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BIO
A uniquely enduring Canadian artist, Hawksley Workman has maintained a decades-long career while still drawing crowds worldwide and amassing new fans with every release. The JUNO Award-winning and Gold Record certified singer-songwriter had a landmark year on the road in 2024, touring across every Canadian province and the Yukon. Internationally, he also completed a successful tour across the UK and Europe.
Since his ground-breaking self-produced indie debut For Him and The Girls through to chart-topping singles of the 2020’s, Hawksley has careened between major label international smash hits to Canadiana-soaked indie releases. Boasting a catalogue of 17 solo records, Hawksley’s genre defying style strings together folk, chart pop and irrepressible cabaret. His show-stopping vocals on songs about weather, love, heartbreak and tales of end-times have garnered him a league of devoted fans.
Performing over a thousand shows worldwide, Hawksley has headlined prestigious venues like Massey Hall and The Olympia in Paris. He has built loyal fan bases in the UK, France, Norway and Australia launching many successful tours, demystifying and delighting fans while drawing on an enviable catalogue of mischievous favourites, glammy stompers and heartfelt hymns to small town Canada.
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“Hawksley Workman: He is a survivor. One of the rare Canadian artists who has managed to forge a decades-long career and still draw a crowd. And more comfortable in his skin than ever.”
The Coast (2024)
“There is, in Hawksley Workman, an absolutely prodigious sense of survival, Less Rage More Tears only confirms it. From the start, Hawksley Workman gives himself up without a net, he bares himself again, which does not prevent his songs from revealing a striking combat modesty.” OuiFM, France (2020)
“Workman proves instantly why he has been a music staple for a number of years. His honest and thoughtful lyricism floats above a heavenly cloud, giving a treat for both the eyes and ears.” No Depression (2020)
“Impressively, he not only has plenty to say, but also understands the importance of putting things in a way that seems effortlessly original.” Georgia Straight (2020)