Gigs Of The Week: March 04 - 10, 2016

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Every Friday 3am Revelations give you our picks for some of the fantastic live shows happening in and around our city of Vancouver.
There's much more going on all the time, which you can check out in our concert calendar.
What are you seeing this week? Let us know in the comments below.

Kirk's Pick

Who? Louise Burns, Jody Glenham
Where? Lido
When? Saturday March 5
Why? I am pretty sad I won't be in town for this. After "34,700 years" (her words) Louise Burns will be unveiling a new 7" called Pharaoh as a prelude to her third album, due out later this year. Plus, add Jody Glenham & The Dreamers in the mix... please go to this & then let me know what I missed. 
 

Christine's Pick

Who? Delhi 2 Dublin
Where? Commodore Ballroom
When? Saturday March 05
Why? Get your dancing shoes on and head to the Commodore for a guaranteed good-time-upbeat-party.

 

Jessica's Pick

Who? Bre McDaniel & Zaac Pick
Where? Beaumont Studios
When? TONIGHT! Friday, March 4th
Why? Come hear all about stars, crystals, space, and magical whimsical beauty from Bre McDaniel's deeply poetic music from her new album Light Pollution - out today!

Talking Space, Children's Books, Europe and Music with Bre McDaniel

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The last time I saw Bre McDaniel play her celestial folk music, it was in the jam-packed living room of a century-old, bright pink house that was candle lit and adorned with her art. Tomorrow she'll play the stunning, classic BC foresty beach at Concerts in Cates Park. When she's not finding beautiful, improvised stages across the city to play music on, she's busy going through all of the other behind-the-scenes work. Not just the writing and recording busy work, but also the soul searching, the digging up deeply rooted thoughts and emotions that flavour her art and music.

On a bright and very windy day in Gastown last week, I sat down with Bre (and Christine for a bit too) to get an idea of what she's been up to. I knew she'd just come out of the recording studio with Vancouver's Jordan Klassen as her producer, and that the first song off of that forthcoming record, “Tears of Saint Lawrence” had just come out and it is about the martyr & meteor shower, but I knew there had to be more to the story than that. Here's some of our conversation.

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