Sultry sounds of great live music down by the cool river, that’s what local musicians David Atkinson and Karyn Kirkwood of the band Indigo Riff are hoping will draw people to the Sensational Jazz event taking place in Elora on Saturday, August 6th, from 1-4 pm, a fundraiser for the annual autumn Sensational Elora festival.
It sounds like a punch-line: what do you get when you cross a stage with an internationally renowned Celtic guitarist of Scottish birth; the sultry, lyrically haunting vocals of a Prairie-girl who grew up to become a singer-songwriter; and a tall, lean lad from Northern Ontario whose guitar-riffs and mind-blowing solos have generated a fan following of some of the most recognized musicians of our time?
“This life takes you down so many roads, and you never know where each one is gonna go.” – Wanna Go, track 4.
It’s Saturday night, June 4th. The air is thick with humidity, but a breeze blows in the back door of the Erin Agricultural Centre, sending a wave of anticipation through the large crowd assembled inside, waiting for the show to begin. It feels more like a family gathering than a CD release party, a real community atmosphere. No one feels it more than the musicians who are about to take the stage. This is it, the first step in a journey that, despite more than ten years in the making, is now truly the beginning of what everyone here hopes will be the road to success. This night changes everything and they know it.
