More Folk Fest, Folks
August 7, 2010 Lunenburg, NS
We crammed the day with music, from 10am 'til after 4am at the After Hours Party.
Saturday's Mainstage Evening Concert lineup:
Gordon Stobbe & Greg Simm - an always comedic hosting musical duo accompanied by rubber chickens and witticisms.
The Graham Wells Group from Newfoundland.
Kat Danser, Queen of the Swamp Blues. She's Edmonton-based but just back from ethnomusicology research in Ghana. Her soulful voice can fill a room, and we love her bawdy humour too.
Ken Whiteley and band:
James Keelaghan - multi-award winning (including a Juno) Canadian singer-songwriter.
Connie Kaldor - a three time Juno award winning singer-songwriter with a fantastic sense of humour and storytelling talents.
The After Hours Party (please excuse the photo quality; I'm not the photographer in the family):
Hint: Jay's in the ball cap below Ben Whiteley on upright bass.
Rick Fines far left. One of my favourites. He has a truly unique voice (much like Louis Armstrong's), loves slide guitar, and recorded his Solar Power CD in his off-the-grid cabin in the woods.
Jay played with the man himself, Ken Whiteley. Also pictured below: Ben Whiteley on bass, Mike Goodfellow on harmonica (behind Jay), Abbie from Red Molly (right of Jay) on dobro, and some I can't make out:
Jay's dad squeezed in for a view.
A brief break. David looking a little ... scary.
Jay played every instrument on his CD. Here he beats a drum next to David (in dreadlocks and bare feet and shirtless on a cold night) from House of Doc. Also, two or more musicians from Jay's favourite at the festival, The Green Mountain Hobos. Jay jammed with the Hobos late into the night on Friday (Saturday morning technically) and they became fast fans of Jay's musical abilities. More on that later.
The five of us arrived back at our respective busses at 4:18am so you know we had a grrreat time!
-P
P.S. - A celtic jam session takes place in another room, strategically located by the beer tap and food, and sometimes a third group moves the music outside.