SHOWCASES AT NORTHERN EXPOSURE:
As part of the 2020 Northern Exposure Conference, musicians from across the province and beyond will give online performances as a part of the experience.
You can see these great performances by registering for the Northern Exposure Conference - you can self-select your financial contribution to your registration fee!
REGISTER BY CLICKING HERE
This at-a glance screenshot of a schedule lists the start times for the music showcases throughout the Northern Exposure Conference. Times are also listed in the website text below! All times are in PDT!
thursday, October 22nd
Online showcases (register for the links)
Northern Exposure Showcase Artist (L-R): LAL, Melawmen Collective and Naomi Shore
LAL (ON)
Thursday, Oct 22nd, 2:00 PM
For over two decades, Polaris Prize longlisted Toronto's downtempo soul saviours electronic duo LAL, comprised of Rosina Kazi and Nicholas Murray, have built a catalogue of silvery, internationally-influenced electronica that insists that the dancefloor remain a place of resistance. In the process, they’ve become the backbone of Toronto’s sprawling DIY scene, nurturing and propping up a multi-generational group of artists.
Website: https://lalforest.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Lalworld/
Instagram: @lalforest
Twitter: @lalforest
Melawmen Collective (BC)
Thursday, Oct 22nd, 2:30 PM
The Melawmen Collective brings a uniqueness to their sound like no other, drawing in a wide variety of listeners through sharing their own journeys of life through their musical evolution together. ‘Melawmen’ means medicine in the Secwepemc language, and the unceded territory of the Secwepemc People in what is know known as BC, is where members Meeka Morgan (vocals, Secwepemc/Nuu-Chah-Nulth), Rob Hall (Vocals, Ghengis Ghandi’s, Ashcroft), Geo Ignace aka Geo The Voice (Vocals, Secwepemc/Cree), and Kiva Morgan-Hall (Vocals, Secwepemc/Nuu-Chah-Nulth), continue to grow.
Website: http://www.melawmen.ca/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Melawmen/
Instagram: @melawmencollective
Twitter: @melawmecollec1
Naomi Shore (BC)
Thursday, Oct 22nd, 7:00 PM
Naomi Shore has laid bare her rich heart with solo album “Piece by Piece”. She’s branching out, but leaning in, and the result is a ripe sound born of deeper self inquiry. It is refreshing, powerful, unapologetic, but funny in the way that very honest things should be.
With raw heart and sharp wit, she delivers performances that are at once contemplative and clever; vulnerable songwriting is buoyed by surging vocals as smooth and full as deep water. Folded into all this are flecks of desert country, blues and classical piano.
For this storyteller and love of sad songs, crafting music has become more than her trade. It is a way to process life, to send a searching had out though the mists of a melody and connect with the world.
Website: https://www.NaomiShore.ca
Facebook: https://facebook.com/NaomiShoreMusic
Instagram: @NaomiShoreMusic
FriDAY, OCTOBER 23RD
Online showcases (register for the links)
Northern Exposure Showcase Artist (L-R): Hujunē, Only a Visitor, Sarah Osborne
Only a Visitor (BC)
Friday, Oct 23rd, 2:00 PM
Only A Visitor is a quintet that blurs genre boundaries by straddling the line between art music and pop. Classically trained, composer and arranger Robyn Jacob’s eclectic songwriting showcases vocal techniques and arrangements that feature asymmetrical rhythms twisted around a pop skeleton.
Website: http://www.onlyavisitor.com
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/onlyavisitor
Instagram: @only.a.visitor
Hujunē (BC)
Friday, Oct 23rd, 2:30 PM
Hadih! Hujunē means , those who sing in Dakelh , the language of our people . We chose this name accurately as we often have guests perform with us, as you will see in our showcase we have one of our brilliant elders, Angie Todd-Dennis and our dear friend, poet and musician Meeka Morgan-Hall. Hujunē would like to dedicate our performance to all those who are actively healing ..... thus adding to the collective healing of our Mother Earth and all life upon her.
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sabinamedennis/
Sarah Osborne (BC)
Friday, Oct 23rd, 7:00 PM
Sarah Osborne is a singer-songwriter from the west coast currently residing on Gabriola Island. Hints of jazz, blues, country, and the weather can be heard throughout her repertoire. Sarah emulates the voices of her musical influences (Billie Holiday, Robert Plant, Johnny Cash et al.) in a blend that is solely hers. She is a self-taught finger picker on guitar and does bust out the occasional rockin’ strum and lead parts. Her skillset is built on tips and tricks she’s picked up in the backwoods and from her musical peers on her journey.
Website: https://www.sarahosbornemusic.com/
Facebook: www.facebook.com/sarahosbornemusic.com
Instagram: @sarahosbornemusic
Saturday, OCTOBER 24TH
Online showcases (register for the links)
Northern Exposure Showcase Artist (L-R): The Northwest Kid, HALF/ASIAN with Amy the CODA, Airik Clark
HALF/ASIAN with Amy the CODA (BC)
Saturday, Oct 24th, 2:00 PM
Music for your ears can also be music for your eyes.
Inclusion and accessibility. Easy topics to talk about but not always easy to implement or embrace. Half/Asian + Amy the CODA invite their audience to reconsider what these two words truly look like in an active and internalized expression.
The electro-synth pop duo offers up lyrics that engage audiences with gentle, LoFi, 80’s synth- pop tracks. Half/Asian (Ian Griffiths) sings in English about the complexities of topics such as racism, internal-conflict, love and personal empowerment.
Amy the CODA (Amy Braun) is the also a lead singer in the duo, but you will never hear her voice. Amy the CODA sings in sing-language. Expressing the lyrics in her native-tongue, Amy is the Child of a Deaf Adult (CODA). Together, Amy the CODA and Half/Asian deconstruct the bridging experience that children of marginalized groups of people navigate. They recognize that they’re unique experiences as translators for their parents offer them insight into what it means to create inclusion.
Website: https://www.halfasianamythecoda.com/
Facebook: www.facebook.com/Halfasianwithamythecoda
Instagram: @amythecoda
Airik Clark (BC)
Saturday, Oct 24, 2:30 PM
Airik Clark is a singer-songwriter based in Fort St John, B.C. Through the past 10 years Airik has been hosting and playing stages and festivals throughout B.C. all while adding Morning Radio Show Announcer to over 15 years of recording, performing & songwriting experience under his thumb
Drawing on influences like Lenny Kravitz and Colin James to some of Canada’s greatest acts: Matthew Good, Sam Roberts and the Trews, Airik has created his own unique musical texture fit for life in the North.
Website: https://airikclark.live
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AirikClarkMusic/
Instagram: @airikclarkmusic
The Northwest Kid (SK/BC)
Saturday, Oct 24th, 7:00 PM
The Northwest Kid aka NWK has been actively performing as a serious poet/emcee within the Canadian music scene for nearly a decade. NWK's previous releases (Mixed-blood Mixtape, Mob Medicine, Dozy & NWK and Transformation) have provided him with the opportunity to share the same bill with artists such as July Talk, Jeremy Dutcher, A Tribe Called Red, Tanya Tagaq, and The Roots.
A member of the Gitanmaax Nation in the Northwest Interior of BC, currently situated in Saskatoon, SK, NWK's passion for music and paying it forward has lead him across rural Canada doing youth work with N'we Jinan and ArtsCan Circle, where he can foster the musical
Website: https://www.nwkmusic.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thenorthwestkid/
Instagram: @thenorthwestkid
SUnDAY, OCTOBER 25TH
Online showcases (register for the links)
G.R. GRITT (ON)
Saturday Oct 25th, 2:00 PM
Northern Exposure Showcase Artist - G.R. Gritt
G.R. Gritt is a Juno Award winning, Two-Spirit, Transgender, Francophone, Anishinaabe/Métis artist. After living many years in Yellowknife they have recently moved back to Sudbury/Robinson Huron Treaty territory where they grew up. This homecoming coincides with a journey that they feel better represents them. With these changes has come a new voice, both physically and in the growing magnetism of their songwriting. G.R. Gritt pulls effortlessly from the past to create soulful futurisms with their new sound that elegantly weaves the melodies using vocals, guitar and new electronic elements. They create both intimate and anthemic music that would fit in a folk club, a dance club and anywhere in between.
G.R. Gritt is currently preparing for the release of a new full-length album titled, Ancestors, in 2021 on Coax Records. The first single “Quiet Years” will be released November 27, 2020.
Website: https://www.grgritt.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/grgrittmusic/
Instagram: @grgritt