Weewerk

Weewerk, stylized as (weewerk), is an independent folk, roots, bluegrass, country record label and artist-management company based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It was founded in 2002 as an art-and-music salon series in the apartment of Teenage USA Recordings partner Phil Klygo and artist-curator Germaine Koh.[1][2][3][4] Klygo was Festival Director of Canadian Music Week from 2001 to 2007.[5]

Weewerk has released albums from Great Lake Swimmers, Elliott Brood, United Steel Workers of Montreal, The Barmitzvah Brothers, Barzin, Ox, Two-Minute Miracles, The Burning Hell, Filly & The Flops, Proof of Ghosts, Jenny Omnichord, Don Brownrigg, FemBots, Canteen Knockout, Art Bergmann and The Travelling Band.

The label's name is a play on the name of fellow Canadian record label Nettwerk, and was named for the small apartment space in which the company was founded.

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  2. ^ Wilson, Carl. "Music in tune with the new city", The Globe and Mail, 2003-11-13, p. R4.
  3. ^ Everett-Green, Robert. "What makes a scene", The Globe and Mail, 2004-09-17, p. R27.
  4. ^ Ladoucuer, Liisa (November 2004). "Collective souls: co-operative values are catching on among Canadian bands, spawning large ensemble acts of 10 or more members who share the spotlight as well as sharing royalties and responsibility", This Magazine, 38 (3): 20.
  5. ^ Wilson, Carl. "Landscape in crimson and clover", The Globe and Mail, 2004-03-04, p. R5.