User:ShaunaPaul/The Wilderness of Manitoba

The Wilderness of Manitoba are a Canadian chamber-folk quintet from Toronto, Canada. The band is made up of Will Whitwham (guitar, ukelele, keys, vocals), Scott Bouwmeester (guitar, bass, percussion, vocals), Stefan Banjevic (guitar, banjo, uke, cello, vocals), Melissa Dalton (guitar, shakers, vocals), and Sean Lancaric (percussion).

Their first EP, Hymns of Love & Spirits was recorded in the basement of Delaware House, a home the band members share. Their US debut album, When You Left The Fire was released on May 10, 2011 by New York-based record label, tinyOGRE Entertainment. . They are represented by Vérité Recording Company in Canada. They have played with such notable acts as Basia Bulat,and the Rural Alberta Advantage.

The Store Behind: Evening

The song “Evening” was written sometime in the late sixties by Will’s mother. She gave him a recording of it and other songs she’d written in New York. Will had wanted to do something with “Evening” for a long time and asked the band if they would cover it. Stefan took the song away and came back with a different arrangement, vocal phrasing and instrumentation. It clicked right away, tapping into something more suited to their haunting sound. Two weeks after the song had been recorded as a live demo in the basement of Delaware House, CBC Radio 3 chose it as Track of the Day.