Tony Dekker is a Canadian singer and songwriter."Tony Dekker tries to get back to nature". The Globe and Mail, January 18, 2014. Most noted as leader of the indie folk band Great Lake Swimmers,"Making A Splash; Great Lake Swimmers has new energy, fortified by band members' time apart on other projects". Ottawa Citizen, April 21, 2015. he has also released two solo albums.
Early life and education Born and raised in Wainfleet, Ontario,"Tony Dekker's rural roots". Welland Tribune, July 22, 2005. Dekker studied literature at the University of Western Ontario."Dekker's music is his art". Welland Tribune, July 12, 2003.
Career Dekker recorded his band's first two albums, Great Lake Swimmers and Bodies and Minds, in Wainfleet, in an abandoned grain silo and a Catholic church, respectively. By the time of the band's third album Ongiara, Dekker and the band were based in Toronto full time."Songs to dive into". The Globe and Mail, March 30, 2007. In 2008, Dekker composed the score for Song Sung Blue, a documentary film.
In addition to his work with Great Lake Swimmers, Dekker released his debut solo album Prayer of the Woods in 2013."Tony Dekker: Prayer of the Woods". Exclaim!, October 4, 2013. He followed up in 2014 with Tony Dekker Sings 10 Years of Zunior, an album of covers of other Canadian artists, including Old Man Luedecke, Chad VanGaalen, Christine Fellows, Ohbijou, Rae Spoon, Matt Mays, Martin Tielli, Jennifer Castle and Cadence Weapon."First Play: Tony Dekker sings 10 years of Zunior" . CBC Music, July 29, 2014.
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