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Fri. January 13th 2017 St. James Community Hall Vancouver BC $10-$15

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David Beckingham, Twin Bandit

At the age of 12 David Beckingham moved with his family to Kenya where they live...
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Fri. January 13th 2017 + Add to Calendar St. James Community Hall (All Ages)
8:00pm  Doors at: 7:00pm $10-$15

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David Beckingham
Twin Bandit
from Vancouver BC
Available for Shows/Gigs

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The Rogue Folk Club
The Rogue Folk Club is a registered non-profit Society in th...
3214 West 10th Avenue Vancouver BC
Open / Operational

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At the age of 12 David Beckingham moved with his family to Kenya where they lived, with rationed electricity and no phone line, for 2 and a half years. It was there that he discovered a love for the guitar and singing. 10 years later Beckingham and friend since elementary school, Ashleigh Ball were joined by David Vertesi to form Juno Award nominated Canadian indie group Hey Ocean!

Beckingham spent the last 10 years focusing on touring, writing and recording with the trio, and all the while his own catalogue of unreleased songs piled up. Naturally when the band decided to take a hiatus back in 2014 Beckingham focused on putting together his own album. Recording plans were delayed by a sudden and severe vocal chord injury. He faced a real danger of irreparable damage and was forced to take 2 months of complete silence and 6 months away from singing. He made a full recovery and in May 2016 Beckingham independently released his debut solo album, Just When The Light. The album is loaded with contrast between existential gratitude, and deep, personal unrest. It’s about light and shadow, and the human predisposition toward always yearning for something other than what you have.

The first single Forest touches on being dissatisfied with personal fickleness and self-contradictions. The song Places paints vivid, poetic imagery inspired by a changing city and the love that was lost in the places that are no longer there. The catchy folk-pop Montreal touches on restlessness and blaming one’s personal malaise on the grey skies of the an often unfriendly city. Sleepless City explores rumination on addiction and insomnia. The powerful single Soldier is a heartbreaking metaphor – the image of a terrified soldier who knows he will not make it through the war, the truth of a lover who knows it’s coming to an end. And Adi’s Song is about a pivotal time in the breakdown of a relationship and haunting loneliness despite having someone. All of the material on the self-produced album is original with the exception of Beckingham’s soulful treatment on the Be Good Tanyas' In Spite Of All The Damage.

Just When The Light was recorded in Vancouver at The Space, Monarch, and Vertical studios, and at Beckingham’s home. Various friends make guest appearances, including bandmate Ashleigh Ball, Hannah Walker and Jamie Elliot of Vancouver’s Twin Bandit and Beckingham’s father Paul appearing on trumpet on the last track of the album.

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St. James Community Hall
3214 W. 10th Ave.
Capacity364
Open / Operational

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