A century-old church in Winnipeg's Crescentwood neighbourhood is getting a new lease on life as the home of musicians The Bros. Landreth and the country duo's record label. It's a partnership the church's reverend says will help keep the historical building a place of worship despite dwindling congregation numbers.
St. Michael and All Angels Anglican Church parishioners will now attend Sunday mass in the same Hugo Street N. building the Juno-Award winners will rehearse and record music in.
That's after it was purchased by Winnipeg Jets co-owner Mark Chipman in a deal he says is a win for artists and the church's community. "We've got the label set up and we're working on our laptops in the parish hall alongside folks from the congregation," said David Landreth, one half of the sibling duo. Historic church in downtown Winnipeg could face demolition but parishioners hope for salvation Winnipeg church that needs $7M in repairs could be sold under certain conditions, bishop says "Also, being in here, feeling out the space and being inspired by it, writing songs and hanging out and imagining what sort of creative stuff we can get up to.
" For years David and Joey Landreth's label, Birthday Cake Records, ran out of what Joey called a "broom closet in between a couple bathrooms" upstairs from the Burton Cummings Theatre downtown. St. Michael and All Angels Anglican Church at 300 Hugo Street N.
has been part of the city since the 1920s. (Rudy Gauer/CBC) The duo had been looking for a .