Spiderlodge Music

Intro

Spiderlodge is home to the music Rick Genge and Lori Paul have created together over many years. Their songs and albums were written and recorded with their shared joy of making music.

This page gathers some of that work – albums, videos, and moments that grew out of their time at the lodge.

Watch & Listen

TEDx Talk Performances

Rick and Lori have appeared at TEDx Chilliwack several times. In addition to the featured performance above, you can also watch:

chillTV Feature: The Making of Palomino

chillTV documented the process behind Rick and Lori’s album Palomino, capturing writing sessions, studio moments, and the creative work that shaped the record.

In addition to the featured video above, you can also watch the other parts of the series:

Press & Reviews

Lori Paul & Spiderlodge’s The Secret Language of Birds has an autobiographical feel

by Mike Usinger, The Georgia Straight
MAR 28, 2012

The Secret Language of Birds (Independent)

There’s an autobiographical feel to The Secret Language of Birds that makes you relieved the folk-leaning songs are as accomplished and expertly played as they are. How would you like having to crap on “Deloraine”, where singer Lori Paul delivers a heartfelt thank-you letter set to music to her Uncle Ralph and Auntie Jane, rural folks who evidently always had a spare bedroom for a confused city kid? Against a warm backdrop of easygoing alt-country, the Chilliwack-via-the-Prairies transplant sings, “I was a city kid, from a broken home/I arrived in June afraid and alone.”

Paul is anything but charmless on The Secret Language of Birds, which finds her backed by a couple of ringers, multi-instrumentalists Rick Genge and Clay Thornton. Together, they cover plenty of musical ground, from the mystical blues of “Betty Ford Brochure” to the skittery folk of “Letter to Louise”. As for the stories, even though she finishes things up with a gorgeous instrumental—“Still Life With Rose”—Paul seemingly has no shortage of them. Her greatest gift might be the way she’s able to take the seemingly mundane and turn it into something worth investing in, which explains how, against impossible odds, you’ll end up caring about the character known as “Roadhouse Red”, a hollowed-out chicken that serves as an all-purpose depository for car keys, old receipts, and doggie-doo bags.

Featured Albums

More Music from Spiderlodge

For more songs, demos, and performances recorded at the lodge, visit the Spiderlodge YouTube channel. You’ll also find full albums, studio releases, and additional recordings on Bandcamp.

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