LOST DOG (WEDNESDAY)

MICHAEL CLOUD DUGUAY: KINGDOM COME, KINGDOM GO

In June, 2024, Canadian composer Michael Cloud Duguay and collaborators travelled over 1,500km across Newfoundland in a self-built, solar-powered mobile studio, recording seven historic church organs in seven remote communities, resulting in one of the most unique and imaginative albums ever produced in Canada.

At each stop, the ensemble encountered remarkably different organs with unusual histories.Some were acoustic, hand-cranked instruments while others relied on foot pedals to generate sound. Some were recently updated and featured digital keyboards and amplifiers. One had not been tuned in 120 years; another was buried beneath a pile of rubble in the upper gallery of a decommissioned Catholic church.

Released on Duguay ’ s own Watch That ends The Night Records in July 2026, the album received instantaneous and universal critical acclaim. Kingdom Come, Kingdom Go has been identified as a generational work, and a rare example of an experimental, creative music project breaking through to the mainstream culture and capturing the popular imagination.

For this show, Duguay + his collaborators (Andrew MacKelvie, Markus Lake, Dave Grenon) will be performing this material, putting to use the digital organ emulators that were designed and constructed by the team ' s engineers. Thus, the live performance does not require an actual pipe organ. Interpretations of the album material will be reproduced on digital instruments that precisely replicate the sound of the various organs and churches heard on the album, accompanied by saxophone, photo, and live sound design and processing.

https://michaelcloudduguay.bandcamp.com/album/kingdom-come-kingdom-go

WHITNEY K

Whitney K is the musical vehicle for Canadian born songwriter Konner Whitney, who recently relocated to Vancouver. He is known for his agile lyricism, unpolished yet luminously resonant recordings, and a gritty baritone that balances.

https://whitneyk.bandcamp.com/music

DOORS 7:30 / DOWNBEAT 8PM 

$15 - $20 PWYC  at the door

 ALL AGES

at THE HARGROVE

(150 EAST 3RD AVE)

 (enter around back in the alley)

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LOST DOG is a music series curated by Cole Schmidt and Kevin Romain, and presented by Barking Sphinx. 

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Accessibility info: There are two steps up to the entrance of the Hargrove. There is one gender neutral washroom which is not wheelchair accessible.

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Taking place on stolen Coast Salish land. We acknowledge that our work takes place in Vancouver on traditional and unceded Indigenous land belonging to the Coast Salish peoples, including the territories of the xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish),Stó:lō and səlil̓wətaʔɬ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations. We are grateful for this place.