Fundraiser for The Storytelling Show on Coop Radio at the Cafe Deux Soleils

Wednesday, June 3rd at the Cafe Deux Soleils on Commercial Drive in Vancouver. 9:00

COOP Radio's Storytelling Show is hosting a fundraising concert on Wednesday, June 3rd at the Cafe Deux Soleils.
Thanks to the support and generosity of Melissa Endean, Girl Goes Electric, Beth Southwell and Christie Rose, we look forward to an incredible night of music at the Cafe Deux Soleils.

Vancouver Co-operative Radio, CFRO, 102.7 FM is a non-commercial, co-operatively owned, listener-supported, community radio station. Located in the heart of Vancouver's Downtown Eastside, Co-op Radio is a voice for the voiceless that strives to a provide space for under-represented and marginalized communities. Co-op Radio aims to increase community participation by encouraging examination of the social and political concerns of the geographic and cultural communities of BC. There is a facebook group for COOP Radio
Coop Radio on Facebook
The Storytelling Show is on Sundays from 9-10 and
it is a program about women’s storytelling in all its variations: from oral storytelling to story-readings to spoken word performances.
So come on down. Tickets are $5.00 and music starts at 9 and ends at midnight.

Hear the artists on myspace.
http://www.myspace.com/girlgoeselectric
http://www.myspace.com/melissarendean
http://www.myspace.com/bethsouthwell
http://www.myspace.com/thechristieroseparade

For more information on the Storytelling Show and COOP Radio
http://www.coopradio.org
The Storytelling Show on Facebook
The Storytelling Show on MySpace

About the Cafe Deux Soleils
It is a vegetarian eatery, that has been feeding hordes of Drive residents for the past decade and a half. Famous for its brunches, Poetry Slams, and live music events, the big box room plays host to a variety of events and proves itself quite flexible in hosting the Drive's eclectic groups.
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Girl Goes Electric: Fresh, Quirky and Cool

A Vancouver band that I love, Girl Goes Electric, say it all so well. I just took their myspace and used it here to share their info with you.
In true 21st century style, Girl Goes Electric is a partnership conceived on the World Wide Web and launched at a corporate coffee house. Girl Goes Electric is an electroacoustic fusion of Susan Dixon’s compelling original songs and artful handling of a guitar with Adam Percy’s passion for programming and mad keyboard genius. With sounds ranging from pulsing trip-hop and rhythmic melancholy dance music to rollicking barrelhouse, the rich textures and layers tease the ear as they reveal themselves, recalling artists like Morcheeba, Everything But The Girl, and Massive Attack.


Songwriter and chanteuse Susan Dixon is not your typical guitar-wielding chick. Her electric blue eyes and coy charm have been drawing in audiences since she first took to the stage at seventeen, but it is her wry lyrical sensibility that leaves you hanging off every word. With a confident voice and strong musicality, Susan sings of life’s beautiful frustrations - always with a playfully arched eyebrow that lets you know she is quite a joyful girl in spite of herself. Her roots are in Winnipeg, where she began her love affair with the guitar at age eight and started writing songs as an angsty adolescent. As a student at a French-language university, Susan developed cult status as “that anglo girl who writes French songs,” and went on to record a 12-song release entitled Minuit et quart. Building on a loyal following, she made multiple appearances in venues around town and garnered airplay on local radio stations. After a few misspent years writing and playing in Halifax, Susan moved her bones, books, most of her heart and what’s left of her mind to the west coast, and is thrilled to be the girl in Girl Goes Electric.


Hailing from suburban Toronto, Adam Percy cut his teeth playing and programming keyboards with Toronto funk-rock alternative group Acid Test. Their indie EP Trip On This scored the band a stint on Sire/Warner Bros. and an album release titled Drop. Top opening slots and tours quickly followed, including shows with Nine Inch Nails, Sugar Ray, Sloan, 54-40, The Ocean Blue and The Sugarcubes. Adam then took ..board touring duty with Econoline Crush, touring the US, Canada and Europe for the album Affliction on the bill with artists such as Filter, The Tea Party, Die Krupps and The Young Gods. He was then recruited for programming duties on the Bif Naked album I Bificus, which sold gold in Canada. Recording was quickly followed by tours as her keyboard player and gigging with the likes of SNFU, Raggadeath and Glueleg. After many more years of producing and recording under his belt and a recent relocation back to Vancouver, Adam brings his programming, production, and performing artistry to this new project.


Girl Goes Electric is a perfect marriage of the organic and the synthetic. Fresh, quirky, and cool. Clever, sexy, and real. With their new self titled E.P released, look for Girl Goes Electric, soon to be rocking a crowd near you.