Bluecorn Cafe & Mercantile and Pickin' Productions presents "Live at the Candle Factory: Begonia w/ Opener Rachael Jenkins
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Trip-hop beats and propulsive grooves pulse throughout Begonia's album, shadowing Dirks' stunning voice; she alternates between a dusky croon and an expressive, belting delivery. The album nods to vintage soul ("I'm Not Dying," "Crying") sunny R&B ("Bleeding Heart") and soaring balladry ("Chasing Every Sunrise"). Yet the album is firmly in the realm of contemporary music: Standout "The Only One" is modern, keyboard-polished pop that features Dirks' most powerful vocal performance on the album.
Pegged as Canada’s breakout alt-diva, Begonia has built a legion of fans online and at her legendary live shows. Between her debut EP & album (Lady in Mind and Fear respectively) she was named one of NPR’s Artists You Need to Know, had two #1 songs on Canada’s CBC national radio chart, were nominated for a JUNO Award for Alternative Album Of The Year and long-listed for the Polaris Music Prize. Fear spent 10 straight weeks as the #1 album in Canada on Earshot’s Top 50 chart and had songs synced to numerous Netflix and Oprah Winfrey Network shows.
Rachael Jenkins
Rachael Jenkins is a generational songwriter with a voice light like gossamer spun between branches in springtime dew. With lyrical themes sewing the seam of being queer and raised in the Mormon church, there are few narratives that resonate as close to the core of this generation’s spirit. 3 singles and millions of streams into her career, she has been featured on Fresh Finds, noir, Chill Singer-Songwriter, Women of Folk, and more.