Wild At Heart
Welcome back to my continued coverage of the Burlington Sound Of Music Festival. I must acknowledge I knew very little around the secondary acts appearing at the festival. All I was very focused on was Men Without Hats and Devo. That said, the tone of the bands was very great.
Many of the bands on the measure are Canadian bands with a few Juno Award winners in the bunch like the 2009 best Roots & Traditional Album winner Chic Gamine.
The circle formed in 2007 though Andrina mentioned she knew singers Ariane and Annick for a full 10 years. They all fronted different bands that had a similar world influence and had run their courses before they got together. Having played together before, they were able to hit the land running with the additions of Alexa (I think the requirements for female membership is to have a first epithet that starts with "A") and drummer Sacha (the sole and lucky male member of the group). The ring has a unique chemistry in regards that all five artists contribute equally to songwriting and vocal duties. Watching the girls prior to getting on present and winding the festival grounds pre-set, you see that at this level of the game, the egos are in check which allows them to combine their songs and share vocal duties in a way that enhances their overall sound. The medicine is very rhythmically driven as there voices blend beautifully with there sparse musical accompaniment. Their first self-titled album has a richer world music feel with a variety of four languages sung but they have affected to a more pop direction on their new album as they drop 2 languages and add more of a beat. They are also touring with Mark Brussard as an opener and than as back-up musicians which has been fun for the ring as it introduces them to new rock N roll audience.
I really enjoyed the show, esp since readers here know I give a taste for female singers and having four to select from is a genuine treat. Their vocals blend nicely with the accompaniment and work as a close musical unit. They are not acting in the field for
awhile but you can reckon up concert dates and information at www.chicgamine.com so stop it out. I'd care to thank Adrina and Sasha for winning the sentence to speak to me and I'm sorry about the issues with those damn purple lights. Loved the medicine on the present and they had the best stage managers but ended up hating the lighting. Here are some pics from Chic Gamine. I trust I captured their beauty.
Earlier on this point was indie folk singer Peter Katz (yes check out the purple lights on his shirt - damn stage lights) who is touring with his new album "First Is The Last To Know" which was supposed to be a simple acoustics album but got hijacked by the likes of Glen Hansard (The Great Season), the Good Lovelies and Melissa McClelland (who can go down these guys). Despite this wonderful guest stars, the album does a respectable job capturing the true center of his last shows, esp the grand title tag "First Of The Last To Know".
He started out touring with bands but learned of the practicality of touring solo. This way he could work whatever he cherished and not care if the band knowing the vocal or not and he admits "when touring with the band, I learned I connected best with the consultation at those (solo) moments". For somebody who counts everyone from classic folksters Dylan and the new wave of folk, the Swell Season, as inspiration, he has conditioned the lessons of powerful, stripped down music can be powerful. His set found a decent connection with audience as he smiled and told stories such as the genesis of certain songs, such as "Oliver`s Tune", a testimonial to fiddler Oliver Schroer and the inspiration he plant of hearing his final concert before he passed away. He is tilted towards more stripped down good and is planning on his future album to be a personification of that and he is also planning a live CD in September. It is tough being a solo folk pop singer nowadays, but Peter Katz has enough talent and personality to take a risk of breaking through. He continues to turn to his strengths of a touring artist, so wait for him approach to a venue near your. For more info about Peter, check out his site at www.peterkatz.com where you can also see links to Twitter and Myspace.
Look here for Devo pictures tomorrow!
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