Music
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Doors open at 7pm
Two great songwriters at the Annex for a sweet evening of song and celebration.
As Samson Wrote, avant-folk songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Sam Boer considers many of life’s uncertainties on his new album In Season. Across nine experimental folk songs, the album asks: “What does it mean to live a good life?”
Samson Wrote takes a warmly wry and thoughtful approach to finding answers. The Bear River, Nova Scotia-based musician doesn’t get lost in the unknown because he uses everyday moments and familiar objects as vessels to explore his feelings. From detailing the contents of his cupboards, to describing the euphoria of watching goldfinches feed one another, to exploring the ephemeral joy of building a snowman, Boer’s clarion voice rings out urging you to pay attention to the seemingly inconsequential things that define our lives.
Produced by musical polymath JoJo Worthington, In Season sound is warm and adventurous. Melodies playfully swing; sounds of recorders, bowed vibraphone, and reed organ are nestled throughout; and, unexpected flourishes of three-part vocal harmony dazzle. recorded at storied studios across Canada (Guelph’s The cottaGe with JUNO Award-winning producer-engineer Scott Merritt, Montreal’s Hotel2Tango), the album’s sound was made possible by its intergenerational & inter-genre band, including Canadian Music Hall of Fame inductee Jeff Bird (Cowboy Junkies), punk drummer Zach Cockburn (Sham Family), and triple-harmonies by Liv Cazzola, Anita Cazzola (The Lifers) and ethereal folk songwriter Annie Sumi.
While singing about the challenges of navigating the world and pondering big questions, Samson Wrote’s lastest ends in a declaration: “I want to see you in season.” In Season glows with hope that things will be better, that community will flourish, and that we can bloom alongside one another.
Freya Milliken is an award-winning singer-songwriter whose music resonates with warmth, authenticity and introspection. Known for her rich, velvety voice and dynamic blend of indie-folk and rock influences, Freya's music will take you through an evocative journey of self-discovery and reflection, with a gentle yet powerful lure into an intimate and heartfelt realm.
Her debut EP, Wholeheartedly, explores queer longing, love, and joy, while embracing the various stages of navigating relationships and identity. To love or live wholeheartedly is to do so without reservation, to be intrepid leaders of our own lives. With raw honesty, the EP captures both the beauty and the challenges of loving and being loved. The title track won Song of the Year at the 2023 Music New Brunswick Awards, and the EP was nominated for Folk/Roots Recording of the Year at the 2024 Music Nova Scotia Awards. Her work has also earned recognition through commissions for the Symphony Nova Scotia Lullaby Songs Project and United Way Halifax’s Songs of the City.
Past performance highlights include showcases at major festivals across Canada such as Folk Music Ontario, Winnipeg Folk Festival, ECMAs, Nova Scotia Music Week, Deep Roots, and the Lunenburg Folk Harbour Festival, in addition to a European tour with the Acadia University Singers for the Singing In Flanders Fields Project. Beyond her performing career, Freya is a passionate advocate for music education, all ages music spaces, and accessible community engagement. She is an emerging presence on the East Coast music scene, as well as a warm and generous leader with an ability to connect and inspire that belies her young years.
“Freya was amazing to work with, a real pro. Her songs are thoughtful words, catchy rhythms, and ear worm melodies. Her Lullaby Project song The World is Yours, is all of this with lovely vocal harmonies wrapped in a warm blanket of love and hope.” - D’Arcy Gray, Symphony Nova Scotia.
[email protected]
9026989611
Doors open at 7pm
Two great songwriters at the Annex for a sweet evening of song and celebration.
As Samson Wrote, avant-folk songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Sam Boer considers many of life’s uncertainties on his new album In Season. Across nine experimental folk songs, the album asks: “What does it mean to live a good life?”
Samson Wrote takes a warmly wry and thoughtful approach to finding answers. The Bear River, Nova Scotia-based musician doesn’t get lost in the unknown because he uses everyday moments and familiar objects as vessels to explore his feelings. From detailing the contents of his cupboards, to describing the euphoria of watching goldfinches feed one another, to exploring the ephemeral joy of building a snowman, Boer’s clarion voice rings out urging you to pay attention to the seemingly inconsequential things that define our lives.
Produced by musical polymath JoJo Worthington, In Season sound is warm and adventurous. Melodies playfully swing; sounds of recorders, bowed vibraphone, and reed organ are nestled throughout; and, unexpected flourishes of three-part vocal harmony dazzle. recorded at storied studios across Canada (Guelph’s The cottaGe with JUNO Award-winning producer-engineer Scott Merritt, Montreal’s Hotel2Tango), the album’s sound was made possible by its intergenerational & inter-genre band, including Canadian Music Hall of Fame inductee Jeff Bird (Cowboy Junkies), punk drummer Zach Cockburn (Sham Family), and triple-harmonies by Liv Cazzola, Anita Cazzola (The Lifers) and ethereal folk songwriter Annie Sumi.
While singing about the challenges of navigating the world and pondering big questions, Samson Wrote’s lastest ends in a declaration: “I want to see you in season.” In Season glows with hope that things will be better, that community will flourish, and that we can bloom alongside one another.
Freya Milliken is an award-winning singer-songwriter whose music resonates with warmth, authenticity and introspection. Known for her rich, velvety voice and dynamic blend of indie-folk and rock influences, Freya's music will take you through an evocative journey of self-discovery and reflection, with a gentle yet powerful lure into an intimate and heartfelt realm.
Her debut EP, Wholeheartedly, explores queer longing, love, and joy, while embracing the various stages of navigating relationships and identity. To love or live wholeheartedly is to do so without reservation, to be intrepid leaders of our own lives. With raw honesty, the EP captures both the beauty and the challenges of loving and being loved. The title track won Song of the Year at the 2023 Music New Brunswick Awards, and the EP was nominated for Folk/Roots Recording of the Year at the 2024 Music Nova Scotia Awards. Her work has also earned recognition through commissions for the Symphony Nova Scotia Lullaby Songs Project and United Way Halifax’s Songs of the City.
Past performance highlights include showcases at major festivals across Canada such as Folk Music Ontario, Winnipeg Folk Festival, ECMAs, Nova Scotia Music Week, Deep Roots, and the Lunenburg Folk Harbour Festival, in addition to a European tour with the Acadia University Singers for the Singing In Flanders Fields Project. Beyond her performing career, Freya is a passionate advocate for music education, all ages music spaces, and accessible community engagement. She is an emerging presence on the East Coast music scene, as well as a warm and generous leader with an ability to connect and inspire that belies her young years.
“Freya was amazing to work with, a real pro. Her songs are thoughtful words, catchy rhythms, and ear worm melodies. Her Lullaby Project song The World is Yours, is all of this with lovely vocal harmonies wrapped in a warm blanket of love and hope.” - D’Arcy Gray, Symphony Nova Scotia.
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