Posted On: Oct. 27, 2021
Back To Live: Regina
BreakOut West is thrilled to be Back To Live! After more than a year off-stage, musicians are finally returning to live performances and BreakOut West is celebrating with a five-week series of concerts, speaking engagements, and digital content from some of the best the western Canadian music industry has to offer.
Join us in Regina at The Exchange for this free event featuring performances by Marissa Burwell, MELODNA, and RUMPUS! Also, arrive early for a discussion about the return to live music in Regina!
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Schedule
5:30 PM - Doors
6:00 PM - Back to Live Conference
7:30 PM - Marissa Burwell
Performers
Marissa Burwell
Marissa Burwell is an indie act from the heart of Saskatchewan, known best for her captivating yet endearing performances. Her debut self-titled EP was released in 2019 creating a buzz that allowed appearances at international festivals including Reeperbahn, Liverpool Sound City, and Breakout West. And now, on the heels of her self-titled EP, Burwell remerges as a fully realized artist. Burwell’s debut full-length album, Bittersweet is set to release in January of 2022. Bittersweet demonstrates remarkable growth, both as a songwriter and with her sonic palette. Her warm, summery voice and wry wit remain but beneath its indie-folk exterior the album is adorned with lush keys, warm synth passages, and subtle drum programming. Lyrically it is her most personal work, full of images of dinner parties, church, gardens and dads with wandering hands. “I’m 22 and I’m sitting in my room and I don’t know what to do with myself,” she sings on Trying To Help. Born and raised in Regina, Saskatchewan she writes one eye focused on childhood, the other gazing toward a hopeful future, and both feet planted firmly in the snow.
MELODNA
MELODNA (mel•o•d•na), is an emerging indie artist. Writing her first song at 5 years old, Melodna knew that music would be a constant in her life. Growing in the respected shadow of her musically inclined father, her early years were writing songs, poetry, and singing her heart out anywhere she could. Living in the prairies, MELODNA spent her life keeping her love for music to herself and those it may concern. "There was never a comfortable progressing environment to expand on my music ability within the community." Relying on music for the sole purpose of self healing, MELODNA trained herself to fully let go on a piece of paper. Becoming a single mom at 22 years old, she shifted her purpose of music from a way to vent and move past her burdens, to now exposing her inner most emotions to the entire public. MELODNA is proud to call herself a Christian, and there's no doubt that her moral compass and foundation in life is built around that. Growing as an artist, she has devoted substantial focus to speaking out on social injustices. As 1/3 hosts of "Let's Talk About It," she has since made it her mission to call out any and all social injustices around her or experienced by her, striving to leave her community in better shape than she found it. "If anything I'm good at, whether it's singing or speaking, can make one persons world a better place, I'm gonna do that."
RUMPUS
Rumpus, by definition, does in fact bring the noise - and the bodies - to dancefloors and music festivals around the globe. A badass drummer with a punk-rock upbringing, Rumpus infuses that alternative edge into his own unique brand of high vibe, bass heavy, funky house music. Powered by live drums and one-of-a-kind productions, Rumpus’s eclectic style has been flexing speakers on an international scale, with recent appearances at major festivals including Shambhala, Burning Man, Lightning in a Bottle and Shipsomnia in Ibiza. His visually captivating, high-energy live shows are favourites among freaky festival folk and are even known to turn electronic music's skeptics into fast fans. His releases include music on Insomniac Records, Westwood Recordings & Australia’s ‘Sweat it Out’ Club Sweat label, as well as recent collaborations with Volac, Smalltown DJs, and Neon Steve to name a few. With a feature in DJ Mag North America where Rumpus was named one of "12 Emerging Acts to hear this September", and receiving the award for Saskatchewan 2019 Electronic Artist Of The Year, 2019 has proven to be a career defining year for the cutting edge producer, drummer and DJ.
Speakers
Brad InfoRed Bellegarde - People of the Sun
CBC Future 40 Award Winner and Neechie Gear Role Model, Brad Bellegarde aka InfoRed has been a featured artist at events such as Aboriginal Music Week in Winnipeg, Manitoba, APTN’s Aboriginal Day Live and Vancouver’s Olympic Games celebrations. Brad is a proud Nakota/Cree member of the Little Black Bear First Nation who calls Regina, SK home. A true believer that education is the new Buffalo, his work in schools gave him a unique opportunity to present his methods of education at the VIII International Conference of Intercultural Education in Indigenous Contexts in Temuco, Chile. In 2012, InfoRed performed for His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall during their Royal visit.
Amber Goodwyn - Regina Folk Festival
Amber Goodwyn is the Artistic Director of the Regina Folk Festival and a multidisciplinary artist with active performance, film and video, writing and music practices.
Amy Nelson - Artist
Canadian country music artist Amy Nelson has waved the Canadian flag on stages all over the world. With her hometown of Regina, Saskatchewan as a springboard, she has risen into the spotlight as an award-winning singer/songwriter, energetic performer and multi-enterprise businesswoman. Amy has collected over 44 Saskatchewan Country Music Award nominations with a 2018 win for Entertainer of the Year. Amy has performed at the Calgary Stampede, Canadian Music Week, Canadian Country Music Awards, Nashville’s AmericanaFest, BreakOut West, JunoFest and Australian Music Week. In 2019 Amy was recognized from the floor of the Saskatchewan Legislative Assembly for her intercontinental musical successes. She also was included in a 2018 JUNO Awards video featuring FACTOR-funded Canadian artists who have gained popularity abroad. In January 2022, Amy will release her first single through a major Canadian Country Label, Open Road Recordings.
Joseph Prasanna Werapitiya - Artist
Prasunuh, born Joseph Prasanna Werapitiya, is a Canadian artist from Regina, Saskatchewan. Born to two hard-working and hard-playing immigrant parents, Prasunuh takes his influence from deep-rooted buddhist energy (father), and a strong catholic backbone (mother). Prasunuh’s music and life holds a key in balancing opposing forces.
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