Daniela Gesundheit

I’ve just arrived home, and my minus-40, trudge-through-any-weather, supposedly invincible boots are full of snow. Now thawing my toes with chai tea and songs that speak to the lovelier faces of winter, I am coming to better terms with the snowflakes coursing by the window.  Snowblink has become my cold-weather musical obsession as of late, with songs like Green to Gone combining the delicate vocal talents of Daniela Gesundheit with nuanced strings and a poppy melody that will soothe any grumbles about damp socks and cold fingers.

Being Gesundheit’s brainchild, Snowblink has included a rotating group of musicians since its inception in 2005, the current touring band being comprised of Daniela and Dan Goldman (although as Snowblink’s website states, guest musicians are always implied). Gesundheit is a serial musical and artistic collaborator, and is currently also a part of Bruce Peninsula and has worked with an extensive list of artists that I won’t list now but that you can check out here. While they’ve technically recorded three albums, the most readily available is Live Long, released in 2008 with lovely tracks like the aforementioned Green to Gone, as well as Rutt and Nuzzle, and Ambergris. Be sure to give the album a listen or even better, catch Snowblink opening for Owen Pallett in London, Brantford, or Hamilton later this week.

And here‘s a [more] acoustic taste of Green to Gone.

For more Snowblink, check out Myspace and snowblink.org