NEWS: Jenny Berkel releases Here on a Wire on May 01 - Embarks on Canadian tour
Winnipeg's Jenny Berkel releases here debut album Here on a Wire on Tuesday, May 01. She also is touring throughout Canada in support of the album. Dates are listed below.
Born in the midst of Ontario’s disappearing forests and spreading cities, Jenny Berkel has
always had a deep awareness of changing landscapes and the tenuous
thread by which we live and love. Her pursuit of formal education
against this backdrop was interrupted to appease her appetite for the
bracing instruction of travel, pen and paperback. Then, seeking the
uncluttered desktop of the Prairies, Berkel packed her suitcases and
guitar into a Greyhound two cold winters ago and landed in Winnipeg.
Fold
in part wanderlust, love adrift and a grievous family loss A year
later, Berkel had two handfuls of new material, which came together to
form her debut full length collection, Here on a Wire, poised for national digital release on May 1st. Produced by Matt Peters (Royal
Canoe and The Waking Eyes), this debut is a collection of eleven stark
and haunting songs that draw their substance from a blend of personal
experience and collective history. Alternately sad and hopeful, the
songs are awash with quiet images of ghosts, dreams, lost love, and
cityscape.
Centering around the lilt of Berkel’s emotive lyrics, Here on a Wire features
a brooding and delicate arrangement of cello, upright bass, French
horn, slide guitar, organ, and percussion. With Jenny’s deep and smoky
voice winding its way through these rich layers, the album stands as an
arresting collection of “haunt folk.”
Jenny
has been touring extensively since relocating to Winnipeg, having
participated in the Home Routes touring circuit in 2011 and most
recently, supporting Amelia Curran for several Ontario concerts. She has
played OCFF and the Folk Alliance conference and was invited to be a
part of the 2012 line-up at the In The Dead of Winter Festival in
Halifax.
Upcoming tour dates:
May 5th – London, ON – The Brass*
May 6th – Guelph, ON – The Cornerstone*May 8th – Hamilton, ON – Homegrown*
May 9th – Windsor, ON – Phog Lounge*
May 10th – Toronto, ON – OCAD Student Gallery*
May 12th – St. Catharines, ON - The Mansion*
May 14th – Montreal, QC – Casa Del Popolo*
May 16th - Woodstock, NB - Fusion Cafe
May 21st - Antigonish, NS - House show
May 25th - Fredericton, NB - Charlotte Street Arts Centre
May 24th – Halifax, NS – The Company House
May 26th - Montreal, QC - Le Depanneur
May 28th - Toronto, ON - The Gladstone Hotel
May 28th - Toronto, ON - The Gladstone Hotel
* w/ Demetra Penner
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