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Willow Rutherford

About Me

Willow was raised in the wilds of Southern Ontario. She once witnessed the tornado that hit Barrie in the '80's. Pink insulation, tooth floss, converted rice and hobby horses filled the sky. When her bed landed in a tree, she climbed down and discovered a strange instrument, later informed that it was an accordion. Upon first surprising squeeze, she was hooked and has never looked back. Since then, she has travelled the world writing songs about hysterical love, historical magical realism and nature's unpredictability... ************************************************ Willow Rutherford a grandit dans les contrées sauvages du sud de l’Ontario. Dans les années 80, elle fût témoin de la violente tornade qui frappa Barrie et qui remplit le ciel de laine minérale rose, de soie dentaire, de riz-minute et de chevaux à bascule. Après que son lit eut atterri dans un arbre, Willow redescendit sur la terre ferme et trouva à ses pieds un étrange instrument (on l’informa plus tard qu’il s’agissait d’un accordéon). Après les premiers essais – aux sonorités surprenantes, il faut l’avouer! – elle s’enticha rapidement de cet objet qui ne la quitta plus jamais. Depuis, elle parcoure le monde et raconte ses chansons qui traitent d’amour hystérique, de réalisme-historique-magique et de l’imprévisibilité de la nature…

Warm Worm

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My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 18/09/2007
Band Members: I have posted two of my songs that I performed with my old band the Subcollisions, therefore in the song Anchor there is me singing with a cold and playing my wheezing accordion + Subcollisions, (also note Éric Jarry graciously engineered this session), Warm worm with the Subcollisions was recorded live at the Tranzac by Dave Lang. Wonder when is just me with insomnia and a hangover accompanied by the cheapo software on my computer pomme. Old men knitting sweaters was recorded by my ol' man.
Influences: Dianne Heatherington, Mary Margaret O'Hara, Tom Waits, Calamity Royale, Bobby McFerrin, Dinah Christie, Wendy McNeill, Mark Rutherford, Screaming Jay Hawkins, Cab Calloway, Ella Fitzgerald, Christine Duncan, Nino Rota, Richard Bona, Betty Carter
Sounds Like: A siren playing a lamb foetus
Record Label: unsigned
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Check out this event: E.S.L. + Willow Rutherford play Little Mountain studios

Hosted By:Willow RutherfordWhen:October 2, 2009Where:Little mountain studios195 East 26th Avenue, just West off Main Street.VancouverDescription:E.S.L. + Willow Rutherford Fri. Oct.2nd 8pm $5-10 @ Lit...
Posted by on Wed, 23 Sep 2009 08:56:00 GMT

Check out this event: Willow Rutherford, Music for Money and Calamity Royale and her minions @ the Music Gallery 27/08/09

Hosted By:Willow RutherfordWhen:August 27, 2009Where:The Music Gallery197 John st. TorontoDescription:Music for money, Calamity Royale and Willow Rutherford @ 197 John st. the music gallery tomorrow (...
Posted by on Wed, 26 Aug 2009 11:44:00 GMT

Article on Liliany Obando copied from the fantastic Indyish blog-thank you, Risa.

Documentary Danger  Freedom for Liliany Obando and Peace for Colombia by Risa Dickens The day Willow Rutherford played at Remember Griffintown she arriv...
Posted by on Sun, 05 Jul 2009 06:24:00 GMT

http://www.indyish.com/documentary-danger-freedom-for-lilian y-obando-and-peace-for-colombia/

http://www.indyish.com/documentary-dange..r-freedom-for-lili any-obando-and-peace-f..or-colombia/
Posted by on Sun, 05 Jul 2009 06:21:00 GMT

The Long Haul-I'm a stop-motion monster!

Hi! Just posted a video I participated in called 'the long haul.'  I put on a children's dragon costume for my friend photogrpaher Sylvain Dumais' brilliant little short.
Posted by on Sat, 09 May 2009 07:43:00 GMT

Influences

Influences:   Dear old Dad, Calamity Royale, Gran Willow and the whole clan on all sides of th...
Posted by on Sat, 09 May 2009 07:40:00 GMT

Twirling a waxy moustache...

Figured I would write about 2 things here, firstly.....The new video I posted of Old Men Knitting Sweaters- it's a work in progress by my wonderful friend Mariah Burton, she has been working on it as ...
Posted by on Mon, 04 May 2009 20:24:00 GMT

A letter written by Liliany Obando

Here is a letter Liliany wrote (I copied it from the Columbia solidarity website.)National Women's PenitentiaryBogotá, Colombia, November 8, 2008Fraternal Greetings,Forall those who have made the comm...
Posted by on Thu, 12 Mar 2009 07:50:00 GMT

Liliany Obando

Here is a very important website detailing what is going on with my friend Liliany who has been labelled a terrorist and has been injustly incarcerated in Bogota's women's jail. I know for a fact that...
Posted by on Thu, 12 Mar 2009 07:06:00 GMT

radio interviews! CKLN, THATRADIO.COM and CIUT w. Calamity Royale

Hey everybody!So yesterday was a busy day....Musician Bev (Hotcha) from Speak music set up 3 interviews with Calamity Royale, Dave Lang and I to promote the re-launching of the weekly Groovy Mondays j...
Posted by on Sat, 31 Jan 2009 12:26:00 GMT