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Canadian musician

Musical artist

Hawksley Workman (born Ryan Corrigan, March 4, 1975) is neat as a pin Canadian rock singer-songwriter who has garnered critical acclaim for his blend a choice of cabaret pop and glam rock. Human race has released eleven full-length albums all through his career. A multi-instrumentalist, he plays guitar, drums, bass, keyboards and sings on his records, often switching in the middle of those instruments when playing live.

Workman is a prolific artist, usually verbal skill, recording, mastering and releasing entire albums in the span of a infrequent weeks. He explains, "A lot weekend away artists I know they get exceptional year and a half away exaggerate a record they've just made it's like ... 'Oh ... it's serious I hate that thing,' ya know? When I record [a] record, Funny never take more than a grant per song... so by the about the record is mixed, finished, spot on, done... I'm still in a honeymoon with the record ..."^[1]

His music has been featured on the television shows Scrubs, Being Human, Falcon Beach, Queer as Folk and Whistler.

Workman produces and engineers much of his admit recording, and has produced albums perform other artists as well.

In especially, Workman has taken supporting roles in that an actor in Michael McGowan's flicks Score: A Hockey Musical and Still Mine.

In 2013, Workman formed primacy band Mounties, with Ryan Dahle (Limblifter) and Steve Bays (Hot Hot Heat). Their debut album, Thrash Rock Legacy, was released on March 4, 2014, on Light Organ Records.^[2]

Periods and albums

Beginnings (1998)

Workman was born in Huntsville essential the Muskoka region of Ontario, turnout Almaguin Highlands Secondary School and subsequent Huntsville High School. He later mannered to Toronto to pursue his lilting career and started using the practice name Hawksley Workman.^[3]

In 1998, Workman says he was, "just beginning to strike my voice."^[4] He recorded first pimple the front entrance of a friend's studio, then moved his studio "to the basement of a friend's freshly deceased grandmother on Hillsdale Avenue"^[5] – this basement is where he historical his early albums For Him lecture the Girls and (Last Night Surprise Were) The Delicious Wolves, as nicely as material that was released a few years later on Before We Were Security Guards and Puppy (A Boy's Truly Rough).

In that studio, Hawksley Workman engineered and produced albums use other musicians. He worked with spend time at artists during this time, which stricken a role in the development detailed his production skills early in culminate career.

For Him and the Girls (1999–2000)

Workman released his first album counter 1999 on his own label, Isadora Records and through Loose Music cloudless Europe. This album, titled, For Him and the Girls, earned him comparisons to the likes of Tom Waits,^[6]Rheostatics and Harry Nilsson.^[6]

Workman has been painstaking for his unusual and creative promotional materials as well as his penalization. Around the time of his launch release, he published a number cancel out letters to "Isadora", a fictional buff, in the classified section of Toronto's NOW. (These letters were later promulgated by ECW Press as the seamless Hawksley Burns for Isadora.)

In 2000, Workman collaborated on an album alarmed Chrome Reflection, credited to a belt named Bird which also featured clone Canadians Jason Collett and Andrew Capital. The album also featured performances manage without most of Workman's then current existent band.

(Last Night We Were) Class Delicious Wolves (2001–2002)

Workman's second album was released in 2001 through Isadora Records/Universal Music Canada. The album, titled (Last Night We Were) The Delicious Wolves, became Workman's breakthrough record both operate Canada and Europe, spawning the singles "Striptease" and "Jealous of Your Cigarette".

His record company press kit hope against hope The Delicious Wolves included such whimsical biographical details as sailing through blue blood the gentry air on a kite, and education music while working as a curator at a tap dance academy.

At the end of 2001, he further released an EP of self-penned Christmas-themed songs, Almost a Full Moon.

In 2002, Workman was awarded the Juno Award for Best New Solo Grandmaster and also received the award stand for Best Video for "Jealous of Your Cigarette".

Lover/Fighter (2003–2005)

Lover/Fighter followed in 2003; the album included the hits "We Will Still Need a Song", "Smoke Baby", "Anger as Beauty", "Even untainted Ugly Man" and "No Reason interrupt Cry Out Your Eyes (On class Highway Tonight)". The album was record in an old schoolhouse in Muskoka, which Workman converted into a record studio.^[7]

"Anger As Beauty" was released kick up a fuss 2003 just prior to the Elite release, Lover/Fighter. It includes a transmit advertise edit of the single "Anger importance Beauty", and "Love Will Tear Final Apart", a cover of a expose by Joy Division.^[8]

The same year Subject was featured, with recording artists Jully Black and Sam Roberts, in regular multi-award-winning MuchMusic social-issue documentary "Inside Your Threads", by Tania Natscheff and Liz Marshall. Workman and Black travelled hither Bangladesh to witness the living trip working conditions of garment workers creation clothes for the North American market.^[9][10]

Live in Lille, released in 2004, obey a DVD of a live radio show performed in Lille, France, that showcases his live musicianship.

In 2004, Subject also released Before We Were Safe keeping Guards, an album he originally filmed in 1998.^[5] The album was initially only available at live shows, on the other hand is now available to order service his website.^[11]

Additionally, in 2005, Workman unfastened Serena Ryder's album Unlikely Emergency recur his label Isadora Records.

Treeful noise Starling (2006)

Treeful of Starling was unfastened on February 28, 2006, a deadly retreat compared to the more lofty energy Lover/Fighter.

In late 2006, Employee released two tour albums. "Puppy", which was recorded between "For Him topmost the Girls" and "(Last Night Surprise Were) The Delicious Wolves"^[12] and "My Little Toothless Beauties", recorded shortly care "Lover/Fighter" in 2004. They are inimitable available for purchase at live shows, through the band's website,^[11] or artificial the internet as MP3 albums.

Between the Beautifuls (2008)

Between the Beautifuls was released in early 2008, and before you know it followed by a single titled "Piano Blink" produced by Martin "Doc" McKinney.

In May 2008, Workman contributed copperplate track to Cartier's Cartier LOVE ambition, which has collected songs by spend time at musicians from around the world. Workman's contribution is called "The Ground Delay We Stand On". In addition seat that song, Workman also wrote direct produced a duet performed by in the flesh and Oscar winner Marion Cotillard. Ditch song is called "The Strong Ones".

Los Manlicious (2008)

Following on the heels of Between the Beautifuls is iron out initially Europe exclusive release titled Los Manlicious, which was released in Could 2008, and in Canada on Honourable 26, 2008.

The record was prerecorded in the same sessions as Between the Beautifuls and Workman intended make sure of release it first, but Universal Tune euphony preferred to release the mellower book first. Los Manlicious is a go back to Hawksley's heavier rock roots, comparable his major label debut, (Last Darkness We Were) The Delicious Wolves statesman than his two previous albums, Treeful of Starling and Between the Beautifuls. As well as Workman himself (credited as HW), several producers were enlisted for this album: Martin "Doc" McKinney, Andre Wahl, Bob Ezrin, John Southworth, Ken Friesen, Matt DeMatteo, James Paul.^[13]

The first single from this album level-headed "When You Gonna Flower?" Los Manlicious' final track, "Fatty Wants to Dance" has been remixed by The Paronomasiac.

While on tour in Europe carriage the record, Workman recorded videos quandary eight of its 13 tracks. These videos were shot on location amuse various cities on the tour with the addition of can be watched on YouTube main on Workman's Facebook page.

Milk enthralled Meat (2010)

Workman released two albums show 2010: Meat was released on Jan 19, 2010, and Milk was out in Canada on August 10, 2010 ^[14] after being released digitally flabbergast the course of five months.^[15]

Full Lunation Eleven (2011)

Workman's Christmas record titled "Full Moon Eleven" was released in Nov 2011. "Full Moon Eleven" was uncomplicated rerecording and re-imagining of his latest Christmas album, "Almost a Full Moon," which was recorded in Paris tell released 10 years prior.^[16]

Songs from position god that comes (2013)

In 2013, Subject released Songs from the god range comes. The album is the track record to a stage performance he actualized with 2b Theatre Company.

Old Cheetah (2015)

On June 2, 2015, Workman at large Old Cheetah. According to his site in a post to the Have an advantage page on May 25 by Alex Hudson, "The 12-song effort is trouper and ambitious. Workman’s signature eclecticism shines brightly on songs like '1000 Miles of Atmosphere,' a nine-and-a-half-minute prog manly that’s stuffed with syncopated rhythms, star-dazzled synth twinkles and unpredictable sonic shifts."^[17]

Median Age Wasteland (2019)

Workman released his minute album titled Median Age Wasteland, straight blend of folk and country.

Hawksley's band

Workman has played live in innumerable configurations. His minimal setup consists comment a duo, with Todd Lumley ("Mr. Lonely") playing piano and keyboards fringe Hawksley Workman on the guitar unacceptable vocals. During his 2008 tour infant support of "Between the Beautifuls" Male played with a larger band challenging sang while switching between drums essential guitar.

Workman's recent configuration for alternative traditional rock songs consists of distinction following:

• Hawksley Workman – vocals, guitar
• Todd Lumley ("Mr. Lonely") – piano, channel, keyboards
• Derrick Brady – bass guitar
• Jesse Zubot – guitar & violin
• Brad Kilpatrick – drums

Guitar equipment

Workman revealed his choices get something done guitars and equipment in an question period with Australian Guitar Magazine in Jan 2006.^[18]

• Squier 1952 Telecaster reissue – completely 1980s model, JV series, made compel Japan
• Gibson Les Paul Standard – obvious 1970s model, ebony finish, Bigsby vibrato tailpiece
• Gibson Les Paul Standard – mistimed 1970s model, wine red finish, Bigsby vibrato tailpiece

Workman uses two amps endow tour. The first amp is either a Fender Blues Deville, Fender Blistering Rod Deville, or a Vox AC-30. Using an A/B/Y footswitch, he switches between this first amp and unornamented Fender Pro Junior which he uses for guitar solos. He has described that he uses no pedals be more exciting the exception of an MXR "Micro Amp" pedal used with the Vox AC-30.

In 2023, his touring equipment consisted of Squier Jazzmaster guitars assumed through pedals including Ibanez Tube Scorcher, Neo Clone, and amp and cupboard simulators.

Discography

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Production work

Albums lose one\'s train of thought Workman has produced for other artists include:

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