sophiewonfor
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Interview on CKDU - April 21 2023
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"Hailing from Lunenburg, Nova Scotia is the emo-bard Roo, and ‘fumbling through the dark while looking for a light’ is the theme of Blooming, Glooming (Part I), a four piece EP featuring the vocals and acoustic guitar of Sophie Wonfor to provide a hope and serenity hard to find in a weary world." – Brandon Kruze
[www.cupsncakespod.com/quick-picks/2022/1/14/pick-a-piper-rick-white-roo-and-humours]
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"Singer-songwriter Roo's measured folk songs have a transfixing, moonlike glow to them. Her EP Blooming, Glooming (Part I), the first instalment of a planned three-part series, is eerie, beautiful and full of big feelings. If you can't wait around for the trilogy's next part, check out Sun-Titled, a collection of equally entrancing tunes released under Roo's given name, Sophie Wonfor."
– Laura Stanley
[exclaim.ca/music/article/new_faves_emerging_canadian_artists_you_need_to_hear_february_2022]
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"As Roo, Sophie Wonfor describes herself as an “emo-bard, leaning into the light at the end of every tunnel.” It’s both an ominous and beautiful description which is the exact vibe of Roo’s music. “While,” the first song from a forthcoming three-part series ‘Blooming, Glooming,’ is a slow and steady folk track. Its gentle, hypnotic pacing is perfectly attuned with Wonfor’s appeal for patience and celebration of growth. • LS"
[ https://dominionated.ca/newsletter/encouraging-words-for-a-long-winter-november-2021/]
Roo Wonfor
Live Performances:
Sunday November 17 "music & poetry" at Gus' Pub, 7 doors/8 show, Kjipuktuk/Halifax
Booking ☞ Worst Dad Ever / Kickdrum / email me
Merch ☞ shirts, ceramics, cassettes
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"Self-described emo-bard, Sophie Wonfor returns with a new project called Roo. Under this name she plans to release a three EP series that will be called Blooming, Glooming. The series will arrive through the fantastic Toronto label, Vain Mina and the first of the three EPs is expected to be released in December. Blooming, Glooming follows Wonfor’s Sun-Titled album which arrived at the beginning of 2021.
Today the Cups N Cakes Network is pleased to be premiering the first single from Blooming, Glooming. The track is called “While” and it features the lyric from which the series got its title:
“While the trees were blooming, I was busy glooming.”
Wonfor explains further:
“While, like most of my songs, was written unintentionally, but speaks back to me with great clarity. It asserts that some things dont have seasons, and that our moods and emotions can catch up to us at any time. There is no water-tight container for dreaming, and with glooming the same is too often true. “While” holds both glooming and blooming at once. Everything happens when it needs to, regardless of how many hours of daylight or inches of rainfall. What the seasons do best is encourage us to tune in. This song is about listening to a stirring within … moving beyond our expectations of what we ought to be feeling, and tapping into an agreement with the truth that fuels us.”
Enjoy this exclusive premiere below and keep your eyes peeled to Vain Mina for the track to be officially released on November 9th."
[ https://www.cupsncakespod.com/news/2021/11/6/premiere-roo-while ]
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