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Official record launch for Word on the Street, the new vinyl album by the ineffable Montreal icon, underground superstar, community organizer, and unapologetic transsexual Elle Barbara.
Word on the Street is a genre-defying concept album that promises to become a cult classic and solidify Elle Barbara's reputation as an uncompromising auteur, champion of queer eccentricity, all-around visionary, and working-class heroine.
Each track on Word on the Street, as well as being highly melodic, conjures up unique pictures composed of seemingly incongruous images such as corrupt justice systems, aliens, industrial food production, religious fanaticism, and the Montreal Canadiens hockey team. Word on the Street is a mixed bag whose conspiratorial aesthetic belies an anti-consumerism stance, and encourages resistance against the rise of AI and other tools of technological oppression.
Join CBC's Nantali Indongo and Elle Barbara for a live recording of The Bridge (CBC Radio One), in an hour of intimate performance and conversation covering a range of topics such as Elle's new album and her recent wedding to herself.
Elle Barbara will also take questions from the audience.
DJs: Juju Le Moko, Mossy Mugler (afterparty)
Though not mandatory, attendees are encouraged to come dressed in bridal gowns and stay until the afterparty, where a best-dressed bride will be chosen to win a copy of Elle's new album, Word on the Street.
Album launch Elle Barbara's Black Space: Word on the Street
Official record launch for Word on the Street, the new vinyl album by the ineffable Montreal icon, underground superstar, community organizer, and unapologetic transsexual Elle Barbara.
Word on the Street is a genre-defying concept album that promises to become a cult classic and solidify Elle Barbara's reputation as an uncompromising auteur, champion of queer eccentricity, all-around visionary, and working-class heroine.
Each track on Word on the Street, as well as being highly melodic, conjures up unique pictures composed of seemingly incongruous images such as corrupt justice systems, aliens, industrial food production, religious fanaticism, and the Montreal Canadiens hockey team. Word on the Street is a mixed bag whose conspiratorial aesthetic belies an anti-consumerism stance, and encourages resistance against the rise of AI and other tools of technological oppression.
Join CBC's Nantali Indongo and Elle Barbara for a live recording of The Bridge (CBC Radio One), in an hour of intimate performance and conversation covering a range of topics such as Elle's new album and her recent wedding to herself.
Elle Barbara will also take questions from the audience.
DJs: Juju Le Moko, Mossy Mugler (afterparty)
Though not mandatory, attendees are encouraged to come dressed in bridal gowns and stay until the afterparty, where a best-dressed bride will be chosen to win a copy of Elle's new album, Word on the Street.