(photos below) 

I recently played show with local legends Fiinn and the ascending new band, Sunday Club at the Handsome Daughter in my hometown of Winnipeg Manitoba. It was such a pleasure and privilage to play my songs for a great crowd, and to open the show for two bands that I genuinely love. 

I’ve been steadily writing a fresh batch of songs in the alt folk, emo, grunge, country space and starting to play shows under my own name, in the past I worked under the moniker, Strawberry 25, and been a steady contributor and player in my sister’s project, Boniface.  

Songwriting and photography are convergent outlets for me to explore the connective nature of being alive. Every soul bearing being on earth shares in the unlikely and visceral experience of every day, and there are stories to tell of the beauty and terror held within this experience. I feel my role as an artist is to encourage people to consider the depth of their own experience, move toward acceptance and love, and to acknowledge the true and difficult feelings associated with growing up in of inhuman systems that fail to recognize the value of human, animal and plant life that exist in natural symbiosis. 

Soooo yeah, and I see live music as reminder of the rawness of who we are, when we gather together. That night I took some photos of these forementioned bands with my trusty Canon WP-1 loaded with Kodak Ultramax. 

I’ve also uploaded my full raw set below, if you’d like to hear my songs live. And you can visit this link to hear secret, currently unreleased songs I’ve recorded. 

Thank you, have a nice day! -JV