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''Friends in Bellwoods II'' is a
compilation album A compilation album comprises Album#Tracks, tracks, which may be previously released or unreleased, usually from several separate recordings by either one Performing arts#Performers, performer or by several performers. If the recordings are from ...
, released in 2009 by
Out of This Spark Out of this Spark is an independent record label founded in the fall of 2006 by Stuart Duncan in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The label is an artist-focused label that works to release fun, exciting and innovative music, with a focus a facilitating ...
as a benefit for Toronto's
Daily Bread Food Bank Daily Bread Food Bank (DBFB) is a Canadian charity organization with a stated goal of ending hunger in Toronto by collaborating with all to eliminate food insecurity and advocate for solutions to end poverty. Founded in 1983, the organization is ...
. The album is a sequel to the 2007 compilation '' Friends in Bellwoods''. Where the original album was, in part, a celebration of the scene and community that had emerged around the Trinity-Bellwoods home of
Ohbijou Ohbijou was a Canadian indie pop band that was based in Toronto, Ontario. The music of Ohbijou draws on pop, folk and bluegrass influences. History Ohbijou began as the solo project of Brantford singer-songwriter Casey Mecija.Sayej, Nadja. "U ...
's Casey Mecija, ''Bellwoods II'' marked an ending, as its recording and release coincided with Mecija learning that she would have to move out of the house due to a toxic mold infestation."Ohbijou members hunt for new home". ''
Saskatoon Star-Phoenix ''The StarPhoenix'' is a daily newspaper that serves Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada, and is a part of Postmedia Network. It has been referred to as a "sister newspaper" to the ''Regina Leader-Post, Leader-Post''. The ''StarPhoenix'' puts out si ...
'', November 12, 2009.
Early coverage of the album's release also noted that where the original album had documented an emerging scene of artists who were largely unknown outside Toronto, by the time of the second album's release several of the involved artists — including Ohbijou, The Acorn,
The Rural Alberta Advantage The Rural Alberta Advantage is a Canadian indie rock band that formed in 2005 in Toronto, Ontario. The band consists of Nils Edenloff on lead vocals and guitar; Amy Cole (Robin Hatch between September 2016 and January 2018) on keyboards, bass, an ...
, Timber Timbre,
Basia Bulat Barbara Josephine Bulat, known professionally as Basia Bulat (), is a Canadian Folk music, folk singer-songwriter. She is known for performing with an autoharp. Early life and education Bulat grew up in Etobicoke, Ontario where her mother was ...
and
Great Lake Swimmers Great Lake Swimmers is a Canadian folk rock band from Wainfleet, Ontario, and currently based in Toronto. The current touring line-up is Tony Dekker on lead vocals, acoustic guitar and harmonica, Erik Arnesen on banjo, electric guitar and Pump o ...
— had broken out to significant national or international success.


Track listing


Disc One

# Forest City Lovers, "Minneapolis" #
Le Pigeon Le Pigeon is a French bistro in Portland, Oregon's Buckman, Portland, Oregon, Buckman neighborhood, in the United States. History Le Pigeon was previously known as Colleen's Bistro. Head chef Gabriel Rucker invested in the restaurant and became ...
, "Freezing Rain" #
Basia Bulat Barbara Josephine Bulat, known professionally as Basia Bulat (), is a Canadian Folk music, folk singer-songwriter. She is known for performing with an autoharp. Early life and education Bulat grew up in Etobicoke, Ontario where her mother was ...
, "My Heart Is a Warning" # The Acorn, "Slippery When Wet" # Canadian Wildlife, "Winter's Moon" # Double Suicide, "Touch the Sun" # Great Bloomers, "Find My Way" # Lisa Bozikovic, "The Letting Go" # Bellewoods, "Kneel on the Apron" #
Kate Rogers Kate Rogers is a Canadian singer from Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Biography Rogers was raised in rural Ontario and studied at the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto for seven years. Her early career as a recording artist included voc ...
, "The Same Party" # Timber Timbre, "Water" # No Kids, "All That Heaven Allows" # Snailhouse, "Don't Go Anywhere" #
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, "Red Sun (Demo Version)" # Sylvie Smith, "On Our Own" #
Bruce Peninsula The Bruce Peninsula is a peninsula in Ontario, Canada, that divides Georgian Bay of Lake Huron from the lake's main basin. The peninsula extends roughly northwestwards from the rest of Southwestern Ontario, pointing towards Manitoulin Island, wi ...
, "In Parallel" #
Gentleman Reg Reginald Vermue is a Canadian indie rock singer from Guelph, Ontario. Born in Trenton, Ontario, he has recorded music under the stage names Gentleman Reg and Regina Gently. His musical style has been compared to Elliott Smith, Aimee Mann, The Sm ...
, "For Trust" #
Evening Hymns Evening Hymns is a Canadians, Canadian indie rock, indie folk rock band, whose core member is singer and songwriter Jonas Bonnetta. The remainder of the band consists of a rotating collective of musicians, including members of Ohbijou, The Wooden ...
, "Cedars" # Kite Hill, "Tom Thumbtack" # The Bellwoods Crew, "Staten Island Waltz"


Disc Two

# The Dinghies, "The Right Honourable
Stephen Harper Stephen Joseph Harper (born April 30, 1959) is a Canadian politician who served as the 22nd prime minister of Canada from 2006 to 2015. He is to date the only prime minister to have come from the modern-day Conservative Party of Canada, ser ...
" #
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, "Inspiration Bellwoods" #
Kids on TV Kids on TV was a Canadian punk music, punk-house music, house queercore band from Toronto, active from 2003 to 2013. The group consisted of John Caffery on bass and vocals, Minus Smile on drums, electronics and vocals, Chris 'Wolf' Mills on guita ...
, "Poison" # Katie Stelmanis, "Believe Me" # The D'Urbervilles, "Magic Arrow" #
Sebastien Grainger Sebastien Alexandre Grainger (born 11 April 1979) is a Canadian singer and musician, best known as drummer and singer of the alternative rock duo Death from Above and the singer and guitarist for his band Sebastien Grainger & the Mountains. He ...
, "Home Is the Light" #
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, "Living Off the Land" #
Ohbijou Ohbijou was a Canadian indie pop band that was based in Toronto, Ontario. The music of Ohbijou draws on pop, folk and bluegrass influences. History Ohbijou began as the solo project of Brantford singer-songwriter Casey Mecija.Sayej, Nadja. "U ...
, "An Ode to an End" #
Great Lake Swimmers Great Lake Swimmers is a Canadian folk rock band from Wainfleet, Ontario, and currently based in Toronto. The current touring line-up is Tony Dekker on lead vocals, acoustic guitar and harmonica, Erik Arnesen on banjo, electric guitar and Pump o ...
, "Send Me a Letter" # The Low Notes, "Glory Glory" #
Snowblink Snowblink is an indie pop band based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
, "When Pushed from a High Branch" #
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, "yggdrasil" # Emma McKenna, "Happiness" #
Richard Laviolette Richard Andrew Laviolette (August 22, 1982 – September 5, 2023) was a Canadian singer-songwriter based in Guelph, Ontario. He released material under a variety of band names, including Mary Carl, Richard Laviolette and His Black Lungs, Richard ...
, "Media Song" # The Adam Brown, "Joy Rider" # The Phonemes, "April, Let's Send His Colleagues an Email" #
The Rural Alberta Advantage The Rural Alberta Advantage is a Canadian indie rock band that formed in 2005 in Toronto, Ontario. The band consists of Nils Edenloff on lead vocals and guitar; Amy Cole (Robin Hatch between September 2016 and January 2018) on keyboards, bass, an ...
, "Rough and Tumble" #
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, "New to Old Money" # Hooded Fang, "Highway Steam" # The Wooden Sky, "My Old Ghosts"


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''Friends in Bellwoods''
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