Rebekah Hawker & Renee Coughlin BC Home Routes Tour
House Concert, Saltair, BC
Homeroutes Presents: Renee Coughlin (The Pairs) and Rebekah Hawker join their songwriting in this tour de force to offer an intimate evening of storytelling and folk song sharing. Expect two individual sets of captivitating songwriting followed by a collaboration between the artists of their favourite covers.
Renee Coughlin. Equal parts tender and untamed, Renée’s songwriting and performance traces the strange beauty of being human – hope firmly rooted next to grief, love next to longing. After nearly a decade of touring internationally with acclaimed indie-folk trio, The Pairs, Renée has begun to develop her career as a solo artist as well. Leaning further into heartfelt storytelling, Renée’s music lands somewhere between confession and campfire mythology. With an honesty that can quiet a room, Renée’s lyrics, melodies and performances create a world that is beautifully open and unresolved.
Rebekah Hawker is an Ontario-based folk singer-songwriter whose warm, engaging performances blend heartfelt storytelling, sharp wit, and country-folk influences. Raised in Barrie as one of ten children, she has earned recognition for her distinctive voice and natural connection with audiences. Winner of the 2024 Mariposa Folk Festival Emerging Artist Showcase, she has shared stages with Langhorne Slim, Dean Brody, and The Good Lovelies, with her music featured on CBC, SiriusXM, and Indie88. Her acclaimed 2025 EP Quit My Habit explores grief, family, and healing, with its title track earning a 2026 Folk Music Ontario Song of the Year nomination. A recipient of the 2025 TD Incubator for Creative Entrepreneurship and a MusiCounts Emerging Songwriters Fellowship, Hawker continues to establish herself as an exciting voice in Canadian folk music. Her debut full-length album, Louise, is expected in 2027.