LAURIE ANDERSON
Laurie Anderson will perform, All the Things I Lost in the Flood, in the Chan Shun Concert Hall at UBC’s Chan Centre on Monday, April 23 at 8 p.m. Using spoken word, video, live music, and electronics the multimedia artist explores her 40-year archive of creative material. “CNN Predicts a Monster Storm” is from her latest album, Landfall, which was recorded with the Kronos Quartet and released on Nonesuch Records.
GAMELAN AT THE ROUNDHOUSE
Two-day event featuring Vancouver–based gamelan groups performing at the Roundhouse on April 26 and 27.
OLIVIA STEELE FALCONER
North Vancouver teen will sing at Motown Meltdown on April 21. She's previously recorded a video of her covering Rihanna’s “Stay” in a duet with her dad, David Steele.
MACEO PARKER
Alto saxophonist Maceo Parker, of James Brown and the JB’s fame, performing at the Commodore Ballroom on Aug. 21. Tickets go on sale today.
STEVE DAWSON
Steve Dawson brings his Black Hen Roadshow to The BlueShore at Cap on Wednesday, April 25 at 8 p.m.
KENDRICK LAMAR
Bompton rapper wins Pulitzer Prize for his album, DAMN. In March of 2012 West Vancouver's Nardwuar was in Austin, Texas at SXSW where he got to talk to a young rapper making a name for himself, Kendrick Lamar. Lamar was at the festival with the Black Hippy Collective (which also featured Ab-Soul, Jay Rock and ScHoolboy Q), had just signed to Interscope and was getting ready to release his major label debut, Good Kid, M.A.A.D City.
RECORD STORE DAY
Record Store Day celebrates vinyl culture April 21. Ben Bengtson profiled North Vancouver’s The Turntable Shop where you can check out the hardware and find vintage sounds like Bobbie Gentry’s Ode to Billie Joe. Her BBC Sessions are one of the special releases coming out on April 21.
GRDINA/HONARI/DHILLON/RAZMI
Quartet of improvisers, influenced by Arabic, North Indian, Persian and Western music, will perform at China Cloud tonight.
CANNES/GODARD
An image inspired by Jean-Luc Godard’s 1965 film Pierrot Le Fou, starring Jean-Paul Belmondo and Anna Karina, has been used for this year’s Cannes 2018 poster. The French film festival kicks off May 8.
LINDSAY ELL
Calgary/Nashville country musician Lindsay Ell releases new single, “Criminal” off her latest album, The Project. She is performing at Rogers Arena on Sept. 25 with Keith Urban.
