Weewerk, stylized as (weewerk), is an

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folk, roots, bluegrass, country record label and artist-management company based in

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, Canada. It was founded in

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as an art-and-music salon series in the apartment of Teenage USA Recordings partner Phil Klygo and artist-curator Germaine Koh. Klygo was Festival Director of

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from 2001 to 2007.Wilson, Carl. "Landscape in crimson and clover", ''

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'', 2004-03-04, p. R5. Weewerk has released albums from

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, United Steel Workers of Montreal, The Barmitzvah Brothers, Barzin, Ox, Two-Minute Miracles, The Burning Hell, Filly & The Flops, Proof of Ghosts,

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, Don Brownrigg, FemBots, Canteen Knockout,

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and The Travelling Band. The label's name is a play on the name of fellow Canadian record label

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, and was named for the small apartment space in which the company was founded.

Discography

, ''

'' # The Barmitzvah Brothers, ''Mr. Bones' Walk-In Closet'' #

, '' Tin Type'' #

, '' Bodies and Minds'' # Barzin, '' My Life in Rooms'' # United Steel Workers of Montreal, ''Broken Trucks and Bottles'' #

, '' Hands in Dirty Ground'' # Ox, '' American Lo Fi'' #

, '' Ongiara'' # United Steel Workers of Montreal, ''Kerosene and Coal'' # The Two-Minute Miracles, ''Volume 3.5: Rats'' # The Two-Minute Miracles, '' Volume IV: The Lions of Love'' # The Barmitzvah Brothers, ''Let's Express Our Motives'' # The Burning Hell, ''Happy Birthday'' # Harmonica, ''Miaow, Miaow...BARK!'' # Proof of Ghosts, ''Proof of Ghosts'' #

, ''Cities of Gifts and Ghosts'' # The Burning Hell, ''Tick, Tock'' # Don Brownrigg, ''Wander Songs'' # Canteen Knockout, ''Navajo Steel'' # The Two-Minute Miracles, ''Volume I'' (re-release) # The Travelling Band, ''The Redemption of Mr. Tom'' # Various Artists, ''(weewerk) is 6!'' # FemBots, '' Calling Out'' # The Burning Hell/

, ''Split 7"'' #

, ''Song Sung Blue'' # Jon-Rae Fletcher, ''Oh, Maria'' # United Steel Workers of Montreal, ''Three on the Tree'' # The Burning Hell, ''

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'' #

/ Audiotransparent, ''Split 7"'' # Ox, '' Burnout'' # Filly and the Flops, ''Filly and the Flops'' # Canteen Knockout, ''Broken Down Town''

Label compilations

On October 14, 2008 (weewerk) released ''(weewerk) is 6!'', a compilation to celebrate their sixth anniversary.

References

External links

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Discography

Label compilations

See also

References

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