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Tony Dekker is the singer/songwriter behind the musical project Great Lake Swimmers, and the new third full-length album “Ongiara” was released earlier this year (March 27/07 in Canada, May 8/07 in the US) by Nettwerk Productions.

As with the first two critically acclaimed albums (“Great Lake Swimmers” 2003, and “Bodies and Minds” 2005), “Ongiara” continues to explore the worlds of indie folk, roots music and alt-country pop, with a focus on lyrics and the craft of songwriting. The new record is permeated with a rich natural reverb, courtesy of London, Ontario’s Aeolian Hall, which creates the magical background on which the songs are painted, with a melancholic finesse that pulls at the heartstrings at the same time. The atmospheric sound has been referred to as “ambient folk.”

These ten new songs are largely inspired by Canada’s majestic natural environment (“Your Rocky Spine”), and our reciprocal relationship with the land (“Put There By The Land”). “Where...