Deluxe Edition features three brand new songs
Juno Award nominated, Polaris Prize short-listed and ECMA-laden musician, Tim Baker offers up a deluxe version of 2024’s critically acclaimed holiday-inspired album, Full Rainbow of Light. This deluxe edition features three new songs; a cover of Jackson Browne’s “The Rebel Jesus,” the warm & nostalgic “A Little Bit of Room” and the tender and playful “Every Ribbon.”
“It’s a fun one,” says Tim of Every Ribbon. “Actually, it’s quite sad, but wrapped in bright paper so to speak. It’s an idea I’ve loved for a long time, but couldn’t quite get there in time for Full Rainbow of Light. It’s actually unrecognizable from what it was last year, except in concept. It’s a song about someone dreading Christmas, not because they’re some cartoonish Scrooge, but because the good memories of Christmases now gone are too painful to relive.”
As usual, the depth of the songwriting on Full Rainbow Of Light shines – these are masterful, nearly-all-original compositions that are set in the warm glow of the holidays, at Christmastime. Inspiration for this album stems largely from Tim’s connection to Newfoundland and that place’s unique feeling – and corresponding experiences – in December of each year.
“Creating the album, Full Rainbow of Light took a long time. For years at Christmas, after all the shows and madness, I would sit at the piano, let all the large feelings coalesce into songs and fragments, and just sort of tuck them away, like you do. I eventually realized what I was making, and so last year was the year I made a Christmas record. But that didn’t stop the process that put it all into motion, nor lay to rest for good the songs that hadn’t yet fully found their finished form. I was honestly a little disappointed that I had several songs exploring on the harder side of Christmas that I couldn’t finish in time to include. I really wanted the album to look at the whole holiday, and shine light into some the darker corners too, because there’s grief and greed and heartbreak to it, in addition to all the joy and hope and love we all prefer to sing about. Now, with this year’s Deluxe Edition, I think I’ve gotten a lot closer to what I intended. I hope you enjoy the new additions.”
Upcoming Shows:
December 11 – Gravenhurst, ON @Gravenhurst Opera House~ LOW TICKET ALERT
December 12 – Galt, ON @ Farm League Brewing~ SOLD OUT
December 13 – Ridgeway, ON – Sanctuary Centre for the Arts~ SOLD OUT
December 18 – Bonavista, NL @ Garrick Theatre* LOW TICKET ALERT
December 19 – St. John’s, NL @ JAG Soundhouse* SOLD OUT
December 20 – St. John’s, NL @ JAG Soundhouse* SOLD OUT
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