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Hayden — The Place Where We Lived

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By Ian Gormely (CHARTattack) June 12, 2009 1:12 pm
Hayden's determination not to be pigeonholed continues on The Place Where We Lived. This album comes hot on the heels of last year's mostly acoustic In Field & Town. Here, Hayden more often turns to the piano as he recounts a breakup in agonizing detail. Curiously, he uses this muse to craft some of the most pop-oriented material of his...
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Hayden Performance "Effortless" Success

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By Cameron Gordon (CHARTattack) February 20, 2008 1:00 pm
With the recent release of his fifth album and an army of ardent followers, Toronto's Hayden is nothing if not consistent. What this Thornlea Secondary School alumnus lacks in self-promotion, he makes up for in self-awareness and as a result, he can still pack theatres such as the Music Hall with little to no effort. His new In Field & Town...
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In The Dead Of Winter Festival Warms Up Halifax

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By Shannon Webb-Campbell (CHARTattack) February 4, 2008 2:00 pm
With the corporate season behind us, the longing for spring thickens. But there's one final occasion worth noting before the ground thaws, the leaves start budding and a sense of renewal fills the air — the inaugural In The Dead Of Winter Festival. Posters of the fest's emblematic snowy owl clinging to lampposts via packing tape and staples...
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Hayden — In Field & Town

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By Noah Love (CHARTattack) January 22, 2008 8:53 pm
Since his 1995 debut, Hayden has drifted in and out of the public consciousness. When he puts out a record, it seems like he's everywhere. Then, for two or three years it seems like he's nowhere. After every absence, a new Hayden returns. Following the meandering pop of 2004's Elk Lake Serenade, In Field & Town is a more crisp and catchy...
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Hayden — Elk-Lake Serenade

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By Lauren Ferranti (CHARTattack) May 11, 2004 1:49 pm
Typically, it’s bad form for a reviewer to fawn over a new record. But fawn I will. Hayden’s latest serenade is an exercise in opposites — the music marries woe and hope and he moves seamlessly from the tragic tale of a camping excursion gone wrong to a cheeky pop song about a Hollywood starlet. The singer’s low rumbling growl is juxtaposed with...
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Hayden — Live At Convocation Hall

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By Jenny Yuen (CHARTattack) July 30, 2002 9:16 am
Hayden’s first live disc can best be described as "acoustic romance songs." Sounds fitting for him, doesn’t it? It’s intense without being overbearing, serious at times and funny at others  — a perfect balance. Recorded at U of T’s Convocation Hall on March 9 of this year, the setlist selection is wise, with a good combination of slower...
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Pumping: Hayden - The Place Where We Live

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By The Stereo (CHARTattack) May 20, 2009 2:51 pm
Hey, it's another Hayden record. Who knew? It's pretty much just like any other Hayden record. This one's a little less electric and a little more country-folk than the last one. Whatevs. By now you're either onside or you're in some weird, pointless feud with Hayden because you did something like run a photo of him standing in front of...
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New Hayden Album In May

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By Jen White (CHARTattack) April 22, 2009 11:34 am
Hayden will release his sixth studio album, The Place Where We Lived, on May 26 through his Hardwood Records label. The somewhat reclusive artist brought in friend and fellow Toronto musician Howie Beck to produce the album, making it Hayden's first non-self-produced record since 1998's The Closer I Get. "On the last three records, I took...
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Pumping: Hayden - Skyscraper National Park

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By The Stereo (CHARTattack) March 20, 2009 12:07 pm
We're pretty sure Hayden still hates us (can't we just get along?), but we're big enough to say this is a really great album, and perhaps to some, his best. That "Carried Away" song is a good bunch of fun, too. 
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Pumping: Hayden —In Field & Town

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By The Stereo (CHARTattack) December 19, 2008 3:07 pm
Hayden's getting pretty desperate to do something that sounds like Harvest, isn't he? Well, aping Neil efficiently is fine (this album's solid), but if you really want to go for it, we want something heavier — your "Cinnamon Girl" — and then some weird Trans shit. Then come talk to us.
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Black Mountain, The Sadies And Hayden To Play Dawson City Music Festival

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) May 2, 2008 4:00 pm
Black Mountain, The Sadies, Hayden and Justin Rutledge are among the first artists confirmed to play this year's Dawson City Music Festival. The festival takes place from July 18 to 20 at venues throughout Dawson City. Tickets are on sale now through Ticketpro. Weekend passes are $100 and will get you in to every show. Day passes will run you $...
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Hayden's Reluctant To Add To "Uninteresting Talk Of Music"

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By Shannon Webb-Campbell (CHARTattack) February 15, 2008 5:00 pm
Hayden has become the talk of the town, at least in most metropolitan places in Canada. The soft-spoken troubadour has been playing songs from his latest collection, In Field & Town, from St. John's, Nfld. to Victoria, B.C. "Sadly, after 13 years of touring Canada, it will be the first time I've ever made it out to St. John's,"...
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Hayden To Release Sixth Album In January

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By Moya Dillon (CHARTattack) November 12, 2007 3:00 pm
Hayden is back with the much-anticipated follow-up to 2004's Elk-Lake Serenade. New album In Field & Town will be available Jan. 15 from Hardwood Records. The new 11-track record was produced and recorded by Hayden. He previewed some of the new material earlier this month during supporting gigs for The National, with whom he's currently...
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