Showing posts with label weaves. Show all posts
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October 9, 2018

Riverfest Elora 2018: A compendium of posts - Concert Photos

Three days in August. Thirty-seven live bands captured. Thousands of photos taken, culled, edited and posted, hundreds of songs heard, dozens of words written and we have another Riverfest Elora in the books. It may take a while for me to get through all of those steps, but I hope there's still appreciation for the content, and as the temperature falls along with the coloured leaves and we ease reluctantly into autumn, it's a great time to reflect back on an incredible summer of music and another incredible Riverfest Elora.

This year marked the festival's tenth anniversary. That's quite an impressive milestone when the realities of how hard it is to put on a great festival year after year become more and more apparent. I only hope that Riverfest Elora can keep it up and I'll still be covering it over the decades to come.

Riverfest Elora gathers an amazing mixture of established and classic acts, up and coming artists and brand new discoveries. I'm guaranteed to come away having experienced the best of each, along with some new bands that blew my mind. It's an exceptionally well-curated festival that is well organized and well run, and attracts an enthusiastic and fun-loving yet easy-going crowd. It's a pretty difficult combination to pull off and Riverfest Elora does it so well. I look forward to this festival each year.

I was left this year with one amusing thought. It totally cracks me up that people have these new canoe shaped lounge chair things and they have to run like crazy, trailing them behind like some tubular stringless kite, and do this many times, just so they can sit down. *Shrugs and sits on the grass*

Click through on the links below to a post dedicated to every act I caught at this year's Riverfest Elora.

Day 1

Day 2

Day 3
Riverfest Elora 2018 at Bissell Park on August 17, 18 and 19, 2018 Photo by John Ordean at One In Ten Words oneintenwords.com toronto indie alternative live music blog concert photography pictures photos
Riverfest Elora 2018 at Bissell Park on August 17, 18 and 19, 2018 Photo by John Ordean at One In Ten Words oneintenwords.com toronto indie alternative live music blog concert photography pictures photos
Riverfest Elora 2018 at Bissell Park on August 17, 18 and 19, 2018 Photo by John Ordean at One In Ten Words oneintenwords.com toronto indie alternative live music blog concert photography pictures photos
Riverfest Elora 2018 at Bissell Park on August 17, 18 and 19, 2018 Photo by John Ordean at One In Ten Words oneintenwords.com toronto indie alternative live music blog concert photography pictures photos
Riverfest Elora 2018 at Bissell Park on August 17, 18 and 19, 2018 Photo by John Ordean at One In Ten Words oneintenwords.com toronto indie alternative live music blog concert photography pictures photos
Riverfest Elora 2018 at Bissell Park on August 17, 18 and 19, 2018 Photo by John Ordean at One In Ten Words oneintenwords.com toronto indie alternative live music blog concert photography pictures photos
Riverfest Elora 2018 at Bissell Park on August 17, 18 and 19, 2018 Photo by John Ordean at One In Ten Words oneintenwords.com toronto indie alternative live music blog concert photography pictures photos
Riverfest Elora 2018 at Bissell Park on August 17, 18 and 19, 2018 Photo by John Ordean at One In Ten Words oneintenwords.com toronto indie alternative live music blog concert photography pictures photos

Riverfest Elora 2018: Day 3: Weaves - Concert Photos

Weaves at Riverfest Elora 2018 at Bissell Park on August 19, 2018 Photo by John Ordean at One In Ten Words oneintenwords.com toronto indie alternative live music blog concert photography pictures photos
Weaves at Riverfest Elora 2018 at Bissell Park on August 19, 2018 Photo by John Ordean at One In Ten Words oneintenwords.com toronto indie alternative live music blog concert photography pictures photos
Weaves at Riverfest Elora 2018 at Bissell Park on August 19, 2018 Photo by John Ordean at One In Ten Words oneintenwords.com toronto indie alternative live music blog concert photography pictures photos
Weaves at Riverfest Elora 2018 at Bissell Park on August 19, 2018 Photo by John Ordean at One In Ten Words oneintenwords.com toronto indie alternative live music blog concert photography pictures photos
Weaves at Riverfest Elora 2018 at Bissell Park on August 19, 2018 Photo by John Ordean at One In Ten Words oneintenwords.com toronto indie alternative live music blog concert photography pictures photos
Weaves at Riverfest Elora 2018 at Bissell Park on August 19, 2018 Photo by John Ordean at One In Ten Words oneintenwords.com toronto indie alternative live music blog concert photography pictures photos
Weaves at Riverfest Elora 2018 at Bissell Park on August 19, 2018 Photo by John Ordean at One In Ten Words oneintenwords.com toronto indie alternative live music blog concert photography pictures photos
Weaves at Riverfest Elora 2018 at Bissell Park on August 19, 2018 Photo by John Ordean at One In Ten Words oneintenwords.com toronto indie alternative live music blog concert photography pictures photos
Weaves at Riverfest Elora 2018 at Bissell Park on August 19, 2018 Photo by John Ordean at One In Ten Words oneintenwords.com toronto indie alternative live music blog concert photography pictures photos
Weaves at Riverfest Elora 2018 at Bissell Park on August 19, 2018 Photo by John Ordean at One In Ten Words oneintenwords.com toronto indie alternative live music blog concert photography pictures photos
Weaves at Riverfest Elora 2018 at Bissell Park on August 19, 2018 Photo by John Ordean at One In Ten Words oneintenwords.com toronto indie alternative live music blog concert photography pictures photos
Weaves at Riverfest Elora 2018 at Bissell Park on August 19, 2018 Photo by John Ordean at One In Ten Words oneintenwords.com toronto indie alternative live music blog concert photography pictures photos
Weaves are one of my favourite bands. I was thrilled when I heard they were on the Riverfest Elora 2018 line-up and it was great to experience their main stage show.

I love their quirky songs with angular riffs, raw, emotional vocals, and solid grooves from the bass and drums. I love the way the band becomes totally immersed in the music and the performance, yet engaged with the audience. They straddle a line between pop and experimental music and produce songs that I just love listening to and experiencing live.

Give their music some time with your ears:

"Walkaway"

"Wide Open" and "Law and Panda" from the Polaris Music Prize Gala

"Coo Coo"

"Slicked"

"#53"

June 2, 2017

CMW 2017: A compendium of posts - Concert Photos

The music scene that CMW presented is an embarrassment of riches. So many amazingly talented musicians populate our world right now. The rock is out there and it's so good.

Here are links to all my CMW 2017 posts and some of my favourite shots from this year. Click through and check out more pics of each band, plus my thoughts on their performance and some of their music.

April 18 at Adelaide Hall


April 19 at Adelaide Hall


April 21 at The Bovine Sex Club

April 22 at Lee's Palace

June 1, 2017

CMW 2017: Weaves at Lee's Palace - Concert Photos

Weaves at Lee's Palace for Canadian Music Week CMW 2017 on April 22, 2017 Photo by John at One In Ten Words oneintenwords.com toronto indie alternative live music blog concert photography pictures
Weaves at Lee's Palace for Canadian Music Week CMW 2017 on April 22, 2017 Photo by John at One In Ten Words oneintenwords.com toronto indie alternative live music blog concert photography pictures
Weaves at Lee's Palace for Canadian Music Week CMW 2017 on April 22, 2017 Photo by John at One In Ten Words oneintenwords.com toronto indie alternative live music blog concert photography pictures
Weaves at Lee's Palace for Canadian Music Week CMW 2017 on April 22, 2017 Photo by John at One In Ten Words oneintenwords.com toronto indie alternative live music blog concert photography pictures
Weaves at Lee's Palace for Canadian Music Week CMW 2017 on April 22, 2017 Photo by John at One In Ten Words oneintenwords.com toronto indie alternative live music blog concert photography pictures
Weaves at Lee's Palace for Canadian Music Week CMW 2017 on April 22, 2017 Photo by John at One In Ten Words oneintenwords.com toronto indie alternative live music blog concert photography pictures
Weaves at Lee's Palace for Canadian Music Week CMW 2017 on April 22, 2017 Photo by John at One In Ten Words oneintenwords.com toronto indie alternative live music blog concert photography pictures
Weaves at Lee's Palace for Canadian Music Week CMW 2017 on April 22, 2017 Photo by John at One In Ten Words oneintenwords.com toronto indie alternative live music blog concert photography pictures
Weaves at Lee's Palace for Canadian Music Week CMW 2017 on April 22, 2017 Photo by John at One In Ten Words oneintenwords.com toronto indie alternative live music blog concert photography pictures
Weaves at Lee's Palace for Canadian Music Week CMW 2017 on April 22, 2017 Photo by John at One In Ten Words oneintenwords.com toronto indie alternative live music blog concert photography pictures
Weaves at Lee's Palace for Canadian Music Week CMW 2017 on April 22, 2017 Photo by John at One In Ten Words oneintenwords.com toronto indie alternative live music blog concert photography pictures
Weaves at Lee's Palace for Canadian Music Week CMW 2017 on April 22, 2017 Photo by John at One In Ten Words oneintenwords.com toronto indie alternative live music blog concert photography pictures
Weaves at Lee's Palace for Canadian Music Week CMW 2017 on April 22, 2017 Photo by John at One In Ten Words oneintenwords.com toronto indie alternative live music blog concert photography pictures
Weaves at Lee's Palace for Canadian Music Week CMW 2017 on April 22, 2017 Photo by John at One In Ten Words oneintenwords.com toronto indie alternative live music blog concert photography pictures
Weaves headlined Lee's Palace on April 22 for CMW with an unapologetic onslaught of originality. From the vocal delivery to the lyrics to the unique and inventive guitar riffs to the unbridled funk and power of the bass and drums, this band is breaking new musical ground with crowd pleasing, and challenging, love in the form of songs and performance.

I love the recorded music (so much so that their songs made it to my favourites of 2016 list) but the live show is where it's at. This show was way too long in coming for me since I think I've missed this band 4-5 times. Don't make the same mistake as I did.

Jasmyn Burke likes to get up close and personal with the crowd. Gesturing, spitting beer on the audience, offering sage advice, screaming in f holes and so on. They played a bunch of new songs. One with a driving beat that rocked hard. Another with a laid back funky groove. They all sounded fantastic. I can't wait for their new album to come out.

You might have heard the songs but you have not experienced this band until you've seen them live. They have such a great sound and unique delivery. I love them. They finished off the night by jamming it out from right in the crowd. What a magical way to close out CMW 2017.

"Coo Coo" - a favourite tune for sure

"Human" - probably my favourite Weaves song right now

"Shithole"

"Candy"

"Tick"