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SUMMARY:Elijah Woods
DESCRIPTION:Elijah Woods at the West End Cultural Centre – Monday\, October 2\, 2023 at 8:00pm\n\n\nWith each new release\, multi-Platinum\, 4x JUNO-nominated pop singer-songwriter and producer elijah woods delivers endless reminders that there are layers to his artistry that even he has yet to discover. woods’ instantly catchy melodies\, tongue-in-cheek lyricism\, and signature production (from the comforts of his home studio) all point to reasons why he’s spent over 35 weeks on Billboard’s Canadian Emerging Artist chart\, remaining inside the Top 5 for 20 weeks including five consecutive weeks in the Top 3.  His debut solo single ‘lights’ hit #8 at Top 40 and AC radio in Canada and was recently certified Canadian Gold. His 2021 debut solo EP look what i made highlights woods’ incandescent pop vibe and includes ‘lights’ and previously released singles ‘someone new’ and ‘first night’ featuring JUNO Award winning pop songstress JESSIA.   \nwoods’ 1.1M TikTok followers enthusiastically encourage his clever ability to showcase a different perspective on a previously recorded hit; his early 2022 release ‘fingers crossed’ served as a response track to Lauren Spencer Smith’s Platinum-certified viral smash of the same name\, with woods’ version surpassing 7.7M streams and rising. His latest single\, the uniquely robust neon summer bop ‘ilu’ continues to drive his momentum\, currently climbing the radio charts and garnering international attention across DSPs.   \nMost recently\, woods confirmed (without a doubt) his ability to reach and connect with audiences\, captivating crowds of over 20K fans at his first ever hometown show at Ottawa Bluesfest. Perched on the cusp of worldwide buzz with huge\, kaleidoscopic music that vividly distills his talents as a songwriter\, musician\, and overall entertainer\, woods is set to drop the feel-good summer anthem “everything everywhere always” on August 19\, 2022.
URL:https://accesswinnipeg.com/event/elijah-woods/
LOCATION:West End Cultural Centre\, 586 Ellice Ave\, Winnipeg\, MB\, R3B1Z8\, Canada
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SUMMARY:Jordan Klassen & David Vertesi
DESCRIPTION:Jordan Klassen & David Vertesti at the West End Cultural Centre – Wednesday\, October 11\, 2023 at 8:00pm\n\n\nWhen Jordan Klassen set out to write his sixth full-length record\, Glossolalia\, he tapped into a new creative well. In the midst of recording the record\, he found himself continuing to write\, coming away from the process with two distinct yet complementary bodies of work. Marginalia now rounds out the collection from this period. The Vancouver based singer-songwriter and producer composed Glossolalia mostly with guitar\, creating a subtly blossoming record that perhaps nailed his “fairy folk for troubled times” approach better than ever before. The arrangements on Glossolalia were reduced to the bare essentials to support Klassen’s voice with minimal production. While troubles are not a thing of the past\, times are now different\, and thus\, Marginalia is the other side of the musical coin. It is smoother\, fuller\, and more elegant than its predecessor.  \nMarginalia is about the edges of life\, away from what is in the mainstream. Technically it is a writer’s term; where we make notes and write insights in the margins of a page. There may be footnotes or annotations\, doodles and drawings\, but the marginalia allows us to see things with a new understanding\, and to make connections that may have gone unnoticed. Marginalia often comes from a stream of consciousness\, where we uncover things that aren’t in the direct line of sight. They are what we see by the light of the moon rather than in direct sunlight; inspirations that may have come from the same place in our minds\, but with a contrasting feel to them\, like a photo negative.  \nIn folklore\, the moon is supernatural\, affecting humans with its gravitational pull\, causing magical transformations\, and being blamed for peculiar behaviours. Similarly\, Jordan wrestled with this album\, creatively\, directionally\, and internally\, questioning its purpose and direction. It has strong metaphysical overtones as a result. Interestingly\, the record does not present as disjointed or as having sprung from a place of self doubt. Lead single “Cocoon” highlights this metaphor where Jordan states\, “If love is a madness\, then I am howling at the moon”. However\, he’s not carried away by this legend\, as he then counters and assures himself\, “You’ve got facts\, but I’ve got songs that sweep me away to where I am never wrong”.  \nWhile not “folky”\, Marginalia is poetic like its sister record\, but more melodic and less stripped down than what Klassen has produced before. From the contemplative opener “You Yourself”\, which pulls lines from an orthodox prayer\, to the emotional closer “Vanya”\, a song written as a gift to his sister during a season of hardship\, Jordan Klassen once again has impressively demonstrated his ability to evoke an incredibly deep poetic auditory experience. Songs primarily are led from piano with sweeping orchestral arrangements. Diverse keyboard tones are used to move songs forward while also setting an emotional atmosphere\, perhaps best expressed in “Old Flame”. Klassen writes about his sobering awareness that he has spent “Half my existence pushed out on a ledge”\, as he acknowledges the persistence of his own mental battles. One can easily visualize the songwriter recognizing the emotional power of memories\, like a bad relationship that still has power over him even as he tries to break free. “Live Another Life” also expresses the emotional struggle with intrusive thoughts that haunt the songwriter and tells a different narrative where “All the conversations (are) never true”.  \nIn the same vein as the sun-moon metaphor\, Marginalia is at times a mirror of Glossolalia. “Casey” is the name song counterpart and companion piece to the penultimate track of the latter\, “Niko”. Whereas “Niko” is tongue-in-cheek\, addressed to a specific person\, “Casey” implores a being outside of the situation to step forward\, in a divine intervention. The tracks “Greener Hills” and “King of the Empire” also reflect the theme that everything apart from the spiritual is ultimately a heartbreaking and futile pursuit\, insufficient to satisfy the longings of the soul. In a similar way\, “Overstep” addresses the human need for connection. We became used to social isolation and accustomed to what once was considered strange for us. Thus we need to push ourselves and each other to “overstep” our bounds.  \nMarginalia draws itself towards a close with “Where Else Would I Go?”\, which lifts the listeners’ spirits after all the emotional jousting of the record’s course. He acknowledges that “The push and pull have taken their toll”. It was written as Klassen saw many of his friends become disillusioned\, and leave their faith. He realizes that this is something he could never do\, and is reassured that the spiritual realm forms the foundation of his existence\, like the divine is “tattooed on my soul”. And so what once was perhaps obscure in the margins is now replaced by an epiphany that “the ink’s getting clearer and what I can read is surprising”. Jordan Klassen’s ultimate message is that what feels intangible can be revealed by peering into the marginalia. The sacred is manifested all around us\, “in touch and taste and smell”\, there for us to discover if we look for it.
URL:https://accesswinnipeg.com/event/jordan-klassen-david-vertesi/
LOCATION:West End Cultural Centre\, 586 Ellice Ave\, Winnipeg\, MB\, R3B1Z8\, Canada
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SUMMARY:Still Crazy: The Music of Paul Simon
DESCRIPTION:Still Crazy: The Music of Paul Simon – Friday\, October 13\, 2023 @ 8:00pm\n\n\nStill Crazy: The Music of Paul Simon\, a flagship concert experience from Retrospective Productions\, featuring nine world class musicians paying homage to one of the most celebrated American songwriters. \nStill Crazy is a powerhouse retrospective on the life\, career\, and music of Paul Simon. The show draws heavily on the most acclaimed era of his career\, from his self-titled album\, Paul Simon in 1972 through to 1990 with The Rhythm of the Saints\, however it doesn’t fail to include fan favourites from his seminal work as a part of the Hall of Fame folk-duo\, Simon and Garfunkel. Whether a long-time fan or a first time listener\, there is truly something here for everyone. The dyanmics of the show range from whisper-quiet\, intimate moments\, where the band breaks down to only voice and accoustic guitar\, and climb all the way to the full-out\, horn section-led dance anthems from the hit album\, Graceland. \nThe show was thoughtfully curated and carefully arranged by up-and-coming producer\, Aaron Shorr. Shorr is a life-long fan of Paul Simon and the creation of this show was truly a labour of love. “This is music that has been with me since I was a young kid… When I was in high school I got my driver’s license and I had a copy of the Simon and Garfunkel Concert in Central Park. I listened to it in the car\, over and over\, I must have worn the tape out. Later on I got really into the record Still Crazy After All These Years. It became a record that I listened to constantly. I listened to it when I got my heart broken\, listened to it when I got my bell rung… It became one of those albums that I could turn to\, like a magic pill. Albums like that become your friends.” \nThe orchestrations and the approach to the music capture that same respect and reverence. There are subtle turns and re-imaginings\, but all are deeply influenced by a tremendous amount of research. In preparation for the show\, Aaron poured through every album Paul Simon had ever been a part of\, including all the live recordings he could find\, from official concerts to bootlegs. He read and re-read every article\, book\, interview\, and biography. Finally\, to cap it off\, Aaron flew to New York to attend the very last stops on Homeward Bound – The Farewell Tour. The penultimate at Madison Square Gardens and the very last tour date of his career in Flushing\, Queens\, in the very same neighbourhood that Paul was born and raised. \nWith Paul Simon’s retirement from from the road in September of 2018\, the curtain falls on one of the most illustrious recording and touring careers in modern music. Still Crazy: The Music of Paul Simon\, is poised to grab the torch and carry his legacy onwards.
URL:https://accesswinnipeg.com/event/still-crazy-the-music-of-paul-simon-2/
LOCATION:West End Cultural Centre\, 586 Ellice Ave\, Winnipeg\, MB\, R3B1Z8\, Canada
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SUMMARY:Ken Yates with Jadea Kelly
DESCRIPTION:Ken Yates with Jadea Kelly at the West End Cultural Centre – October 15 at 8:00pm\n\n\nChanneling pain into beauty\, Ken Yates’ fourth album is a breathtaking triumph of the human spirit. The cool-hued Cerulean captures the artist’s intimate reckoning as he grieved his dying mother\, giving listeners a vivid window into the rollercoaster of intense thoughts and emotions that accompany such a personal\, yet universal experience. The result is a transcendent record that surges with tightly held energy and intimate moments. The listener hears the artist growing in real time\, moving towards a space of acceptance and peace as he himself moved to the country\, began therapy\, and wrote the songs he needed to hear. \nCerulean may be born from grief\, but it is not musically grieving: its surefooted and softly radiant arrangements shine with the quiet hope of a soul put through the wringer. “This is the first time that I’ve made a record where I feel like the songs were going to be written whether I wanted to release an album or not\,” Yates explains. “I was writing because I needed to. I never would have described songwriting as a cathartic process in the past; it was just something I liked to do.” \nWith three albums under his belt\, the Ontario born songwriter spent the past decade establishing himself as a talented folk artist with a penchant for thoughtful lyrics and evocative melodies. He won two Canadian Folk Music Awards in 2017\, and supported Passenger on both the European and North American legs of his recent tour. \nNonetheless\, Cerulean feels like a hard reset on Yates’ art and artistry. Reuniting with producer Jim Bryson\, the album firmly steps into indie folk and alternative territories – he cites Big Thief\, Andy Shauf\, and The War On Drugs as a few of his inspirations. Thematically\, this is Yates at his most honest and raw. “The record begins with a tone of paranoia facing the daily fear of what the world is becoming\,” he explains. “As the album progresses\, the songs begin to look more and more inward. Moving through the anxiety and bitterness I was feeling. Still\, there’s a lot of positivity in it. Maybe I was trying to take a step back to remind myself of all the good things and the full spectrum of color in my life.  My wife and I moved out of our apartment in Toronto to the country\, got a dog\, and found a bigger space where I was able to make a little musical corner for myself. I started seeing a therapist too. That\, along with working on this record\, helped pull me out of the foggy bitterness I was in.” \n“Reflecting back now\, I can almost hear myself processing what I was going through in real time\, to the point where even the track listing was obvious– an accurate timeline of the feelings and emotions I was dealing with”.  \nCerulean opens with “The Big One (ft. Kathleen Edwards)\,” an achingly poignant song that starts\, quite poetically\, at the end. “A friend kept talking about The Big One\, a high-magnitude earthquake expected to strike the Pacific Northwest. In the last couple of years it feels like we have all developed a slight doomsday mentality\, myself included; feeling like the world might be ending. Of course\, we’re not really sure how\, so that song is reckoning with the ‘armageddon’\, and a realization of how trivial a lot of our personal relationships or conflicts can be when we are staring face-to-face with the end. The only thing to do is ride out your last few moments with the people you love.” \nYates dives deeper into himself as Cerulean progresses\, searching for meaning in the world and working through everything from insomnia\, denial\, and nihilism\, to hope and appreciation. The artist envelops himself in a blanket of plaintive\, somber introspection on “Best of the Broken Things\,” a comforting ballad in which he gives a pep talk to his own reflection. \nAn album standout\, he paints a portrait of relatable restlessness on “Don’t Mean to Wake You” (ft. Stephanie Lambring)\, a warm and driving folk rock reverie. Yates finds himself lost in a pool of thoughts that gnaw at him so much that he has to turn over and wake his partner. It’s as much an attempt to save himself from himself\, as it is a gentle cry for help.  \nThe dynamic and driving “Honest Light” similarly finds him reassuring himself\, this time from within. “My wife always refers to golden hour as ‘honest light’\, when the light illuminates all the dust on your floor and the crumbs on your counter”\, Yates explains. “I had the line\, ‘life is like a cheap wine\, it don’t get any better with time.’ I merged the title and line together as sort of this acceptance that things are not alright\, but you’ll be alright.” \nThis mature recognition of life’s imperfection proves the lifeblood of Cerulean\, and every time Yates seems to be on the verge of sinking\, he swims – held afloat not only by his own inner strength\, but also by his community. Cerulean is a group effort\, with features from singer/songwriter contemporaries including Kathleen Edwards\, Stephanie Lambring\, Katie Pruitt\, and more. \n“Although these songs were born in a period of isolation\, it turned out to be my most collaborative album yet.  There are full band arrangements on every song\, and a few of my favourite artists lended their voices\, which really brought this record to life”.  \nAfter forty minutes spent exploring a world of vulnerable depths and soaring sonics\, Cerulean closes in a moment of tranquility. “The final song\, ‘Cerulean’\, is about searching for balance – an equilibrium. We move through this endless colour wheel of emotions every day\, but you have to find those small moments of peace and acceptance\, and reassure yourself\, ‘I’m okay.’  \nYates’ mother Beverley passed away in August 2021. \n“I’m strangely in a better headspace now than I was a year ago when she was still with us\,” he admits. “I may owe that to taking a hard look at myself through the lens of these songs”. \nNow that he’s on the other side\, Yates says this album proved a transformative experience – allowing him to grow\, while giving him some much-needed resolution to the past few years. \n“I feel more open than ever\, at peace with where I am as an artist\,” he reflects. “This is the first time I’ve had a real personal story I wanted to tell. It does feel like I’ve had a moment to reset my life\, and now I can start to share that with the rest of the world.” \nLoss is a shared human experience. Through Cerulean\, Ken Yates not only puts the full scope of his own healing process on display\, but he also reminds us that we’re not alone in our pain – and that with time\, we may just find our way to acceptance.
URL:https://accesswinnipeg.com/event/ken-yates-with-jadea-kelly/
LOCATION:West End Cultural Centre\, 586 Ellice Ave\, Winnipeg\, MB\, R3B1Z8\, Canada
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SUMMARY:Carefree Highway: A Tribute to Gordon Lightfoot
DESCRIPTION:Carefree Highway: A Tribute to Gordon Lightfoot – Friday\, October 20\, 2023 at 8:00pm\n\n\nLike a lot of Canadian musicians\, I grew up in awe of Lightfoot’s catalog of songs. He fully deserves his place in the list of the world’s top singer-songwriters. He made common themes universal without losing a Canadian sensibility. He could make straightforward narratives about shipwrecks and railroads universal. His love songs are often tinged with loss and regret. Some of them are deceptively simple\, but contain subtleties that reward repeat listening. His significance to me is similar to the Group of Seven\, in allowing us to look at our country with a fresh perspective. If you go deep into the catalog there are some some incredible gems that often didn’t make it to radio. We’re going to celebrate some of those alongside the better-known hits. And we’re going to bring our own ideas and versions to the party. Lightfoot’s work is ready for fresh interpretations from younger musicians and new audiences.
URL:https://accesswinnipeg.com/event/carefree-highway-a-tribute-to-gordon-lightfoot/
LOCATION:West End Cultural Centre\, 586 Ellice Ave\, Winnipeg\, MB\, R3B1Z8\, Canada
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SUMMARY:Matt Foster
DESCRIPTION:Matt Foster at the West End Cultural Centre – Saturday\, October 28\, 2023 at 8pm\n\n\nMatt Foster’s True Needs must be heard to be believed.   \nThe album has been described as a masterful sonic paradox\, a quiet storm both stunning and profound\, managing somehow an under-the-covers intimacy that is also inexplicably vast and without horizon\, full of space and hushed subtleties \nMatt’s live band is a tour de force\, an acte majeur of intimacy\, speaking their own language\, bodies and music both stirring the room\, and casting a deep reverie in the crowd. The hurdy gurdy in particular\, in the hands of Quintin Bart\, is compelling beyond words. It becomes acoustic medieval synth\, evoking an eerie timelessness.  Every creak and groan of the show makes for theatrical\, cinematic experience. This one’s not to be missed! \nExpect to be transported\, expect the cinematic\, expect music and visuals like a balm and poultice for anxiety and loneliness. Expect to and walk out\, having truly gathered and come together.
URL:https://accesswinnipeg.com/event/matt-foster-2/
LOCATION:West End Cultural Centre\, 586 Ellice Ave\, Winnipeg\, MB\, R3B1Z8\, Canada
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SUMMARY:Drag Story Hour
DESCRIPTION:Drag Story Hour presented by the West End Cultural Centre\nstarring Feather Talia\, Satina Loren\n\n\nFeather Talia is a two spirit Indigiqueer Drag Queen who had started drag in Regina Sk\, but now resides in Winnipeg Manitoba. She is the pride of Muskowekwan First Nation\, and represents her culture within her performances and makeup skills. Feather Talia is heavily involved with groups such as the “Sunshine Bunch”\, which is a group of drag artist who reside in the home of the Sunshine House and is a big part of “The Bannock Babes”. Since moving to Winnipeg\, Feather has been given the title: Indigiqueer drag Comedian. When Feather is performing\, She is here to bring you some sass\, yet outrageously funny entertainment! She will either have you gagged with her stunts or your guts hurting from laughter! \n \nSatina Loren is one of Winnipeg’s most celebrated drag queens\, being the recipient of prestigious awards and titles\, including Miss Club 200 and Winnipeg’s Next Drag Superstar. Taking inspiration from fairytales\, old Hollywood starlets and fantasy\, her calendars and shows have raised thousands of dollars for local LGBT charities. As Empress 15 of Winnipeg and as one of the House of Gold Diamonds Divas\, she’s no stranger to throwing and promoting a great party! One thing to remember is: she’s not bad\, she’s just drawn that way. \nIdeal for children aged 3-10 \nTo purchase tickets\, select “Get Tickets” and enter the Password/Promo Code you have received from either the West End Cultural Centre or one of our local partners into the “Promo Code” box.
URL:https://accesswinnipeg.com/event/drag-story-hour/
LOCATION:West End Cultural Centre\, 586 Ellice Ave\, Winnipeg\, MB\, R3B1Z8\, Canada
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