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Death Of A Siren

from ShadowWalk by Art Bergmann by (weewerk)

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    Member of the Order of Canada, Juno Award winner, two-time Polaris Music Prize long listed artist... Art Bergmann has been honoured by his home country in a multitude of ways. But behind the accolades is still a man coping with the unforgiving realities of life as he enters his seventies.

    ShadowWalk -- released Sept. 29 via (weewerk) -- is Bergmann’s ode to Sherri Decembrini, his beloved wife of 30 years who passed away unexpectedly in March 2022. The album’s 12 songs capture the darkness, grief and desolation that comes from such a soul crushing loss, while also offering genuine hope that life will go on.

    Recorded at Turtle Sound South Surrey and IDIO Studio in Surrey, BC, ShadowWalk is an album for everyone who has loved, lost, and continues to live. Many of the songs were co-written with B.C. poet Patricia Kay, while Art’s longtime friend and fellow songwriter Donna Kerbel penned one track. Produced by Russell Broom and Wes Smith, Broom also contributed much of the music and soundscapes for the album as well.

    Additional contributors to ShadowWalk include Paul Rigby (pedal steel), Aidan Farrell (vocals), Owen Owen Owen (bass), Adam Drake (drums), Sunny Matharu (tabla) and Katie Mosehauer & the Glass Heart String Orchestra (strings). The album has been mastered by Greg Reely and will be released on vinyl, as well as on all digital platforms.

    The album recording was supported by Creative BC and the Province of British Columbia. Special Thanks to all our generous GoFundMe donors for helping make this album possible. Utmost gratitude to Stephen Rioux, Jay Smales and (weewerk) for financing the vinyl pressing. All photography by P. Kay except back cover photo by Sherri. All layouts and graphics by Art and Marc Floyd. Eternal gratitude to TeamArt members Colin Smith, Jason Schneider, Gord Withers and Gordon Celesta. Executive Producer Phil Klygo (weewerk).

    By Sherri's Grace Naomi and Zoe are forever. Thank you Patricia Kay for life itself. Thanks to Hans and Sharon Bergmann for their sheltering kindness.

    Now back in Vancouver, where in the late 1970s he was a driving force behind the city's punk rock scene, Bergmann will launch ShadowWalk with a show at The Rickshaw Theatre, on Friday Sept. 29. The night will also include a group discussion about his 2022 authorized biography, The Longest Suicide, with its author Jason Schneider along with moderator Aaron Chapman. Art will also have a Toronto release show at The Horseshoe Tavern on Thursday November 2nd.

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"Writing this song kept me busy for a few weeks. It’s me trying to see my wife in everything surrounding me." - Art

lyrics

She walks these fields

A hungry ghost

Drinking in sunlight

To overdose

Kiss of the syringe

Cuts through scars

Glimpse of heaven?

Cold night stars

The people here can't see

Weather gone weird

What they don't understand

They condemn in fear

She smiles

They demand her name

"I'm the witch,

You turned to flames"

There is no crack

That lets in the light

There is no light

To bridge this dark divide

Grief is the prize

If you stay alive

"Let's do it your way!"

Our love hard 'cri de coeur'

Even when pariahs

In our film without a score

Anything less

We kicked out the door

"Weren't you born,

Love's what we're here for!"

There is no crack

That lets in the light

There is no light

To bridge this dark divide

Grief is the prize

If you stay alive

So what can I give

To finally relieve

A song worth nothing

That no one believes

A love larger

Than the national bore

l'd kill the world bank

For one second more

There is no crack

That lets in the light

There is no light

To bridge this dark divide

Grief is the prize If you're left alive

Always surprised

If alive

Grief is the prize

When you wake

She walks these fields

She walks these fields

She walks the sky

Above the fire

I wanna do it your way

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from ShadowWalk by Art Bergmann, released September 22, 2023
Written by Art Bergmann
Guitar by Art Bergmann
All other instrumentation Russell Broom

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