Charlene Birkbeck to Play Serendipity (Incl. Videos – Interview/performance)
Charlene Birkbeck (CHAR) from Victoria BC will be touring from coast to coast this June and writing an album along the way (inspired by the road). Included in her travels is a stop in Rossport at the Serendipity Gardens next week, June 7th from 8-10pm
With just her voice, guitar and loop pedal CHAR gives her heart to those who attend each and every one of her shows. She’ll be presenting new material and select covers reflecting her recent journeys toward self observation and revelation.
As an ever growing emotional spirit, her will to inspire, learn, and intrigue has brought her to where she is today.
Currently Birkbeck is focusing on adding to her original repertoire of compact, often introspective, folk rock songs and generating new material for her next solo record (tentatively scheduled for release in late 2013). Her latest demos, however, though still characterized by smoky, soulful vocal performances with just a hint of alt. rock angst haunting the edges, are just sketches, she says; rough outlines she intends to expand on by working with multiple producers and incorporating elements of modern Electronica into her signature sound.
Following the release of her debut album, Blame It On The Moon (2007), Birkbeck toured Canada on her own for the first time and began fleshing out her live sound by looping her vocals, guitar and keyboards inreal time to add texture to her stripped down acoustic show.
Intent on broadening her horizons as a performer and writer, and eager to experiment with a more aggressive sound, in 2011 Birkbeck formed Wolfheart with guitarist/bassist Aidan Logins and drummer, Alex Campbell. The following year, the three-piece released their own debut, Subtle Bodies, and began touring Canada regularly, performing at iconic venues like The Legendary Horseshoe Tavern and The Opera House in Toronto and at Canadian Music Week, JUNOFest and Victoria’s own Rifflandia Festival.
