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Sudbury musician Jennifer Holub holds album release party this Friday

She's put out two singles over the last few months ahead of album release
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Sudbury singer-songwriter Jennifer Holub holds a release party for her second album, “The Reckoning,” at Sudbury Theatre Centre Friday, Oct. 19. (Supplied)

Sudbury singer-songwriter Jennifer Holub holds a release party for her second album, “The Reckoning,” at Sudbury Theatre Centre Friday, Oct. 19.

Local punk band The Ape-Ettes will be opening the night. Click above to watch the music video for “Way Out,” one of two singles Holub released over the last few months ahead of the album.

The album is what she calls an apologetic feminist call to action. Working with co-producer Jonathan Danyliw (Murder Murder, Pistol George Warren) and engineer Matthew Wiewel, “The Reckoning: marks a major artistic step forward for Holub, who builds on her previous Americana-tinged sound with a range of elements—everything from vintage soul to EDM—that adds up to a reflection of her northern environment: pastoral, cold and resilient. 

The album also presents the first fruits of Holub’s decision to make music her full-time pursuit, and she’s set up to have the road be her home well into 2019. 

“I still love my older songs, but I wanted to learn more about arrangements through experimenting with sounds in my home studio,” she said. “Telling a complete story through sound became an important goal for me.” 

“The Reckoning” does retain some of the Americana flavor of Holub’s past work. However, genre distinctions have less meaning for her than they ever have, and Holub cites artists as diverse as Mavis Staples and Zach de la Rocha as her primary inspiration for The Reckoning. 

“To me, artists like them represent the potential of music to affect change,” she said. “I have always listened to these artists and have been connected to that breed of songwriting. They have taught me how songs can inspire hearts and minds when rhetoric fails.”

Tickets to the release party, which cost $25 each, are available through the STC box office.

Holub has also confirmed her tour dates for this fall. On the roster is Ottawa (Oct. 11), Renfrew (Oct. 12), Montreal (Oct. 13), Sudbury (Oct. 19), Toronto (Oct. 26) and Sault Ste. Marie (Oct. 27). 

She’ll be touring with her 5-piece band.  


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