TURF 2015: Day 2 Compendium - Concert Pictures

Day 2 of The Toronto Urban Roots Festival took place on September 19. Rain threatened and then followed through on the threat during The Strumbellas' set. It dampened us but not our spirits as the day continued with more of the fantastic music and festival atmosphere that we have grown to expect at TURF.

If you missed my individual posts, here's all of day two in one place.

Skydiggers

Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros

St. Paul and the Broken Bones

Cake

Rich Aucoin

Passenger

Choir! Choir! Choir!

Lucinda Williams

The Strumbellas

The River and The Road

The Elwins

Julian Taylor Band

In case you missed it, check out my Day 1 Compendium.

TURF 2015 Day 2: Choir! Choir! Choir! on the South Stage - Concert Pictures

There's something about classic and really well-written tunes sung by Choir! Choir! Choir! that is just magical. On the surface, I didn't know that I'd like it, but I found myself just watching YouTube video after YouTube video of the excellent arrangements and amazing singing of this group. And so I wanted to make sure that I heard them live, in the relaxing oasis of the South Stage of The Toronto Urban Roots Festival.

I caught a few of their tunes, then ran away to photograph Passenger, then ran back to catch the end of their set. They started with Pink Floyd's "Wish You Were Here" followed by Blur's "Boys and Girls". I got back for an absolutely beautiful rendition of Simon and Garfunkel's "America" that brought a tear to my eye and their finale of Neil Diamond's "Sweet Caroline". Amazing!​

"Wish You Were Here"

"Boys and Girls"

"America"

"Sweet Caroline"

And I don't know if they played this tune, but I love their version of Alvvays' "Archie, Marry Me"