Hawksley Workman
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Ryan Corrigan better known by the stage name Hawksley Workman, is a Canadian rock singer-songwriter who has garnered critical acclaim for his blend of cabaret
pop and glam rock
. Workman has released eleven full length albums throughout his career. He is a multi-instrumentalist, playing guitar, drums, bass, keyboards and singing on his records and often switching between those instruments when playing live.
Workman is a prolific artist, usually writing, recording, mastering and releasing entire albums in the span of a few weeks. He explains, "A lot of artists I know they get a year and a half away from a record they've just made it's like ... 'Oh ... it's terrible I hate that thing,' ya know? When I record [a] record, I never take more than a day per song... so by the time the record is mixed, finished, complete, done... I'm still in a honeymoon with the record ..."
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 own recording, and has produced albums for other artists as well.
in the Muskoka
region of Ontario
, attending Almaguin Highlands Secondary School and later Huntsville High School. He later moved south, to Toronto, to pursue his musical career.
In 1998 Workman says he was, "just beginning to find my voice." He recorded first in the front entrance of a friend's studio, then moved his studio "to the basement of a friend's recently deceased grandmother on Hillsdale Avenue" – this basement is where he recorded his early albums For Him and the Girls and (Last Night We Were) The Delicious Wolves, as well as material that was released several years later on Before We Were Security Guards and Puppy (A Boy's Truly Rough).
In that studio, Hawksley Workman engineered and produced albums for other musicians. He worked with many artists during this time, which played a role in the development of his production skills early in his career.
. This album, titled, For Him and the Girls
, earned him comparisons to the likes of Tom Waits
, Rheostatics
and Harry Nilsson
.
Workman has been known for his unusual and creative promotional materials as well as his music. Around the time of his debut release, he published a number of letters to "Isadora", a fictional lover, in the classified section of Toronto's NOW
. (These letters were later published as the book Hawksley Burns for Isadora.)
In 2000, Workman collaborated on an album called Chrome Reflection
, credited to a band named Bird which also featured fellow Canadians Jason Collett
and Andrew Cash
. The album also featured performances by most of Workman's then current live band.
/Universal Music Canada. The album, titled (Last Night We Were) The Delicious Wolves
, became Workman's breakthrough record both in Canada and Europe, spawning the singles "Striptease" and "Jealous of Your Cigarette".
His record company press kit for The Delicious Wolves included such fanciful biographical details as sailing through the air on a kite, and learning music while working as a janitor at a tap dance
academy.
At the end of 2001, he also 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 Artist and also received the award for Best Video for "Jealous of Your Cigarette".
followed in 2003; the album included the hits "We Will Still Need a Song", "Smoke Baby", "Anger as Beauty", "Even an Ugly Man" and "No Reason to Cry Out Your Eyes (On the Highway Tonight)". The album was recorded in an old schoolhouse in Muskoka, which Workman converted into a recording studio.
"Anger As Beauty" was released in 2003 just prior to the LP release, Lover/Fighter
. It includes a radio edit of the single "Anger as Beauty", and "Love Will Tear Us Apart
", a cover of Joy Division.
The same year Workman was featured, with recording artists Jully Black
and Sam Roberts
, in a multi- award-winning MuchMusic social-issue documentary "Inside Your Threads", by Tania Natscheff and Liz Marshall. Workman and Black travelled to Bangladesh to witness the living and working conditions of garment workers making clothes for the North American market.
Live in Lille
, released in 2004, is a DVD of a live performance performed in Lille
, France that showcases his live musicianship.
In 2004 Workman also released Before We Were Security Guards
, an album he originally recorded in 1998. The album was originally only available at live shows, but is now available to order through his website.
Additionally, in 2005 Workman released Serena Ryder
's album, Unlikely Emergency
through his label, Isadora Records
.
was released on February 28, 2006, a quiet retreat compared to the more high energy Lover/Fighter.
In late 2006, Workman released two tour albums. "Puppy", which was recorded between "For Him And The Girls" and "(Last Night We Were) The Delicious Wolves" and "My Little Toothless Beauties", recorded shortly after "Lover/Fighter" in 2004. They are only available for purchase at live shows, through the band's website, or on the internet as MP3 albums.
was released in early 2008, and soon followed by a single titled "Piano Blink" produced by Martin "Doc" McKinney .
In May 2008 Hawksley Workman contributed a track to Cartier
's Cartier LOVE campaign, which has collected songs by many musicians from around the world. Workman's contribution is called "The Ground That We Stand On". In addition to that song, Workman also wrote and produced a duet performed by himself and Oscar winner Marion Cotillard
. That song is called "The Strong Ones".
is an initially Europe exclusive release titled Los Manlicious
, which was released in May 2008, and in Canada on August 26, 2008.
The record was recorded in the same sessions as Between the Beautifuls and Workman intended to release it first, but Universal Music preferred to release the mellower album first. Los Manlicious is a return to Hawksley's heavier rock roots, resembling his major label debut, (Last Night We Were) The Delicious Wolves more 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.
The first single from this album is "When You Gonna Flower?".
Los Manlicious' final track, "Fatty Wants to Dance" has been remixed by The Paronomasiac
.
While on tour in Europe supporting the record, Workman recorded videos for eight of its 13 tracks. These videos were shot on location in various cities on the tour and can be watched on YouTube or on Workman's Facebook
page.
Workman's recent configuration for more traditional rock songs consists of the following:
* Only available at live shows or through the band's website. Digital copies are available from Zunior.com.
Cabaret
Cabaret is a form, or place, of entertainment featuring comedy, song, dance, and theatre, distinguished mainly by the performance venue: a restaurant or nightclub with a stage for performances and the audience sitting at tables watching the performance, as introduced by a master of ceremonies or...
pop and glam rock
Glam rock
Glam rock is a style of rock and pop music that developed in the UK in the early 1970s, which was performed by singers and musicians who wore outrageous clothes, makeup and hairstyles, particularly platform-soled boots and glitter...
. Workman has released eleven full length albums throughout his career. He is a multi-instrumentalist, playing guitar, drums, bass, keyboards and singing on his records and often switching between those instruments when playing live.
Workman is a prolific artist, usually writing, recording, mastering and releasing entire albums in the span of a few weeks. He explains, "A lot of artists I know they get a year and a half away from a record they've just made it's like ... 'Oh ... it's terrible I hate that thing,' ya know? When I record [a] record, I never take more than a day per song... so by the time the record is mixed, finished, complete, done... I'm still in a honeymoon with the record ..."
His music has been featured on the television shows Scrubs
Scrubs (TV series)
Scrubs is an American medical comedy-drama television series created in 2001 by Bill Lawrence and produced by ABC Studios. The show follows the lives of several employees of the fictional Sacred Heart, a teaching hospital. It features fast-paced screenplay, slapstick, and surreal vignettes...
, Being Human, Falcon Beach
Falcon Beach
Falcon Beach is a Canadian television show, filmed at Winnipeg Beach, Manitoba, Canada, and produced in Canada for the Canadian and American markets. It originally aired in 2005 as a movie on Global in Canada. It was produced as a TV series for Global and ABC Family in 2006...
, Queer as Folk
Queer as Folk (US TV series)
Queer as Folk is an American and Canadian television series co-production, produced by Showtime and Temple Street Productions, which was based on the British series of the same name, created by Russell T Davies...
and Whistler
Whistler (TV series)
Whistler is a Canadian television drama centring on the aftermath of the mysterious death of a local snowboard legend. The series was created by Kelly Senecal and developed by Patrick Banister, John Barbisan, Mindy Heslin, and Susan James.-Premise:...
.
Workman produces and engineers much of his own recording, and has produced albums for other artists as well.
Beginnings (1998)
Corrigan was born in HuntsvilleHuntsville, Ontario
Huntsville is a town in the Muskoka Region of Ontario, Canada. It is located north of Toronto and south of North Bay....
in the Muskoka
Muskoka District Municipality, Ontario
The District Municipality of Muskoka, more generally referred to as the District of Muskoka, or simply Muskoka, is a Regional Municipality located in Central Ontario, Canada. Muskoka extends from Georgian Bay in the west, to the northern tip of Lake Couchiching in the south, to the western border...
region of Ontario
Ontario
Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....
, attending Almaguin Highlands Secondary School and later Huntsville High School. He later moved south, to Toronto, to pursue his musical career.
In 1998 Workman says he was, "just beginning to find my voice." He recorded first in the front entrance of a friend's studio, then moved his studio "to the basement of a friend's recently deceased grandmother on Hillsdale Avenue" – this basement is where he recorded his early albums For Him and the Girls and (Last Night We Were) The Delicious Wolves, as well as material that was released several years later on Before We Were Security Guards and Puppy (A Boy's Truly Rough).
In that studio, Hawksley Workman engineered and produced albums for other musicians. He worked with many artists during this time, which played a role in the development of his production skills early in his career.
For Him and the Girls (1999–2000)
Hawksley Workman released his first album in 1999 on his own label, Isadora RecordsIsadora Records
Isadora Records is an independent record label started and operated by Hawksley Workman. The first album released was Workman's own debut, For Him and the Girls, in 1999. The label has been releasing albums online since 2004...
. This album, titled, For Him and the Girls
For Him and the Girls
For Him and the Girls is an album by Canadian artist Hawksley Workman, released in 1999. Written and produced by Hawksley Workman with arrangement collaboration by John Southworth. Recorded and mixed in the basement of 59 Hillsdale Ave E., Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Mastered by Joao Carvalho at...
, earned him comparisons to the likes of Tom Waits
Tom Waits
Thomas Alan "Tom" Waits is an American singer-songwriter, composer, and actor. Waits has a distinctive voice, described by critic Daniel Durchholz as sounding "like it was soaked in a vat of bourbon, left hanging in the smokehouse for a few months, and then taken outside and run over with a car."...
, Rheostatics
Rheostatics
Rheostatics was a Genie Award-winning Canadian indie rock band, active from 1980 to 2007.Although they had only one Top 40 hit, "Claire" in 1995, they were simultaneously one of Canada's most influential and unconventional rock bands, a band whose eclectic take on pop and rock music has been...
and Harry Nilsson
Harry Nilsson
Harry Edward Nilsson III was an American singer-songwriter who achieved the peak of his commercial success in the early 1970s. On all but his earliest recordings he is credited as Nilsson...
.
Workman has been known for his unusual and creative promotional materials as well as his music. Around the time of his debut release, he published a number of letters to "Isadora", a fictional lover, in the classified section of Toronto's NOW
NOW (magazine)
Now is a free weekly newspaper in Toronto, Canada. It was first printed on September 10, 1981 by Michael Hollett and Alice Klein. Now is an alternative weekly mixing arts and entertainment news with political coverage....
. (These letters were later published as the book Hawksley Burns for Isadora.)
In 2000, Workman collaborated on an album called Chrome Reflection
Chrome Reflection
Chrome Reflection is an album released in 2000 by Bird, a one-off band consisting of Jason Collett, Andrew Cash and Hawksley Workman. The album also featured contributions from Lenni Jabour, Josh Finlayson, Gavin Brown, Kevin Fox, Derek Brady, Peter Kesper, and Mark Kesper.Several of the songs also...
, credited to a band named Bird which also featured fellow Canadians Jason Collett
Jason Collett
Jason Collett is a Toronto based singer-songwriter. He has released four solo albums, and is a member of Broken Social Scene. His latest album, Rat a Tat Tat, was released in March, 2010.-Early life:...
and Andrew Cash
Andrew Cash
Andrew Cash is a Canadian singer-songwriter and a Member of Parliament for the Toronto-area Davenport electoral district. He grew up in Toronto, where he befriended future MP, Charlie Angus, and along with Angus founded the Toronto punk band L'Étranger. In the late 1990s, he also became a...
. The album also featured performances by most of Workman's then current live band.
(Last Night We Were) The Delicious Wolves (2001–2002)
Workman's second album was released in 2001 through Isadora RecordsIsadora Records
Isadora Records is an independent record label started and operated by Hawksley Workman. The first album released was Workman's own debut, For Him and the Girls, in 1999. The label has been releasing albums online since 2004...
/Universal Music Canada. The album, titled (Last Night We Were) The Delicious Wolves
(Last Night We Were) The Delicious Wolves
The Delicious Wolves is an album by Canadian artist Hawksley Workman, released in 2001 by Isadora Records/Universal Music and re-released for the UK by Ba Da Bing!...
, became Workman's breakthrough record both in Canada and Europe, spawning the singles "Striptease" and "Jealous of Your Cigarette".
His record company press kit for The Delicious Wolves included such fanciful biographical details as sailing through the air on a kite, and learning music while working as a janitor at a tap dance
Tap dance
Tap dance is a form of dance characterized by using the sound of one's tap shoes hitting the floor as a percussive instrument. As such, it is also commonly considered to be a form of music. Two major variations on tap dance exist: rhythm tap and Broadway tap. Broadway tap focuses more on the...
academy.
At the end of 2001, he also released an EP of self-penned Christmas-themed songs, Almost a Full Moon
Almost a Full Moon
Almost a Full Moon is a Christmas album by Canadian artist Hawksley Workman, originally released in 2001. It was written, produced & performed by Hawksley Workman, recorded & mixed at Recall Rooms in Paris, France by Stephane Lumbroso .The album was re-released in 2002 with new cover art and...
.
In 2002, Workman was awarded the Juno Award
Juno Award
The Juno Awards are presented annually to Canadian musical artists and bands to acknowledge their artistic and technical achievements in all aspects of music...
for Best New Solo Artist and also received the award for Best Video for "Jealous of Your Cigarette".
Lover/Fighter (2003–2005)
Lover/FighterLover/Fighter
Lover/Fighter is an album by Canadian artist Hawksley Workman, released in 2003.- Tracklist Disc: 1 :# "We Will Still Need a Song" – 3:50# "Even An Ugly Man" – 4:46# "Wonderful and Sad" – 3:51# "Anger as Beauty" – 5:43...
followed in 2003; the album included the hits "We Will Still Need a Song", "Smoke Baby", "Anger as Beauty", "Even an Ugly Man" and "No Reason to Cry Out Your Eyes (On the Highway Tonight)". The album was recorded in an old schoolhouse in Muskoka, which Workman converted into a recording studio.
"Anger As Beauty" was released in 2003 just prior to the LP release, Lover/Fighter
Lover/Fighter
Lover/Fighter is an album by Canadian artist Hawksley Workman, released in 2003.- Tracklist Disc: 1 :# "We Will Still Need a Song" – 3:50# "Even An Ugly Man" – 4:46# "Wonderful and Sad" – 3:51# "Anger as Beauty" – 5:43...
. It includes a radio edit of the single "Anger as Beauty", and "Love Will Tear Us Apart
Love Will Tear Us Apart
"Love Will Tear Us Apart" is a song by the British post-punk band Joy Division. It was written in August and September 1979, and debuted when the band supported Buzzcocks on their UK tour in September and October 1979. It is one of the few songs in which singer Ian Curtis played guitar...
", a cover of Joy Division.
The same year Workman was featured, with recording artists Jully Black
Jully Black
Jully Black |Julie]]"; born Jullyann Inderia Gordon; November 8, 1977) is a Canadian R&B singer–songwriter. She has collaborated and written for many artists, including Nas, Missy Elliott, Saukrates, Choclair, Kardinal Offishall, Destiny's Child, and Sean Paul.-Life & career:Black was born Jullyann...
and Sam Roberts
Sam Roberts
Sam Roberts is a Juno Award-winning Canadian rock singer-songwriter, whose 2001 debut release, The Inhuman Condition, became one of the bestselling independent releases in Quebec and Canadian music history.-Life and career:...
, in a multi- award-winning MuchMusic social-issue documentary "Inside Your Threads", by Tania Natscheff and Liz Marshall. Workman and Black travelled to Bangladesh to witness the living and working conditions of garment workers making clothes for the North American market.
Live in Lille
Live in Lille
Live In Lille is a DVD release by Hawksley Workman featuring a live performance at Le Splendid in Lille, France on November 28, 2003.* Tonight Romanticize the Automobile* No Reason to Cry Out Your Eyes * Even an Ugly Man...
, released in 2004, is a DVD of a live performance performed in Lille
Lille
Lille is a city in northern France . It is the principal city of the Lille Métropole, the fourth-largest metropolitan area in the country behind those of Paris, Lyon and Marseille. Lille is situated on the Deûle River, near France's border with Belgium...
, France that showcases his live musicianship.
In 2004 Workman also released Before We Were Security Guards
Before We Were Security Guards
Before We Were Security Guards is an album from Canadian musician Hawksley Workman released in 2004. It contains songs recorded in 1998 at the start of Workman's career and were never released...
, an album he originally recorded in 1998. The album was originally only available at live shows, but is now available to order through his website.
Additionally, in 2005 Workman released Serena Ryder
Serena Ryder
Serena Ryder is a Juno Award-winning Canadian singer-songwriter raised in Millbrook, Ontario.Ranging musically between folk, roots, country, and adult contemporary music, Ryder possesses a five-octave range...
's album, Unlikely Emergency
Unlikely Emergency
Unlikely Emergency is the breakout album by Serena Ryder, released April 5, 2005.In 2009, the song "Sing, Sing" was selected for Music Monday, a special event to highlight music education in Canada which saw nearly two million Canadian schoolchildren singing the song in class on May 5.-Track...
through his label, Isadora Records
Isadora Records
Isadora Records is an independent record label started and operated by Hawksley Workman. The first album released was Workman's own debut, For Him and the Girls, in 1999. The label has been releasing albums online since 2004...
.
Treeful of Starling (2006)
Treeful of StarlingTreeful of Starling
-Track listing:# "A Moth is Not a Butterfly" – 3:25# "Hey Hey Hey " – 3:08# "You Are Too Beautiful" – 3:40# "You and the Candles" – 5:04# "Rain" – 3:01# "When These Mountains Were the Seashore" – 3:56...
was released on February 28, 2006, a quiet retreat compared to the more high energy Lover/Fighter.
In late 2006, Workman released two tour albums. "Puppy", which was recorded between "For Him And The Girls" and "(Last Night We Were) The Delicious Wolves" and "My Little Toothless Beauties", recorded shortly after "Lover/Fighter" in 2004. They are only available for purchase at live shows, through the band's website, or on the internet as MP3 albums.
Between the Beautifuls (2008)
Between the BeautifulsBetween the Beautifuls
Between the Beautifuls is a studio album by Canadian musician Hawksley Workman released on 29 January 2008. The new album was announced along with a track listing on Workman's official website....
was released in early 2008, and soon followed by a single titled "Piano Blink" produced by Martin "Doc" McKinney .
In May 2008 Hawksley Workman contributed a track to Cartier
Cartier SA
Cartier S.A., commonly known as Cartier , is a French luxury jeweler and watch manufacturer. The corporation carries the name of the Cartier family of jewellers whose control ended in 1964 and who were known for numerous pieces including the "Bestiary" , the diamond necklace created for Bhupinder...
's Cartier LOVE campaign, which has collected songs by many musicians from around the world. Workman's contribution is called "The Ground That We Stand On". In addition to that song, Workman also wrote and produced a duet performed by himself and Oscar winner Marion Cotillard
Marion Cotillard
Marion Cotillard is a French actress and singer. She garnered critical acclaim for her roles in films such as La Vie en Rose, My Sex Life... or How I Got Into an Argument, Taxi, Furia and Jeux d'enfants...
. That song is called "The Strong Ones".
Los Manlicious (2008)
Following on the heels of Between the BeautifulsBetween the Beautifuls
Between the Beautifuls is a studio album by Canadian musician Hawksley Workman released on 29 January 2008. The new album was announced along with a track listing on Workman's official website....
is an initially Europe exclusive release titled Los Manlicious
Los Manlicious
Los Manlicious is a studio album by Canadian musician Hawksley Workman released in May 2008 in Europe and on August 26, 2008, in Canada.The record was recorded in the same sessions as Between the Beautifuls and Workman intended to release it first, but Universal Music preferred to release the...
, which was released in May 2008, and in Canada on August 26, 2008.
The record was recorded in the same sessions as Between the Beautifuls and Workman intended to release it first, but Universal Music preferred to release the mellower album first. Los Manlicious is a return to Hawksley's heavier rock roots, resembling his major label debut, (Last Night We Were) The Delicious Wolves more 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.
The first single from this album is "When You Gonna Flower?".
Los Manlicious
Nik Kozub
Nik Kozub is a Canadian musician. Formerly a bass guitarist for the band Veal, he is currently associated with the dance punk band Shout Out Out Out Out....
.
While on tour in Europe supporting the record, Workman recorded videos for eight of its 13 tracks. These videos were shot on location in various cities on the tour and can be watched on YouTube or on Workman's Facebook
Facebook
Facebook is a social networking service and website launched in February 2004, operated and privately owned by Facebook, Inc. , Facebook has more than 800 million active users. Users must register before using the site, after which they may create a personal profile, add other users as...
page.
Milk and Meat (2010)
Workman released two albums in 2010 : Meat was released on January 19, 2010, and Milk was released in Canada on August 10, 2010 after being released digitally over the course of five months.Full Moon Eleven (2011)
Workman's Christmas record titled "Full Moon Eleven" was released in November 2011. "Full Moon Eleven" was a rerecording and re-imagining of his original Christmas album, "Almost a Full Moon" released 10 years ago and recorded in Paris.Hawksley's band
Workman has played live in many configurations. His minimal setup consists of a duo, with Todd Lumley ("Mr. Lonely") playing piano and keyboards alongside Hawksley Workman on the guitar and vocals. Although on occasion he has performed solo (such as in Winnipeg, Manitoba on April 8, 2011). During his 2008 tour in support of "Between the Beautifuls" Workman played with a larger band and sang while switching between drums and guitar.Workman's recent configuration for more traditional rock songs consists of the following:
- Ryan Corrigan ("Hawksley Workman") – vocals, guitar
- Todd Lumley ("Mr. Lonely") – piano, organ, keyboards
- Derrick Brady – bass guitar
- Jesse Zubot – guitar & violin
- Brad Kilpatrick – drums
Guitar equipment
Hawksley revealed his choices for guitars and equipment in an interview with Australian Guitar Magazine in January 2006.Guitars
- Squier 1952 Telecaster reissue – early 1980s model, JV series, made in Japan
- Gibson Les Paul Standard – early 1970s model, ebony finish, Bigsby vibrato tailpiece
- Gibson Les Paul Standard – early 1970s model, wine red finish, Bigsby vibrato tailpiece
Amplifiers
Hawksley uses two amps on tour. The first amp is either a Fender Blues Deville, Fender Hot Rod Deville, or a Vox AC-30. Using an A/B/Y footswitch, he switches between this first amp and a Fender Pro Junior which he uses for guitar solos. He has stated that he uses no pedals with the exception of an MXR "Micro Amp" pedal used with the Vox AC-30.Discography
| Release Date | Title | Format | Label |
| 1999 | For Him and the Girls For Him and the Girls For Him and the Girls is an album by Canadian artist Hawksley Workman, released in 1999. Written and produced by Hawksley Workman with arrangement collaboration by John Southworth. Recorded and mixed in the basement of 59 Hillsdale Ave E., Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Mastered by Joao Carvalho at... |
LP | Isadora Records Isadora Records Isadora Records is an independent record label started and operated by Hawksley Workman. The first album released was Workman's own debut, For Him and the Girls, in 1999. The label has been releasing albums online since 2004... |
| 2001 | For Him and the Girls For Him and the Girls For Him and the Girls is an album by Canadian artist Hawksley Workman, released in 1999. Written and produced by Hawksley Workman with arrangement collaboration by John Southworth. Recorded and mixed in the basement of 59 Hillsdale Ave E., Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Mastered by Joao Carvalho at... – UK re-release |
LP | Ba Da Bing! |
| 2001 | (Last Night We Were) The Delicious Wolves (Last Night We Were) The Delicious Wolves The Delicious Wolves is an album by Canadian artist Hawksley Workman, released in 2001 by Isadora Records/Universal Music and re-released for the UK by Ba Da Bing!... |
LP | Isadora Records Isadora Records Isadora Records is an independent record label started and operated by Hawksley Workman. The first album released was Workman's own debut, For Him and the Girls, in 1999. The label has been releasing albums online since 2004... /Universal Music |
| 2001 | Almost a Full Moon Almost a Full Moon Almost a Full Moon is a Christmas album by Canadian artist Hawksley Workman, originally released in 2001. It was written, produced & performed by Hawksley Workman, recorded & mixed at Recall Rooms in Paris, France by Stephane Lumbroso .The album was re-released in 2002 with new cover art and... |
EP/LP | Isadora Records Isadora Records Isadora Records is an independent record label started and operated by Hawksley Workman. The first album released was Workman's own debut, For Him and the Girls, in 1999. The label has been releasing albums online since 2004... |
| 2002 | Almost a Full Moon Almost a Full Moon Almost a Full Moon is a Christmas album by Canadian artist Hawksley Workman, originally released in 2001. It was written, produced & performed by Hawksley Workman, recorded & mixed at Recall Rooms in Paris, France by Stephane Lumbroso .The album was re-released in 2002 with new cover art and... – re-release, new cover art, new track list |
LP | Isadora Records Isadora Records Isadora Records is an independent record label started and operated by Hawksley Workman. The first album released was Workman's own debut, For Him and the Girls, in 1999. The label has been releasing albums online since 2004... /Universal Music |
| 2003 | The Delicious Wolves (Last Night We Were) The Delicious Wolves The Delicious Wolves is an album by Canadian artist Hawksley Workman, released in 2001 by Isadora Records/Universal Music and re-released for the UK by Ba Da Bing!... – UK re-release with two bonus tracks and new cover art |
LP | Ba Da Bing! |
| 2003 | Lover/Fighter Lover/Fighter Lover/Fighter is an album by Canadian artist Hawksley Workman, released in 2003.- Tracklist Disc: 1 :# "We Will Still Need a Song" – 3:50# "Even An Ugly Man" – 4:46# "Wonderful and Sad" – 3:51# "Anger as Beauty" – 5:43... |
LP | Isadora Records Isadora Records Isadora Records is an independent record label started and operated by Hawksley Workman. The first album released was Workman's own debut, For Him and the Girls, in 1999. The label has been releasing albums online since 2004... /Universal Music |
| 2003 | Anger As Beauty – single | EP | Universal Music |
| September 8, 2003 | We Will Still Need a Song – 4-track single from the Lover/Fighter album | EP | Universal Music |
| July 8, 2004 | We Will Still Need a Song – 2-track single from the Lover/Fighter album, plus the music video, released in Europe | EP | Universal Music |
| 2004 | No Reason to Cry Out Your Eyes (On the Highway Tonight) | EP | Universal Music |
| 2004 | Live in Lille Live in Lille Live In Lille is a DVD release by Hawksley Workman featuring a live performance at Le Splendid in Lille, France on November 28, 2003.* Tonight Romanticize the Automobile* No Reason to Cry Out Your Eyes * Even an Ugly Man... |
DVD | Isadora Records Isadora Records Isadora Records is an independent record label started and operated by Hawksley Workman. The first album released was Workman's own debut, For Him and the Girls, in 1999. The label has been releasing albums online since 2004... /Universal Music |
| Recorded in 1998, released in 2004 | Before We Were Security Guards Before We Were Security Guards Before We Were Security Guards is an album from Canadian musician Hawksley Workman released in 2004. It contains songs recorded in 1998 at the start of Workman's career and were never released... * |
LP | Isadora Records Isadora Records Isadora Records is an independent record label started and operated by Hawksley Workman. The first album released was Workman's own debut, For Him and the Girls, in 1999. The label has been releasing albums online since 2004... |
| February 28, 2006 (Canada) March 13, 2006 (France) |
Treeful of Starling Treeful of Starling -Track listing:# "A Moth is Not a Butterfly" – 3:25# "Hey Hey Hey " – 3:08# "You Are Too Beautiful" – 3:40# "You and the Candles" – 5:04# "Rain" – 3:01# "When These Mountains Were the Seashore" – 3:56... |
LP | Isadora Records Isadora Records Isadora Records is an independent record label started and operated by Hawksley Workman. The first album released was Workman's own debut, For Him and the Girls, in 1999. The label has been releasing albums online since 2004... /Universal Music |
| 2006 | My Little Toothless Beauties My Little Toothless Beauties My Little Toothless Beauties is a tour album by Canadian artist Hawksley Workman, released in 2006. Most of the album was originally recorded in November 2004 with Karl Mohr during a difficult time in Workman's life following his Lover/Fighter tour. He describes the process of recording this... * – not commercially released |
LP | Isadora Records Isadora Records Isadora Records is an independent record label started and operated by Hawksley Workman. The first album released was Workman's own debut, For Him and the Girls, in 1999. The label has been releasing albums online since 2004... |
| 2006 | Puppy (a boy's truly rough) Puppy (A Boy's Truly Rough) Puppy is an album by Hawksley Workman.The album was recorded between For Him and the Girls and The Delicious Wolves. It remained in a box of cassettes in his basement until it was unearthed several years later and released without remixing... * – not commercially released |
LP | Isadora Records Isadora Records Isadora Records is an independent record label started and operated by Hawksley Workman. The first album released was Workman's own debut, For Him and the Girls, in 1999. The label has been releasing albums online since 2004... |
| 2008 | Between the Beautifuls Between the Beautifuls Between the Beautifuls is a studio album by Canadian musician Hawksley Workman released on 29 January 2008. The new album was announced along with a track listing on Workman's official website.... |
LP | Universal Music |
| 2008 | Between the B-Sides* – not commercially released | EP | Isadora Records Isadora Records Isadora Records is an independent record label started and operated by Hawksley Workman. The first album released was Workman's own debut, For Him and the Girls, in 1999. The label has been releasing albums online since 2004... |
| 2008 | Los Manlicious Los Manlicious Los Manlicious is a studio album by Canadian musician Hawksley Workman released in May 2008 in Europe and on August 26, 2008, in Canada.The record was recorded in the same sessions as Between the Beautifuls and Workman intended to release it first, but Universal Music preferred to release the... – Released May 2008 in Europe and online on Hawksley's web site. Released in Canada on August 26, 2008. |
LP | Universal Music |
| 2009 | For Him and the Girls For Him and the Girls For Him and the Girls is an album by Canadian artist Hawksley Workman, released in 1999. Written and produced by Hawksley Workman with arrangement collaboration by John Southworth. Recorded and mixed in the basement of 59 Hillsdale Ave E., Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Mastered by Joao Carvalho at... - USA re-release – Released in the United States on November 17, 2009. |
CD | Isadora Records Isadora Records Isadora Records is an independent record label started and operated by Hawksley Workman. The first album released was Workman's own debut, For Him and the Girls, in 1999. The label has been releasing albums online since 2004... |
| 2010 | Meat Meat (album) Meat is an album by Hawksley Workman, released January 19, 2010 on Isadora Records and Universal Music Canada.The album was a longlisted nominee for the 2010 Polaris Music Prize.-Track listing:#"Song for Sarah Jane"#"French Girl in L.A."... |
CD | Isadora Records Isadora Records Isadora Records is an independent record label started and operated by Hawksley Workman. The first album released was Workman's own debut, For Him and the Girls, in 1999. The label has been releasing albums online since 2004... |
| 2010 | Milk Milk (album) Milk is an album by Hawksley Workman, released in 2010.Unlike his album Meat, which was released in traditional album format on January 19, 2010, Milk was planned for release as a series of digital singles, made available for sale through iTunes and Workman's own website; however, the entire album... |
CD | Isadora Records Isadora Records Isadora Records is an independent record label started and operated by Hawksley Workman. The first album released was Workman's own debut, For Him and the Girls, in 1999. The label has been releasing albums online since 2004... |
| 2011 | Full Moon Eleven | CD | Isadora Records Isadora Records Isadora Records is an independent record label started and operated by Hawksley Workman. The first album released was Workman's own debut, For Him and the Girls, in 1999. The label has been releasing albums online since 2004... |
Production work
Albums that Workman has produced for other artists include:- John SouthworthJohn Southworth (musician)John Southworth is an English-Canadian singer-songwriter. His style encompasses a range of popular song genres, from oldies-radio to folk, 80’s pop to cabaret...
– Sedona Arizona – 1999 - Paul McLeod – Close and Play – 2000
- The Cash BrothersThe Cash BrothersThe Cash Brothers are a Canadian alternative country/folk rock duo, consisting of brothers Andrew and Peter Cash.-Career:Prior to the creation of The Cash Brothers, Andrew and Peter Cash both had established careers as songwriters and musicians. Andrew was a member of the bands L'Étranger and...
– Phonebooth Tornado – 2000 - Tegan and SaraTegan and SaraTegan and Sara are a Canadian indie band composed of identical twin sisters Tegan Rain Quin and Sara Keirsten Quin . Both Tegan and Sara play guitar and keyboard and write songs.-History:...
– This Business of ArtThis Business of ArtThis Business of Art is a Tegan and Sara album, released in 2000. It is their first official release through Vapor Records, though they independently released Under Feet Like Ours the previous year. Six of the songs originally appeared on its predecessor; "Proud", "Hype", "Freedom", "More for Me",...
– 2000 - The Cash BrothersThe Cash BrothersThe Cash Brothers are a Canadian alternative country/folk rock duo, consisting of brothers Andrew and Peter Cash.-Career:Prior to the creation of The Cash Brothers, Andrew and Peter Cash both had established careers as songwriters and musicians. Andrew was a member of the bands L'Étranger and...
– How Was Tomorrow – 2001 - SkydiggersSkydiggersSkydiggers are a Canadian roots rock band from Toronto, Ontario.-Biography:Formed in 1987 by singer Andy Maize and lead guitarist Josh Finlayson, the band soon added rhythm guitarist Peter Cash, drummer Wayne Stokes and bassist Ron Macey to their lineup...
– Bittersweet HarmonyBittersweet HarmonyBittersweet Harmony is a 2003 album by Skydiggers. It was their first album of new material since 1997's Desmond's Hip City....
– 2002 – (produced 3 songs) - Sarah SleanSarah SleanSarah Hope Slean is a Canadian singer-songwriter, musician, poet, and occasional actress from Pickering, Ontario. She has released eleven albums to date .-Major recordings:...
– Night BugsNight Bugs- Track listing :# "Eliot" - 4:22# "Weight" - 3:16# "Duncan" - 4:08# "St. Francis" - 4:12# "Drastic Measures" - 5:42# "Book Smart, Street Stupid" - 4:49# "Dark Room" - 2:27# "Sweet Ones" - 3:13# "Me, I'm A Thief" - 6:09# "My Invitation" - 3:34...
– 2002 - Serena RyderSerena RyderSerena Ryder is a Juno Award-winning Canadian singer-songwriter raised in Millbrook, Ontario.Ranging musically between folk, roots, country, and adult contemporary music, Ryder possesses a five-octave range...
– Unlikely EmergencyUnlikely EmergencyUnlikely Emergency is the breakout album by Serena Ryder, released April 5, 2005.In 2009, the song "Sing, Sing" was selected for Music Monday, a special event to highlight music education in Canada which saw nearly two million Canadian schoolchildren singing the song in class on May 5.-Track...
– 2003 - Jeremy FisherJeremy FisherJeremy Fisher is a Canadian singer-songwriter. Fisher is based in Montreal, Quebec and was previously based on Vancouver Island, B.C. and in Seattle, Washington, U.S.A....
– Goodbye Blue MondayGoodbye Blue MondayGoodbye Blue Monday is the third album from Canadian singer-songwriter Jeremy Fisher. It was released March 11, 2007 on Aquarius Records in Canada and was released on August 28, 2007 in the United States....
– 2006 - Great Big SeaGreat Big SeaGreat Big Sea is a Canadian folk-rock band from Newfoundland and Labrador, best known for performing energetic rock interpretations of traditional Newfoundland folk songs including sea shanties, which draw from the island's 500-year-old Irish, English, and French heritage...
– Fortune's FavourFortune's FavourFortune's Favour is a studio album released by Canadian folk rock band Great Big Sea. The album was released on June 24, 2008, debuting at #5 on the Canadian Music Charts and also includes a DVD. The album was certified gold in Canada....
– 2008 - Hey Rosetta!Hey Rosetta!Hey Rosetta! is a six-piece Canadian indie rock band from St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador. Known for its energized live shows, the band creates a massive, layered sound by incorporating piano, violin and cello into the traditional four-piece garage rock sound.-History:Their influences include...
– Into Your Lungs – 2008 - Justin RutledgeJustin RutledgeJustin Rutledge is a Toronto-based alt-country singer-songwriter signed to Six Shooter Records.Rutledge's musical style is often compared to that of American alt-country singer Ryan Adams. His influences, both of the literary and music world, include Leonard Cohen, Hank Williams, Richard Brautigan...
– The Early WidowsThe Early WidowsThe Early Widows is the fourth album by Canadian singer-songwriter Justin Rutledge, released on May 4, 2010 on Six Shooter Records. The album, produced by Canadian singer-songwriter Hawksley Workman, was recorded at The Woodshed, a recording studio owned by Canadian country-rock band Blue Rodeo...
– 2010 - Jeremy FisherJeremy FisherJeremy Fisher is a Canadian singer-songwriter. Fisher is based in Montreal, Quebec and was previously based on Vancouver Island, B.C. and in Seattle, Washington, U.S.A....
– FloodFloodA flood is an overflow of an expanse of water that submerges land. The EU Floods directive defines a flood as a temporary covering by water of land not normally covered by water...
– 2010 - AdalineADALINEADALINE is a single layer neural network. It was developed by Professor Bernard Widrow and his graduate student Ted Hoff at Stanford University in 1960. It is based on the McCulloch–Pitts neuron...
– Modern Romantics – 2011 - Carleton Stone – Carleton Stone – 2011