TRANSCANADARADIO is proud to celebrate Canada’s Current Cultural artists and their locations! Traveling across Canada’s vast surface and finding the best of the under and above-ground artists who are rooted in, Soul, Funk, Reggae, Beats, House, Breaks and all that afro-Jazz… and where to check them out in your favorite Canadian city! Pack your bags! We’re going on a road trip!
Don’t forget to check out Laura Barrett this Thursday at Hugh’s Room in Toronto! It promises to be a really awesome show.
If you don’t remember much about Laura Barrett (as, of course, you should), check out our previous profile of her here. (As a side note, she’ll be playing with Royal Wood. So here’s your chance to check him out as well.)
14 Aug 2008 20:00 Hugh’s Room Toronto
16 Aug 2008 20:00 Summerworks @ Theatre Centre Toronto
20 Sep 2008 20:00 LOLA festival London
Laura Barrett - Time City
Laura Barrett - Robot Ponies
Laura first played a kalimba in front of real live people in August 2005. Something about her plaintive voice and speculative lyrics, combined with the crisp, metallic sounds of the kalimba, struck people’s fancy, so she played another show. And then a few more!
Since then, she’s released two EPs, joined the Hidden Cameras and Henri Fabergé & the Adorables, acted as Music Director for the New York staging of Maggie MacDonald’s apocalyptic musical, “The Rat King,” been nominated for SOCAN’s inaugural ECHO Songwriting prize, and played shows in cities across North America.
Early this year, Laura was signed to Paper Bag Records, who re-released “Earth Sciences” in February 2008 with a remix by Joshua Van Tassel (Stop Die Resuscitate). With the completion of her debut full-length album - slated for an August ‘08 release - Laura is touring across Canada to check out the cities she didn’t get a chance to see in detail before. Please say ‘hi’ to her if you see her in your town or major metropolitan area!
