{"id":20228,"date":"2020-11-13T08:00:54","date_gmt":"2020-11-13T16:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/?p=20228"},"modified":"2020-11-12T14:36:07","modified_gmt":"2020-11-12T22:36:07","slug":"lola-parks-comes-home-for-concert-in-victoria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/2020\/11\/13\/lola-parks-comes-home-for-concert-in-victoria\/","title":{"rendered":"Lola Parks comes home for concert in Victoria"},"content":{"rendered":"

Previously known as one of Victoria\u2019s indie darlings to watch, Lola Parks\u2014real name Sandy Powlik\u2014is now a Vancouverite, and has recently released her newest album, No Apologies<\/em>. Powlik describes herself as a \u201clife enthusiast soul adventurer\u201d; while critics have previously described the musician\u2019s music as \u201cindie folk,\u201d the singer-songwriter disagrees.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve never really thought of myself as a folk [artist],\u201d says Powlik. \u201cI\u2019m not a traditional folk type of player.\u201d<\/p>\n

Powlik\u2019s award-winning music features in film, TV, and on radio\u2014one of her compositions is the theme song for CBC\u2019s The Early Edition<\/em>. Speaking from a break from an industry insider Los Angeles-based film and music conference, Powlik says that her appetite for learning pushes her into new realms and dimensions: a good thing, whether or not everyone agrees.<\/p>\n

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Vancouver’s Lola Parks is playing in Victoria tonight (photo provided).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cFans and artists evolve, we all evolve\u2026 Genres evolve,\u201d says Powlik. \u201c[No Apologies] <\/em>was a definite veering in the [pop] direction. How I write on piano has more pop sensibilities as well.\u201d<\/p>\n

Close friends provided imperative feedback to Powlik during the writing process for the new album, which helped Powlik take her music wherever it needed to go.<\/p>\n

\u201c[They said], \u2018People are going to love whatever you do,\u2019\u201d says Powlik.<\/p>\n

Powlik has been writing songs since the age of 12, and says that there is always more to learn. Her songs come from a figurative place\u2014a place where the lyrical \u201cbones\u201d of songs await to be incarnated with melody\u2014that Powlik calls her \u201clyrics graveyard.\u201d A lot of this musical discovery happened here in Victoria.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was in Victoria 20 years,\u201d says Powlik. \u201cI got my first degree at UVic, then ended up being in a band; I stayed for music.\u201d<\/p>\n

Since the debut Lola Parks release in 2002, and after two subsequent follow-up records, Powlik says that the band has evolved into a solo project that includes \u201ca beautiful coming together of some really great friends and musicians.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve always been a writer,\u201d she says. \u201cI\u2019ve always been a question asker, but my way of asking questions comes out more through songs. I wasn\u2019t the person who put their hand up in class; I was, I think, too timid. I can talk a lot but I\u2019m actually an introvert.\u201d<\/p>\n

The word \u201ctimid\u201d isn\u2019t an adjective one would expect to come from Powlik, nor from Lola Parks, however, it takes exactly two seconds before Powlik\u2019s self-deprecating and humble nature shines forth from her bubbly demeanour.<\/p>\n

\u201cI strive to be better [and] fight the not-good-enough type of thing,\u201d she says. \u201cI just want to keep learning.\u201d<\/p>\n

Lola Parks (with Chris Van Sickle and Gordon Light)
\n7:30 pm, Friday, November 13
\n$20, Hermann\u2019s Jazz Club
\nOr livestream by donation
\nhermannsjazz.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Previously known as one of Victoria\u2019s indie darlings to watch, Lola Parks\u2014real name Sandy Powlik\u2014is now a Vancouverite, and has recently released her newest album, No Apologies. Powlik describes herself as a \u201clife enthusiast soul adventurer\u201d; while critics have previously described the musician\u2019s music as \u201cindie folk,\u201d the singer-songwriter disagrees. \u201cI\u2019ve never really thought of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":20235,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20228","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arts","category-webexclusive"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t