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SAVOUR MANITOBA | SPRING 24 41 song tropes, grappling with love's finitude and the irony of how codependency and longing are revered in popular music. A ghost story is woven through the album: waltzing in the dusty barroom country of "Blue Blaze," buried in the superstitious lyrical streak of "Rattlesnake" and audible in a wheezing organ as it shuts down at the end of "Footsteps." Still, Anniversary emerges as an earnest celebration of commitment. Earworms like "Anniversary Song" and "Someone Like You" showcase intricately layered harmonies, while closer "Stars" affirms that there's no place the speaker would rather be than with the one she loves. Lapell has garnered three Canadian Folk Music Awards, hit number one on Canadian folk radio and reached a staggering 40 million + streams on Spotify alone. She tours widely across Canada and the U.S. Anniversary is out May 10, 2024 on Outside Music. wecc.ca MARTIN KERR APR 24 West End Cultural Centre 586 Ellice Avenue Admission: $20.00 + Service Fees Time: 8:00 AM to 10:30 PM British/Canadian singer-songwriter Martin Kerr might be the only artist in the world to have played 400 live shows during the pandemic. When Covid-19 cancelled all his touring plans, he launched Stay Home Street Concerts to bring music and joy to the people who needed it the most. From driveways, balconies, and front lawns, every show finished with the whole street singing 'You're Amazing', his uplifting, instantly singable hit, which climbed to #4 on the Spotify Viral Chart. His new album, Don't Listen To Me was recorded across North America, in Vancouver, Nashville and his adopted hometown of Edmonton. In a few short years Martin has gone from busking on street corners to selling out major theatres, playing huge festivals and landing his album in the Canadian Top 10, all as an independent artist. Now signed with Nettwerk Records, he's about to go global. wecc.ca ABIGAIL LAPELL MARTIN KERR

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