Basia Bulat’s Tall Tall Shadow Gets On Polaris Prize Short List

BASIA BULAT’S TALL TALL SHADOW NAMED TO POLARIS PRIZE SHORT LIST

Basia Bulat has been named to the short list for Canada’s prestigious Polaris Prize for her third studio album Tall Tall Shadow. Her second time on the short list, Bulat was previously honored for 2008’s Oh, My Darling.

Bulat’s inclusion on the short list makes Tall Tall Shadow officially one of the ten best Canadian records of the year. The album, which received widespread critical praise in the U.S., was also named Huffington Post Canada’s Album of the Year and was nominated for a 2014 Juno Award.

Currently playing select concert and festival dates in Canada and Europe, including a recent stop at Toronto’s iconic Massey Hall, Bulat will play dates in the U.S. this fall with Bahamas. Please see below for full tour routing.

Critical praise for Tall Tall Shadow:

“A pleasing, conflicted songwriter with a dash of twee charm. ‘Tall Tall Shadow’…confronts tides of loss and alienation with quiet resilience.”—The New York Times

“Bulat has a singular voice, with a confident yet vulnerable tone, and she sings with an impassioned yearning that suggests the vast wilderness of her homeland…Tall Tall Shadow shows her maturing as a songwriter.”—The New Yorker

“The Canadian troubadour combines a shivery grace with a haunting intensity.”—USA Today

“Basia Bulat is a chanteuse from Canada with a haunting voice, adept at telling tales to warm the winter night…Bulat presents folk music with a sexy twist”—Metro

“Her crystalline voice cuts straight through to your soul.”—Baeble
“The Canadian folk singer has the ability to captivate an audience.”—Utne Reader

“On this, her third album to date, the Canadian chanteuse offers up a series of deceptively delicate entreaties that quickly give way to the sort of emphatic rhythms and boisterous melodies that reflect an unmistakably bold confidence.”—Blurt

BASIA BULAT TOUR DATES

July 20 Crawford Bay, BC Starbelly Jam

July 22 Calgary, AB National Music Centre

July 24 Calgary, AB Calgary Folk Festival

July 27 Guelph, ON Hillside Festival

July 31 Gravenhurst, ON Peter’s Players

August 2 Montreal, QC Osheaga

August 3 Sackville, NB Sappyfest

August 6 Edmonton, AB Edmonton Folk Festival

August 10 St John’s, NF Newfoundland & Labrador Folk Festival

August 20 Malmo, Sweden Malmö Festival

August 21 Varberg, Sweden Majjas Cafe

August 23 Bergen, Norway Landmark

August 29 Visby, Sweden Bungenäs Kalkbrott

August 30 Stockhold, Sweden Popaganda

October 1 Chicago, IL Schuba’s*

October 2 Indianapolis, IN The Hi-Fi*

October 3 St. Louis, MO Duck Room, Blueberry Hill*

October 4 Kansas City, MO The Record Bar*

October 6 Colorado Springs, CO Ivywild*

October 7 Denver, CO Larimer Lounge*

October 10 West Hollywood, CA The Roxy*

October 11 San Francisco, CA Slim’s*

October 14 Portland, OR Doug Fir Lounge*

October 15 Seattle, WA Columbia City Theater*

*with Bahamas