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Tim Baker w The Olympic Symphonium // Jan 20 // Wilmot Church
January 20, 2018 @ 8:00 pm - 11:00 pm
Tim Baker (Hey Rosetta!) Solo
w The Olympic Symphonium
January 20th
Wilmot United Church
Doors 7pm // Show 8pm
Tickets Available ONLINE>> https://goo.gl/nKRxMr or in person through the Etixnow kiosk located at Graystone Brewing (221 King St).
Tim Baker rose to notoriety as the writer and frontman of acclaimed Newfoundland band, Hey Rosetta!. The Juno-nominated singer is best known for his intimate, poetic lyrics and powerful live vocal delivery, garnering Hey Rosetta! multiple awards along with their
numerous sold-out tours. Tim formed the band in 2005, after graduating from the creative writing program at Montreal’s Concordia University. Armed with the editing discipline he’d acquired in poetry classes, the St. John’s native returned home and began singing newly penned songs solo, until realizing that this music needed more texture than just piano and acoustic guitar. Newfoundland is known for its great musical exports, but from the beginning, Hey Rosetta! was different. They were a band that connected in an almost intangible, inexplicable way. Baker’s haunting and distinctive voice and his writing, with a lyrical sensibility that defines the band as one of the most poetic Canadian exports; the rolling indie-rock precision meeting hooky pop sensibilities, off-set by the delicate touch of cello, violin, and french horn, that cuts through the most cramped club or across any
vast open air festival stage.
This special performance will be Baker’s first solo performance since the announcement of Hey Rosetta!’s hiatus in late 2017.
This unique show will be supported by festival founders The Olympic Symphonium in their hometown release show for forthcoming album Beauty in the Tension.