Lullaby Baxter

Calgary, AB

http://radio3.cbc.ca/bands/Lullaby-Baxter

Genres: Alt Pop, Pop Singer Songwriter
Website: Http://www.lullabybaxter.com
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Label: Boompa! Records

Lullaby Baxter was waiting tables at Montreal's Jello Bar in 1997 when, the story goes, somebody coaxed her to get on stage to sing an impromptu rendition of Billie Holiday's "Lover Man (Oh Where Can You Be?)" that brought down the house. Encouraged by the response, Baxter immediately purchased a guitar and began writing songs with her friend, Lutwidge Sedgwick. That resulted in her 2000 debut for Atlantic Records, Capable Egg. The album was recorded with Oranj Symphonette, garnered Baxter comparisons to Ella Fitzgerald, and earned positive reviews from Spin, Q and other publications. Six years later, the two are ready to release their second album, Garden Cities Of To-Morrow. Vancouver's Boompa Records will put out the 12-track effort internationally on July 18. "I took risks that resulted in discovering recesses of talent I didn't even know I had," says Baxter of the album. "I have matured and become a more sophisticated lady." For this sophomore effort, Baxter enlisted the help of pop duo Ben Sumner and Peter Baldwin (known collectively as Hercules) in an attempt to bring her music to another level. Before the album was completed, Baxter hired, fired and then "shamefacedly" rehired Hercules.