George Westerholm

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George Westerholm is a Canadian musician, singer, comedian and writer. He has won three Canadian Comedy Awards for his work as a writer on This Hour Has 22 Minutes and The Toronto Show.

[edit] Musical career

Westerholm was part of a Toronto trio called Sinphonic in the mid-1990s, which released two cassettes and two CDs. He performed on both vocals and guitars, along with John Bowker (vocals, bass) and Dino Naccarato (drums). The group was "called everything from punk/surf to 'suave-garage', with influences from the style of Red Snapper to the recklessness of Link Wray."

Westerholm has also released a self-titled 6-track EP which includes his best-known song, "Trevor", and he was planning to release another one in the fall of 2006. "Trevor" achieved some notoriety after being played nationally on the CBC Radio One program DNTO. Westerholm's personal website is no longer functioning, but the track is currently being distributed with permission by another blogger who had contacted him about the song.

[edit] Discography

With Sinphonic

• Music by Sinphonic - cassette
• Ammunition - CD
• Live at the El Mocambo - cassette
• Man Vs. Himself - CD

Solo albums

• George Westerholm

[edit] External links

• Canadian Indy Band Database entry on Sinphonic.
• An interview with 'the entity known as Sinphonic' from May 2000.
• Now Magazine review of the band (near the bottom of the page).
• George Westerholm's Trevor hosted/distributed with permission.