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Toronto, ON – May 19, 2022 –  Today, Toronto's rising Ghost Caravan (the project of singer, songwriter, actress and performer, Shaina Silver-Baird), releases a danceable, exciting and vibrant cover of Elvis Costello's Girls Talk. Bringing up teenage memories, Ghost Caravan felt the track was reminiscent of a group of friends huddling, laughing and chatting. The track evokes the intoxicating force of gossip and the power of women's voices. Listen to Girls Talk and watch the video here.

Working with producer Joe Thompson, Shaina honed in on the lead vocals and lyrics, rather than layering harmonies as she usually would. Shaina was particularly drawn to Elvis Costello’s ability to pen lyrics that have two meanings at once, using word play, metaphor and poetry. "As a writer myself, I love that," she adds. 

Under The Cover - what inspired the track:
“The version of Girls Talk by Ghost Caravan is poppy, 80s nostalgia with a side of empowering cheekiness. Us girls... we've got secrets. And I know you wanna know them," says Ghost Caravan's Shaina Silver-Baird.  "When I hear a male voice singing the song it really feels like he’s on the outside looking in on the female experience. Seeing and hearing the rush and the power of girls talking and gossiping from the outside. But when I hear a woman sing it, like when Linda Ronstadt sings it or I sing it, it feels like the whole story of the song is flipped - it’s now being sung from the inside of the experience. It’s empowered and a little cheeky. I’m saying - “I know you wanna know what I’m saying… and I know what I choose to say has power. Whether it’s to help or hurt… it has power.” 

The song arrives as the final preview to Coverama, the album it is featured on - pre-save it here. Coverama is a compilation filled with creative, fun and innovative renditions of classic pop and indie rock songs. It will be released tomorrow (Friday, May 20) via  Popguru Sound & Vision's boutique label, The Confidence Emperors. Ghost Caravan will perform alongside the project's featured artists and labelmates, John Orpheus, Alex Exists, Sam Casey, TANDM, and Juliana Eye on Saturday, May 21 at Drake Underground in Toronto for a celebration concert. Find all info and tickets here. 

In the series so far, we’ve heard John Orpheus cover Radiohead’s House Of Cards,  Alex Exists’ take on David Essex’s Rock On, Juliana Eye’s stunning rendition of Blondie’s Dreaming, Sam Casey’s powerful interpretation of Etta James' I'd Rather Go Blind, and Canadian icons Martha and the Muffins’ chiming electric 12 string version of The English Beat's Save It For Later, and rising Toronto duo, TANDM, as they covered Counting Crows' Accidentally In Love. The Coverama album also includes tracks by UK-based alt pop singer-songwriter Chloe Kay sharing her take on Prince's When Doves Cry,  Will Whitwham (of The Wilderness of Manitoba) covering The Beach Boys' classic, God Only Knows, and a bonus track from Martha and the Muffins as they deliver their rendition of For What It’s Worth (Buffalo Springfield). See a complete track listing below.

About Ghost Caravan:
Ghost Caravan is a group of collaborators led by singer/actress Shaina Silver-Baird. On her debut album and various singles released since, Silver-Baird has collaborated with members of Martha and the Muffins, Grand Analog and the Weeknd. Silver-Baird says, “My music is about finding the light, the moment when you realize your own strength and ability to move forward. I want to be proud to share our songs with young women. There are so many voices in the world telling women how to think and feel about themselves. I want to be the voice that celebrates women. I want to empower and uplift people.”

The music itself is anthemic pop with a hint of electronica. The Ghost Caravan live show mixes electronic elements with live instruments creating a sound that is cinematic and invigorating. Silver-Baird elaborates, “I want to continue to push in the direction of upbeat lyrics coupled with musically compelling tracks. It’s such an exciting sound – very contemporary and yet derived from something deeper and older. I love how celebratory it is. It’s as if I get to see the world through glasses that make the colours a bit more vibrant and the moments a bit more joyous.” 

Silver-Baird is currently collaborating on songs for her next EP to be released in 2022 with UK producer Joe Thompson and Canadian songwriters Sarah Boulton and Suzy Wilde.

Coverama Tracklisting:
1.John Orpheus – House of Cards (Radiohead)
2.Alex Exists – Rock On (David Essex)
3.Martha and the Muffins – Save It For Later (The English Beat)
4.Juliana Eye – Dreaming (Blondie)
5.Sam Casey – I’d Rather Go Blind (Etta James)
6.Ghost Caravan – Girls Talk (Elvis Costello)
7.Chloe Kay – When Doves Cry (Prince)
8.Martha and the Muffins – For What It’s Worth (Buffalo Springfield)
9.TANDM – Accidentally In Love (Counting Crows/Shrek 2)
10.Will Whitwham – God Only Knows (The Beach Boys)

DOWNLOAD - Girls Talk Single Art
DOWNLOAD - Ghost Caravan Press Photos
DOWNLOAD - Coverama Artwork
DOWNLOAD - Coverama Album Release Celebration Image Assets

About Popguru Sound & Vision:
Founded in 1998 by A&R maverick Graham Stairs, Popguru Sound & Vision is a fully integrated music company that makes a difference. Its core business is artist management, but, as a diversified company, Popguru is involved in music publishing, two record label imprints and providing music for film, television and other media.

Prior to starting his own company, Stairs was a partner in Intrepid management and did A&R for Intrepid Records, Latitude Records and EMI Music Canada. He was involved with such seminal Canadian artists as Martha and the Muffins, the Rheostatics, National Velvet, Chalk Circle, Damhnait Doyle and Sandbox. He was also behind the soundtrack album for the film, Highway 61, and the Bruce Cockburn tribute album that gave the Barenaked Ladies their first national hit with Lovers In A Dangerous Time. To this day, it is still one of the most played songs on Canadian radio. More recently, Stairs did A&R for True North Records where he signed Catherine MacLellan, Hunter Valentine and Australian band, the Audreys. 

The strength of any company is its artists and repertoire. Popguru subscribes to the philosophy of building a community and long-term careers for its artists. The company’s mandate is to develop content for the Canadian and international marketplaces. The business model uses diversification as a strategy to create and monetize content for the existing and next generation uses of music. Since reactivating Popguru in 2009, Stairs has signed Martha and the Muffins, Odario, Grand Analog, the Wilderness of Manitoba, John Orpheus, Ghost Caravan, producer/songwriter, Mike Schlosser, and Sam Casey for management. Stairs’ vision of the interdependencies between record labels, music publishers, management companies and licensing agencies is the reason that Popguru organizes all of them within the same company. This is Popguru’s response to the needs of artists today and into the future.