We are thrilled to announce Kingdom Come, Kingdom Go, the forthcoming album from Michael Cloud Duguay,. The album chronicles seven different church organs found in seven different historic churches scattered in an equal number of remote regions throughout Newfoundland. With over a year’s worth of research, planning, and connecting with these various outport churches, the album was recorded in just nine days, travelling over 900 miles with collaborator + engineer Jake Nicoll’s mobile, solar-powered recording studio, The Scamper, the third album produced by this team with Nicoll’s technology. The organ features prominently throughout the album, but rather than acting as a standard issue record of organ music, it’s more of an abstract musical documentary about organs.
In July 2024, Duguay’s and Nicoll set out on their journey alongside collaborators Andrew MacKelvie, Dave Grenon, and photographer Noah Bender, following the eastern perimeter of the island northward, with stops on coastal islands Greenspond and Fogo, they made their way up to the tip of the Great Northern Peninsula, ending up on Newfoundland’s west coast after travelling more than 1500 kilometres.
Kingdom Come, Kingdom Go’s first offering, “Winterhouse”, was recorded on the organ of the Memorial United Church in Bonavista, Newfoundland, and features Cormac Culkeen of Scions - another project of Duguay’s, whose debut album To Cry Out In The Wilderness arrived in 2024 on
@ideefixerecords records, alongside Duguay’s organ performance and MacKelvie’s saxophone.
Composed by Michael Cloud Duguay
@michaelcloudduguay
Produced by Michael Cloud Duguay + Dave Grenon
@stockwell_daze
Engineered by Jake Nicoll + Dave Grenon
@jake_nicoll_studio
Mixed by Jeff McMurrich at Sonology, Toronto
@sonologyto
Mastered by East End Mastering
@eastendmastering
Michael Cloud Duguay - organ
Andrew MacKelvie - saxophone
@andrew.mackelvie
Cormac Culkeen - voice
@theincredibleculk @s_c_i_o_n_s
Jake Nicoll - voice
Noah Bender - voice
@noahjakebender
Photographs by Noah Bender except Cormac photo by Jamie Kronick.
@jamiekronick
Supported by
@canada.council and
@rcco_crco
Album arrives July 10 on WTETN
