artist The Consonant C

The Consonant C was a group of musicians held together by a glue of love, making music like little lanterns that cluster into somewhat organized constellations of sound. Incubated during cold nights in Calgary basements, these six friends wooed their audiences by making ghost noises, thumping drums, plucking banjos, strumming harps, rubbing wine glass rims, plinking Glockenspiels, banging pianos, and stirring fantastic vocal harmonies. Bringing together various musical backgrounds including formal training in classical and jazz, forays in Punk rock and folk, and love affairs with what is know down south as New Weird American, they displayed a playful zeal for every influence. As founding members of local collective The Summerwood Warren, they regularly collected the Calgary music community into heart bursting all aged nights of adventure and creativity, involving video projections, artistic installations, the occasional tobogganing excursion, and yes, live appearances from the band. Specializing in creative performance, they were likely to dress up as animals, build you a blanket fort, or at the very least, to have you singing, howling, and loving along.