The Pearl Company

Matthew Barber & Louise Burns: Thursday, November 24. Doors 7:30. Concert 8:00 $15 advance / $20 at door. Singer songwriter, Matthew Barber is a seasoned songwriter and performer with five albums, numerous tours across Canada and around the world, a handful of record deals, a Juno nomination, and an award-winning musical to his credit.  His latest album is a simple, honest pleasure.  He’ll bring it to The Pearl with old friends  Julian Brown on bass and Dean Stone on drums. Both Stone and Brown have played with Feist and Apostle of Hustle.  These shows will mark Barber’s first Canadian tour with a band in over 2 years. The new album is a disarmingly honest record of appealing simplicity.  Melodic instrumental hooks weave in and out of the  spare arrangements, providing an engaging musical setting for Barber’s signature vocals and neatly-packaged lyrical turns about love, lust, longing, disillusionment, injustice, hope and the modern experience.  http://matthewbarber.com Louise Burns, already an industry veteran at the age of 24, also has a new album.  She plays nearly every instrument on ‘Mellow Drama’; It’s a pure expression of musicality and talent, for which she made the Polaris Music Prize Long List.  Mellow Drama has an honest, confessional quality about it; listening to it is like stumbling across someone’s (incredibly relatable) diary. And Louise’s performances come straight from the heart.  Her influences include – Neil Young, Nick Cave, Johnny Cash and June Carter, Harry Nilsson, Sam Cooke – but never at the cost of her own voice.  http://louiseburnsmusic.com