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SIGNAL / MUSIC & CULTURE

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Records, rooms, people. A few things worth talking about.

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Visual art editorial / VancouverRichard Barnes photographs the work behind the statueCarrara’s quarries and robotic carving workshops meet in a new Vancouver exhibition by Richard Barnes.2 MIN READ Music editorial / VancouverPISS take Red Gate to Sub PopThe Vancouver quartet’s debut puts songs, archival speech and a whole-album performance in the same project.2 MIN READ Allison Russell performing with Po’ Girl at Wood Festival, near Wallingford, Oxfordshire.Artist editorial / VancouverAllison Russell makes room for other voicesOn The Returner, Allison Russell gives survival a rhythm section.2 MIN READ Photo: Sciencebloke · CC BY 3.0Margaret Glaspy at the Troubadour, Los Angeles, August 17, 2017.Artist editorial / VancouverMargaret Glaspy gets back to the workA fictional escape to Michigan opens a record made with Joe Henry in three days.2 MIN READ Photo: Justin Higuchi from Los Angeles, CA, USA · CC BY 2.0Squirrel Flower at Sled Island, Calgary, 2019.Artist editorial / VancouverSquirrel Flower keeps the road in the writingElla Williams’ latest album follows the places and people that stay with a songwriter after the drive is over.2 MIN READ Photo: Levi Manchak · CC BY 2.0Wolf Parade at the Theater of the Living Arts, Philadelphia, August 20, 2007.Artist editorial / VancouverWolf Parade still have two sides to the storyA second life for “I’ll Believe in Anything” brings new listeners to a band built around two very different writers.2 MIN READ Photo: Photo taken by Kreeningsons at en.wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra at the Rickshaw Theatre, Vancouver, February 2, 2012. Archival venue photograph.Venue editorial / VancouverBefore the amps, the Rickshaw had a screenA Shaw Brothers cinema became a Vancouver home for very different kinds of live music.1 MIN READ Photo: Ben Didier from Vancouver, Canada · CC BY 2.0