Acrpost: A Project of the Pacific Association of Artist Run Centres

Event Description

This isn’t your typical singer-songwriter show. Six songwriters gather in a circle and take turns sharing songs, one after another, round-robin style. Each artist plays a song, then the next, and the circle keeps moving until everyone has shared several songs. The audience sits around the outside of the circle, creating an intimate environment where the focus is on the craft of songwriting rather than a traditional stage performance. Think of it less like a concert and more like being invited into a living room where musicians are trading songs, telling stories, and trying out new ideas. Expect a relaxed, creative atmosphere where artists may test new material, talk about the inspiration behind their songs, and connect with each other—and the audience—in a way that rarely happens in a standard gig. It’s part performance, part conversation, and part musical hang. Songwriters: Felicia Harding Claire Coupland Daine Harding Blake Andison Marina Avros Cory Owens Felicia Harding: Songwriter, vocal coach and multi-instrumentalist Felicia Harding is a road-warrior who offers a distinct voice from Vancouver Island. She has toured Canada extensively with alt-pop/rock band Fortune Killers ("one of Victoria's best up-and-coming acts" - Rolling Stone) and completed 8 Australian tours with folk-pop trio Belle Miners and as well as a tour of Europe with indie-folkronica duo The Sleeves. A musical shape-shifter, her soaring vocals imbue a golden thread of continuity, melting Lana Del Ray's sultry tones with Kate Bush's vibrato a dash of Jenn Grant's playful warmth. Claire Coupland: There is a pureness to Claire's voice that can silence a room. A moving songwriter and compelling guitarist, critically acclaimed singer songwriter Claire Coupland combines her smooth signature folk finger picking, soaring melodies and a dose of jazz-school chord changes. Claire has been relentlessly touring and appearing in festivals all over Canada, US, The UK, drawing audiences into her intimate and heart wrenching performances. Her new album “New Light” delivers carefully crafted, darker and more vulnerable reckonings of self worth, escaping abuse, fragile family dynamics and ultimate hope for the future. After joining forces with Juno award winning musician Sam Weber (Bahamas) and some of LA’s finest musicians (Dawes, Alan Hampton), the album presents fresh and spontaneous arrangements of her songs with mood filled percussion, slinky guit... more...