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The Gypsies

About Me

The Gypsies are an independent four-piece from Halifax, NS.
Dan Egilsson Mike Walker and Jeremy Butler come
together to create beautifully instrumentated music ranging from soft-hearted strawberry pop to wolf-howlin', sword-fightin' Epicurean Shuffles.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 12/04/2006
Band Website: www.thegypsies.ca
Band Members: Dan Egilsson - Guitar/Vocals
Dan Barker - Drums
Mike Walker - Bass/Vocals
Jeremy Butler - Guitar/Vocals
Influences: able craftsmen
crooked skyline
sunlight
honey pie

Type of Label: Major

My Blog

Comme des enfants

Yes it's true, us Gypsies have fallen in love again (in that tinsel-hanging piano playing-cut-off-jean-wearing kind of way).You can too!www.myspace.com/coeurdepirateKeep on the lookout for holiday sin...
Posted by on Mon, 15 Dec 2008 18:42:00 GMT

We’re Recording Again!

The Gypsies will be going back into the studio to record on September 14th. They will be working with Lawrence Currie (Wintersleep, Sloan, etc.) and plan to record between 4 and 6 new songs. The songs...
Posted by on Tue, 05 Aug 2008 12:02:00 GMT

post tour wrap-up - Facebook and Beyond

So the tour is over, we had a blast, and now it's time for some introspection. While Dan returns for one more attempt at striking texas tea out West, we'll continue writing new tunes and anxiously aw...
Posted by on Mon, 30 Jun 2008 17:30:00 GMT

East Coast Road Trip w/ Carlton Munroe

We we're played last month on Carlton Munroe's East Coast Road Trip radio series.you can check out the show here: http://www.ckecradio.ca/shows/ECRTMAR21PT1.mp3http://www.cke cradio.ca/shows/ECRTMAR21P...
Posted by on Sat, 19 Apr 2008 08:29:00 GMT

8 Questions with the Gypsies

If you are searching for a more intimate view into the gypsies world (as if our cartoon character background wasn't enough for you), we've recently done an interview with Michigan based music journali...
Posted by on Fri, 15 Feb 2008 07:11:00 GMT

flash gordon (modern love LP available at...)

news flash gordon:you can currently purchase the Modern Love LP at:CD Plus in New Glasgow NSH&R Music in New Glasgow NSCD Plus in Charlottetown (Confederation Court Mall)HMV in Halifax NS (Spring ...
Posted by on Sat, 05 Jan 2008 12:06:00 GMT

BreakThru Radio spot

thanks to our new friend and fellow canucker Laura C Chord at Break Thru Radio from New York has put us in her show along with the Two Hours Traffic folkers. You can listen to the show here: http://b...
Posted by on Mon, 10 Dec 2007 16:21:00 GMT

Modern Love and Holiday releases

This week sees the release of two Gypsies albums.  Number 1 is the full length shoot-'em up Modern Love, available for sale directly from the band at shows or online (email [email protected]...
Posted by on Mon, 03 Dec 2007 16:15:00 GMT

New Website

www.thegypsies.caTo correspond with the release of Modern Love, we have created a new website.  www.thegypsies.ca is now our new home.  Still in it's infancy, it is merely a photo that links...
Posted by on Thu, 01 Nov 2007 12:38:00 GMT

Modern Love - The Musical

Modern LoveComing November, 2007After close to a year of trials and tribulations, creating music, losing files, finding files, and forms filled out in triplicate, the album is reaching completion. We...
Posted by on Thu, 01 Nov 2007 12:00:00 GMT