Lucie Idlout will play at the Albion Hotel on Feb. 22. Guelph duo Violet Lyal will be opening the show. Doors open at 8pm and the cover $10 at the door.
Idlout’s newest album Swagger, released Feb. 10, features the song Angel Street, which tells the story of her friend, Irene, who was a survivor of abuse.
The story of Angel Street has been covered in a CBC Radio documentary, Lovely Irene, and a documentary about violence against women called A Place To Run To.
Idlout’s voice "at times echoes the crooning of the likes of Etta James, and then with seemingly equal ease, delivers the awesome power of alternative alumni Marianne Faithful and P.J. Harvey. Her raw, commanding style is not intended for the lighthearted.
She offers an emotional journey through life drawing on themes of heartbreak, one-night stands, loss, tenderness and occasionally a little rage.
Iqaluit Mayor Elisapee Sheutiapik championed to have the name of the street where the women’s shelter is located renamed Angel Street. Sheutiapik has challenged other cities in Canada to name streets in their communities Angel Street to remember women who are killed by intimate partners.
Idlout and Violet Lyal is co-presented by Kaleidoscope Productions and the Neighbours, Friends and Families Campaign.
It is a community-based, grassroots initiative designed to give people tools to recognize woman abuse and how to be supportive if a neighbor, friend or family member is experiencing abuse.
In Guelph and Wellington County NFF is doing workshops with hair stylists, churches, neighbourhood groups and workplaces.
Those cover warning signs of abuse, effective responses to abuse and resources that are available in Guelph and the county.
For more information visit www.neighboursfriendsandfamilies.ca.
