This livestream is presented with support from Safe At Home Mb.
Winter in Manitoba can be a long, cold, dark time. But if the rumours are true – Winnipeg is filled with hearty people who actually still live and thrive in winter.
In a normal year, WINTERRUPTION is an effort to give you a great reason to leave your house in the dead of winter. This year is different. We want you to stay home and enjoy the festival. With the support of Safe At Home Mb., we’re bringing you five amazing concerts in February and March to enjoy from the warmth and safety of your home.
The West End Cultural Centre is thrilled to be presenting the second-annual Winterrution in partnership with Safe At Home Mb. our all-Manitoba lineup featuring The Small Glories, Mise en Scene, Super Duty Tough Work, Anthony OSK, and Del Barber.
Roots duo The Small Glories are Cara Luft & JD Edwards, a musical tour-de-force partnership planted on the Canadian Prairies. With a stage banter striking a unique balance between slapstick and sermon, these veteran singer-songwriters have a way of making time disappear, rooms shrink, and audiences feel as though they are right there on the stage with the band. On record, Luft and Edwards take the musical synergy honed from hundreds of shows together, and expand it into a new soundscape amplified by pounding drums and other textural embellishments which only reinforce the magic of their innate chemistry — a chemistry labeled the “Lennon-McCartney syndrome,” by Americana UK, writing, “Some things just work together... to witness a performance by The Small Glories is a rare opportunity to experience that indefinable quality that creates perfection.” Luft and Edwards duplicate and reinforce each others’ many strengths and yet allow their distinct personalities to shine through, resulting in a live show that is as heartwarming as it is hilarious, as finger-picking proficient as it is relatable, and as Canadian as, well... it’s very Canadian. But that hasn’t stopped them from winning over audiences from Nashville to the Australian Outback. The duo won "Artist of the Year" at the International Folk Awards in New Orleans 2020, with their highly anticipated sophomore album “Assiniboine & The Red” garnering 3 Canadian Folk Music Awards, a JUNO Award nomination, Critics' Choice for 'Album of the Year' in Penguin Eggs Magazine, and captured the #1 Folk/Roots album spot on the national earshot! radio charts.
