Ursula is:
banjo, accordian, banjolin, fiddle, ukelele, guitar, kazoo, voices
Nathan, Lara, Steffen, Rocky, matt magura.
Influences
riding trains, sleeping under the stars, freak and sideshows, the ghosts that live in our house, dinosaurs, freak bikes, home made instruments, coffee, bicycles, choochoo trains, bad tattoos, all day breakfast, bicycles, snow, space ships, glow in the dark stars, Fiction, library's, ninja the house cat, old scratched records, dancing, two rivers beer, wild irish rose sherry, abandoned places, sleep deprivation, burlesque... our tolerant friends.
Ursula emerged from the deep sea of Winnipeg in January 2007 in a desperate move to escape the long cold winter and play music for people across the country. With no money and a few cheap and out of tune instruments they hitchhiked to Halifax trying to write and learn songs to play when they got there. This was Ursula’s first tour.
Since then, their master violinist was eaten by a pterodactyl, and was replaced by a ukulele playing, cannibalistic kleptomaniac but alas... she ate her own arms.
Now, armed with a backpack full of songs, the Folk-Noir duo plays for horrified audiences whenever they can. Pirate Radio , Coffee Shops, House shows, all ages spaces and hobo masquerades under bridges, they have toured from coast to coast getting their catchy tunes stuck in everyone’s head.
They have been described as “of the “morbid” genre” , “Capitan Beefheart meets Billie Holiday” and “too punk for the folks, too folk for the punks"
Hey Nate..We got a show at OZzy's in WPG on the 2th of this month...do you have any suggestions for how we can get the kids out? Have fun in the US...love joey and leah
no i need to be back in mtl for august 23 so yeah i guess the next time i will get to see ya will be on your marriage or something execpt if you come to mtl during the winter cheers lady good luck to ya
got to van tonight tried to find you guys show but didnt find out where was it so let me know you guys are still around for the weekend come play for me in th epark or something kiss stella for me cheers hope you guys had a great night didnt ended up going further than prince gorges my bag got stoled shit !
you guys are awesome!! your cd is my newest favorite and I'm trying to figure out which one to cover!!! he he. so i would still love to try and set up a show for us here in bellingham and if you would uh...like a saw accompaniment for your set i uh...know someone who uh...could play with you...(hint hint) if you're interested let me know. happy travels to ursula players of beautifully creepy music to dream to!
I didn't know you guys are playing at artswells! I'll see you there. Will you be in Winipeg in mid september, and if so would you like to do a show together there?? o'mally
Hey, I'm the same kid from the infoshop who asked yall to come play at the really really free market event. So what time do you want to play? Afternoon? Like 1pm, 2pm, 3pm? Are any other bands coming and playing with you that I should add to the flier? Email me at sbfreemarket@gmail.com to lemme know asap, thanks! -Angie
I just started reading Neverwhere and I wanted to tell you that. So far so good. I'm terrible at putting stamped paper in mailboxes in a timely fashion, so give me a shout next time you're in Vancouver. I have prezzies for you. Love love love Jes
Come on now, that's just mean! Send me the poster for an amazing show that I won't be at. Way to go, jerks. (p.s. you're not actually jerks. You are however, sorely missed by me. I can't wait to get back and see you folks again. I think I'm going to have some sweet new tattoos by then, too. Yah!)
well, i'm in halifax but rocky and everyone should be there in a few days! i got appendicitus and spent the last few days in the hospital in ottawa so not so much in the fun department. I guess I won't see you till this summer sometime :( cant wait till then though!
thanks Nathan. and yes you heard correct, I got a haircut, nothing too drastic... I got my bike converted into a fixed gear today! I have been wanting to get it done ever since I rode yours and Lara's when you were at my place recording last summer, so fun!
