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Rising Tide with Alana Yorke
March 18 @ 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
What a great way to celebrate JUNO week in Halifax! Come join us in celebrating music and female artists. Part of The Stage at St Andrew’s RISING TIDE concert series hosted by Leona Burkey
ALANA YORKE and special guest Talia Schlanger
Monday March 18
ALL AGES / Sensory Inclusive / Fully Accessible
Showtime 7:30pm
Doors 7pm
NO FILM PHOTOGRAPHY PERMITTED DURING THE CONCERT.
In November 2022, Alana Yorke woke up one morning and realized she was unable to move her left arm. A few days (and numerous hospital tests) later, she discovered she’d had a hemorrhagic stroke that affected the right hemisphere of her brain (associated with creative expression) in the parietal lobe (responsible for receiving and filtering sensory input). What could have been an unmitigated disaster changed Yorke’s life.
The previous decade had been filled with profound challenges — during a sample-gathering scuba expedition as part of her academic work, she ran out of air and subsequently developed debilitating PTSD. The stroke, however, was a serendipitous force: the psychological heaviness suddenly lifted, and Yorke found herself freed from past emotional baggage and propelled by euphoric creativity.
While the album that would become Destroyer had always been part of a process of plumbing the depths, Yorke was consumed by a desire to share what she had experienced on the other side of the veil. “The goal was to bring these images and stories back to our world,” she explains.
Destroyer is an art-pop stunner that represents both a creativie triumph and a personal transformation and will be released on May 17, 2024 on Paper Bag Records.
Grace for the Going (Latent Recordings) is Talia Schlanger’s intimate and explosive debut album. It’s a reflection of her reverence for the power of words, genuine love of connecting with people, and passionately eclectic musical taste.
Known as the articulate and encyclopedic former host of the NPR-distributed radio show World Cafe, Talia has interviewed some of the most exciting musicians and artists working today. You may also recognize her as a frequent host of CBC’s q with Tom Power or from Here’s the Thing with Alec Baldwin.
LEONA BURKEY – host
A versatile singer-songwriter/contemporary roots artist from Halifax/Cape Breton with a bell-clear voice, inventive folk-rock guitar attack and seasoned, easy-going stage presence. Leona’s penchant for spontaneously crafting shows as she goes charms and disarms audiences into a joyful musical conversation in the Cape Breton troubadour styel.
