By Will McGuirk
The Actual Goners with Peter Elkas Band & Espanola. Saturday, May 21 2022. Tickets here.
Gigs: Actual Goners at Dakota Tavern
Evangeline Gentle, photo by Kristal Jones
Slowcity.ca Open Mic with The Avett Brothers, Evangeline Gentle, Niki Black, Shirley Collins, Soccer Mommy, Aislinn Logan, and The Actual Goners,
By Will McGuirk
Sticks and stones will break your bones but names can never hurt you but names, memes, avatars, icons, stereotypes do hurt. Cursory summaries, quick glances, are the building blocks of our entertainment economy. If you want to be known wear the same clothes. Every song has a hook, every act has a look. Avoid that rush to judgement, speed kills, slow down and learn up. We look too much and listen too little. Stop overlooking.
“I believe that our deepest connections are found through vulnerability which is why I feel compelled to sing this track completely unaccompanied.” - Evangeline Gentle
“Can I still connect with my America Spirits as the daughter of an Iranian immigrant mother? This song is an answer to that. Yes, I can and I will. But, this will come with a lot of uncovering and opposition against the unjust reality of what America has mean since its bloody conception and its chaotic, violent reality today.” -Niki Black
“It’s about those moments when you’ve felt like you’re truly on the same plane as those around you.” - Tristan Armstrong, The Actual Goners
Slowcity.ca Open Mic - Front Porching edition with Bruce Cockburn, Rich Aucoin, BodyWash, Jacques Greene, The Actual Goners, Dante Matas and Royal Tusk
By Will McGuirk
The neighbours must think it strange to hear such a variety of sounds emanating from my front porch. But there’s listening to be done and it is a lovely night, another one, how lucky are we to have such days, and to have such music and its the least we can do, to listen, perhaps like, perhaps share but to at least care. The job at hand now is to care. Its important and necessary.