Laura Barrett and Pete Samples
Friday May 13 | 8 PM – 12 AM | $8–10 sliding scale
Laura Barrett www.laurabarrett.net
Caught between band camp music geekery and stripped-down folk earnestness, Laura Barrett’s kalimba and piano melodies invoke worlds of wonder, mystery and despair. Inspired by her childhood love of science fiction, Laura’s lyrics weave concrete portraits of a here and now that eclipse the strangeness and distortion of distant and possible futures.
Having toured across North America opening for the likes of The Hidden Cameras, Beirut and Final Fantasy, Laura has successfully charmed audiences with what CBC Radio 3′s Grant Lawrence describes as “the most intriguing live performance I have seen in years.” Laura’s unique and compelling music have made her one of Exclaim! Magazine’s Artists to Watch in 2008, and her debut EP, Earth Sciences, was a finalist for SOCAN’s inaugural ECHO Songwriting Prize.
Pete Samples myspace.com/petesamplesmusic
Working as a one-man creative force, Pete Samples mindfully crafts each of his albums as an author would a storybook set for a grander life. A skilled multi-instrumentalist, he approaches his music as a production – not one song thought of without the others, not one album released without the pure and fantastic experience of a live show taken into account. His approach to music production is simple, refreshing, and powerful. It is of a fan first and musician later: always creating for the shared, yet intimately individual experience that music has the magical ability to
locate.
Call 604 872 8180 or info@blim.ca for information.
