Life has been so busy (I'm up to my neck in garden produce!) that I've kind of forgotten about Monday Music Appreciation Moodlings... but this morning I'll take a few moments to rectify that!
As part of our significant birthday celebrations this year, Lee and I spent Saturday, August 9th at Edmonton's Folk Music Festival on Gallagher Hill, just a few blocks from home. It was a perfect August day, and we enjoyed music from start to finish, though we came home a bit early as I was in charge of the Sunday morning service downtown the next day.
We went into the festival not knowing much about any of the artists because most of the "headliners" weren't really familiar to us, and we didn't have the full weekend pass for the evening shows with the big names. But what we saw was understated -- and spectacular -- in its own way. I may have a few more Monday Music Appreciation Moodlings coming in the next few weeks from that one beautiful Saturday.
Today I'll start with the artist that moved me to tears with the song below. His name is pronounced like "eye", and he has a smoky, simple style of singing. Lee and I both agreed we could listen to a lot more of him. Here's his song, Human Kind, which he sang from the stage in the picture above, as the tears rolled down my cheeks. Email subscribers can click here if it's visible on your email.
Enjoy!
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