Floyd. Eternal gratitude to TeamArt members Colin Smith, Jason Schneider, Gord Withers and Gordon Celesta. Executive Producer Phil Klygo (weewerk).

By Sherri's Grace Naomi and Zoe are forever. Thank you Patricia Kay for life itself. Thanks to Hans and Sharon Bergmann for their sheltering kindness.

Now back in Vancouver, where in the late 1970s he was a driving force behind the city's punk rock scene, Bergmann will launch ShadowWalk with a show at The Rickshaw Theatre, on Friday Sept. 29. The night will also include a group discussion about his 2022 authorized biography, The Longest Suicide, with its author Jason Schneider along with moderator Aaron Chapman. Art will also have a Toronto release show at The Horseshoe Tavern on Thursday November 2nd.

Includes unlimited streaming of ShadowWalk by Art Bergmann via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more. less
shipping out on or around October 13, 2023
edition of 500

"ShadowWalk contains songs of ethereal beauty with bits of magic found in the smoke and mists. We will all face loss in our lives. This album is for everyone who has loved, all who have lost and we, who live." - Art

released September 22, 2023

Member of the Order of Canada, Juno Award winner, two-time Polaris Music Prize long listed artist... Art Bergmann has been honoured by his home country in a multitude of ways. But behind the accolades is still a man coping with the unforgiving realities of life as he enters his seventies.

ShadowWalk -- released Sept. 29 via (weewerk) -- is Bergmann’s ode to Sherri Decembrini, his beloved wife of 30 years who passed away unexpectedly in March 2022. The album’s 12 songs capture the darkness, grief and desolation that comes from such a soul crushing loss, while also offering genuine hope that life will go on.

Recorded at Turtle Sound South Surrey and IDIO Studio in Surrey, BC, ShadowWalk is an album for everyone who has loved, lost, and continues to live. Many of the songs were co-written with B.C. poet Patricia Kay, while Art’s longtime friend and fellow songwriter Donna Kerbel penned one track. Produced by Russell Broom and Wes Smith, Broom also contributed much of the music and soundscapes for the album as well.

Additional contributors to ShadowWalk include Paul Rigby (pedal steel), Aidan Farrell (vocals), Owen Owen Owen (bass), Adam Drake (drums), Sunny Matharu (tabla) and Katie Mosehauer & the Glass Heart String Orchestra (strings). The album has been mastered by Greg Reely and will be released on vinyl, as well as on all digital platforms.

The album recording was supported by Creative BC and the Province of British Columbia. Special Thanks to all our generous GoFundMe donors for helping make this album possible. Utmost gratitude to Stephen Rioux, Jay Smales and (weewerk) for financing the vinyl pressing. All photography by P. Kay except back cover photo by Sherri. All layouts and graphics by Art and Marc Floyd. Eternal gratitude to TeamArt members Colin Smith, Jason Schneider, Gord Withers and Gordon Celesta. Executive Producer Phil Klygo (weewerk).

By Sherri's Grace Naomi and Zoe are forever. Thank you Patricia Kay for life itself. Thanks to Hans and Sharon Bergmann for their sheltering kindness.

Now back in Vancouver, where in the late 1970s he was a driving force behind the city's punk rock scene, Bergmann will launch ShadowWalk with a show at The Rickshaw Theatre, on Friday Sept. 29. The night will also include a group discussion about his 2022 authorized biography, The Longest Suicide, with its author Jason Schneider along with moderator Aaron Chapman. Art will also have a Toronto release show at The Horseshoe Tavern on Thursday November 2nd

All songs written by Art Bergmann/P. Kay except Jagged/One and Impotence by Kay with aural scapes by Russell Broom
Cut ‘n’ Paste by Donna Kerbel and John MacMullin
Death Of A Siren by Bergmann
Produced by Russell Broom and Wes Smith
Engineered and mixed by Russell Broom, assisted by Brody Severinski and Larry Anschell
All vocals by Art. Angelic Backgrounds and piano: Aidan Farrell
All basses: Owen Owen Owen
All drums: Adam Drake
Acoustic and electric guitars: Art
Acoustic and electric guitars: Russell
Fingered acoustic/electric and slide and steel guitars: Paul Rigby
Tabla: Sunny Matharu
Atmospheric and Percussion Programming: Russell
Strings: Katie Mosehauer & the Glass Heart String Orchestra
All pre-production work done by Russell at The Broom Closet, Calgary, AB
Recorded at Turtle Sound South Surrey and IDIO Studio in Surrey, BC
Mastering by Greg Reely. Supported by Creative BC and the Province of British Columbia

Special Thanks to all our generous GoFundMe donors for helping make this album possible
Utmost gratitude to Stephen Rioux, Jay Smales and (weewerk) for financing the vinyl pressing

All photography by P. Kay except back cover photo by Sherri Decembrini
All layouts and graphics by Art and Marc Floyd. Eternal gratitude to TeamArt members Colin Smith, Jason Schneider, Gord Withers and Gordon Celesta
Executive Producer Phil Klygo (weewerk). By Sherri’s Grace Naomi and Zoe we are forever

Thank you Patricia Kay for Life itself
Thanks to Hans and Sharon Bergmann for their sheltering kindness

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