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Newly released video of live improv in Iceland!


Blue Skies Music Festival

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August 3rd-5th: Fruiting Bodies plays Blue Skies Music Festival. Main stage performance Sat Aug 4th 7pm. Vocal improv workshop TBA.  Clarendon, ON.


FRUITING BODIES FIRST ICELANDIC TOUR

SHOWS IN REYKJAVIK

Date: May 23, 2018, 9-10pm
Venue: KEX Hostel Skúlagata 28, 101 Reykjavík, Iceland
Facebook event HERE

Date: May 25, 2018, 6-10pm
Other acts: Jelena ĆirićTiara Fermata and S.hel
Venue: Why Not? Ingólfsstræti 20, 101 Reykjavíkurborg, Ísland
Facebook event HERE 

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May 17th:  Fundraising show! 8-10pm, Loft 314: 10 Ave des Pins O.
Facebook event HERE

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May 20th to 31st: Icelandic tour



Fruiting Bodies plays with Dana Sipos and Abigail Lapell

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This coming Friday we’ll be playing a show with an AMAZING line up. We’re honoured to be sharing the stage with Dana Sipos, Abigail Lapell, and Common Holly, as part of Dana and Abigail’s Lowlands Tour. Be prepared to melt into dreamy little puddles on the floor.

Where: Le Cagibi – 5490 St-Laurent
When: Friday, December 2nd – show starts at 8:30pm
Cover: $8

Also: if you haven’t seen it yet, we’re cameos in Dana’s beautiful music video for A Coronary Tale – check it out here 😀

 


October shows

Happy autumn!

We are participating in two shows this week:

THURSDAY OCTOBER 27TH:
The Magician’s Mirror – Kyazma’s LP Release / Troll Market Costume Party!
At Casa Del Popolo: 4873 St-Laurent
Doors open at 8pm. We will be part of a performance series with a quick improvised set at around 8:30. Kyazma goes on around 10:30.
$7 at the door, or Free entrance with the purchase of a Kyazma Vinyl
For more info on the event see the facebook posting here.

FRIDAY OCTOBER 28TH:
Zombie Apocalypse at the Greenhouse!
At the Concordia Greenhouse: 1455 de Maisonneuve West – get to the 12th floor and follow the signs to the right stairwell taking you to the 13th floor greenhouse.
Event is 7pm-10:30pm – We will be playing an earlier set, around 8 or 9pm.
$5 at the door, snacks and tea included
For more info on the event see the facebook posting here.

We have more lined up before the New Year so stay posted 😀


Music Video Release


Upcoming Shows

Hello all!!

We’ve been collaborating recently with Coralie Gauthier, the talented harpist who played on our album, to arrange
harp parts for songs of ours that didn’t have them before, new covers and themed improvisations.

Come check out what we’ve been working on at our upcoming shows!

– Tuesday March 29th 8pm, Casa del Popolo with Swamp Wolf

– Saturday April 23rd 8pm sharp-9pm at Anticafe with Eleuthera doing a set of her solo soul/blues music with a back-up band from 9-10pm

– Saturday May 28th 12-2pm at La Place Commune (note that for this show only some members of Fruiting Bodies will be performing: Eleuthera and Coralie.  It will be an entirely improvised set with potential guest musicians.

– Sunday June 5th house show, 8:30pm doors, 9:30pm show, 2521 Augustin-Cantin (close to Lionel Groulx metro). Fruiting Bodies will be opening up the evening, followed by Reve d’horizon and Ostrea Lake  $7

See you soon!!

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“Feathers” Music Video Shoot

December 2015 Fruiting Bodies shot a music video for a favourite cover of ours, “Feathers” by Man Man. We will be releasing the video in the next couple weeks!!

We invited the talented Jamie Klinger to join us and photograph the shoot – what a gift.

Visit his web site to check out his awesome work: http://jamieklinger.com/


Fluid Blues music video!

FluidBluesVidScreenshotHello all!

We’re pleased to announce that we’re officially releasing our first music video!!  It’s of Fluid Blues, the first song that we arranged together, and was shot in Cape Breton during our East Coast tour.

Check it out HERE!:
Video by: Megh Riley
Footage by: Kinga Michalska

In other news we’ve been collaborating with the lovely Coralie Gauthier who played harp on our album and have fresh new inspiration flowing through us.  We recently shot a music video with her that we’ll be releasing next month, and some shows may be up our sleeves…

Hope you and yours are well,

Fruiting Bodies


Shows with the Contes et Chant community

soirées contes et chantWe have two shows coming up, as part of the Soirées contes et chant series.

Thursday August 27th we play an intimate cafe show to open up the story-telling season.  7pm at Brûlerie Café-Crème, 911 boul. Roland-Therrien, Longeuil. Cover: $12

Friday Sept 25th we play again at Théâtre de l’Esquisse (Salle L’Imprévu), 4333 Marquette, near Marianne East, as part of les journées de la culture.  7:30pm, by donation

For both of these shows we’ll be joined by the lovely Coralie Gauthier on harp.

Hope to see you there!


Summer 2015 Tour

Hi Folks!

Check out the schedule so far for this summer’s shows and events. This list will be updated so do check in regularly, but we will be keeping you posted here and on facebook.

~  July 12th, 2015, MONTREAL, QC:  Røyst Trio/ (Norway) + Fruiting Bodies at BBAM! Gallery, 3pm sharp. Free / pass the hat. Facebook event here.
~  July 13th 2015: MONTREAL, OC: Vocal exploration workshop with Røyst Trio at Galeries du Parc, 3590 Jeanne Mance, 7pm sharp. Suggested donation $10-15, no one turned away. Facebook event here.
~  July 15th, 2015, OTTAWA, ON: Fruiting Bodies and Amira’s Grace at Raw Sugar Cafe, Doors open at 8, show 9-11. $5 cover, no one turned away. Facebook event here.
~  August 5th, 2015, TORONTO, ON: Ben Hermann, Fruiting Bodies and Twin Voices at the Smiling Buddha, 9pm. $8 – 10, no one turned away. Facebook event here.
~  August 7th 2015, CALEDON, ON: Fruiting Bodies plays at Whole Village Ecovillage. Stay posted for more details.
~  August 8th 2015, KITCHENER, ON: Fruiting Bodies and Janice Jo Lee play at Cafe Pyrus. Doors open at 7:30, show at 8pm. Cost sliding scale $6-10. Facebook event here
~  August 9th, 2015, GUELPH, ON: Fruiting Bodies and Ben Hermann play at The Cornerstone. Doors open at 8, show at 9. Pass the hat. Facebook event here.


Opening for Dana Sipos and Ben Hermann’s Spring Shakedown Album Release Tour: May 3rd 2015, Rocket Science Room

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We have the great pleasure of sharing the stage with Dana Sipos and Ben Hermann on their Montreal tour.

http://www.danasipos.com/

www.benhermann.bandcamp.com

When: Sunday May 3rd, 2015
Doors: 8pm, Show: 9pm

Where: Rocket Science Room
RSVP to the facebook event here for the address. If you do not have a facebook account contact us at fruitingbodiesmtl (a) gmail.com.


Opening for Daniel Isaiah’s Launch of Come into Gone – April 7th 2015 at Casa del Popolo

Come out to join us for the lovely Daniel Isaiah’s album launch on April 7th at Casa del Popolo, we are excited to be opening up the night for him with a few songs.

Daniel Isaiah is thrilled to announce the release of his sophomore record, the introspective yet upbeat, Come Into Gone, out March 31st on Secret City Records. See more details here.

Doors 8PM / Show 9PM
8$ in advance / 10$ at the door
–> http://thepointofsale.com/tickets/POP150407001/
and Phonopolis (207 Bernard Avenue W)

Hope to see you there!


Fruiting Bodies – Fascia

Streamline the album for free, or download it by donation and have it all to yourself by clicking “buy” above.
Écoutez notre album gratuitement en ligne, ou téléchargez-le par contribution volontaire en cliquant le lien ci-dessus.


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