“It helps to know where to go if you know where you’ve been," he said. "I’m drawn to virtuosic playing. In fact, he’ll be road testing several charts at the Plaza Series. He’s adapting cello suites from the classical catalogue and arranging them for banjo. It is earmarked for release in the spring of 2024. As long as it has a good message or is well-written, I’m in," he said.Ĭurrently, Moranz is working on a third album, tentatively titled Better/Worse. “I’m generally attracted to all kinds of good music. The singer-songwriter is a keen history buff and plays guitar, banjo, mandolin, mandola, lap steel, harmonica, slide whistle and violin. We think of it differently today then when it actually happened. “In the last episode, it’s the end and there’s relief, sadness and people kissing on the street. His sophomore album XO, 1945, released in 2021, is based on a Second World War documentary. He simply feels “compelled” to write songs in the tradition of bygone storytellers, narratives that are lyrically poetic and musically earthy, ranging from nostalgic ballads to gritty roots rock. Even when I was exploring punk, I never left the folk catalogue.”Īnd like Lucette, he did not choose music. And in rock and roll it was Herbie Hancock and The Headhunters. I’ve always been a folkie," he said. "Even in my punkiest days, it was always Billy Bragg, Miles Davis, Cab Calloway - something rootsy from jazz and blues. I guess this was my way of going through a rite of passage." My parents gave us a lot of leash to make experiences and mistakes. “I came from a musical family." Moranz said. "I didn’t have anything to rebel against. And while he currently promotes roots music, his emblem during the teenage years was punk rock and emo. Unlike a young shy Lauren Gilles, Ryland Moranz was never bashful about belting out his favourite songs. Music brought me to songwriting, and I use it like a cathartic experience. But for some people it’s a big part of their being, and it felt part of me from a young age. “Everyone listens to music for different reasons. Not only does music drive her, it defines who she is. “While my friends were in university, I was staying at Super-8 Motels on the highway. By her early 20s Lucette was touring the United States and the United Kingdom alone in a rental car. Seven months after high school graduation, she was in Nashville building a network of contacts. By the time Gilles enrolled at Scona High, she was performing live and credits a former art teacher, Brad Burns, for encouraging students and nourishing their dreams. In Grade 6 she was given a taste of live performance in a school musical. “A friend described it as Fleetwood Mac meets Lana Del Rey,” she said laughing.Īs a young child Gilles studied piano but hated the structure. Although the singer-songwriter is keeping the title under wraps, she provided a sneak peek at what fans can expect from the 12-track. Now working on a third album, due for release next year, she suggests it lands somewhere in between her two original records. “I abandoned Americana for evocative electronic-tinged arrangements and trippy textures,” said Lucette in a telephone interview. But her second album, the 2019 Deluxe Hotel Room produced by Grammy winner Sturgill Simpson, flipped a complete 180. As her first test run, she leaned towards an earthy, country-rock sound. Lauren Gilles, whose stage name is Lucette, debuted her first record, Black is the Color in 2014. Different yet complementary, the duo is billed to perform at the Arden Theatre’s Plaza Series on Thursday, July 27. Lucette is tagged as an Americana-pop singer-songwriter, while Moranz’s compositions create a roots-rock vibe. But both singer-songwriters express themselves from the soul, delivering poetic songs filled with heartfelt meaning. Edmonton’s Lucette and Lethbridge’s Ryland Moranz are miles apart.
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