I try to take things easy on Fridays, but wasn’t going to pass up a chance to see Major Love’s return to the Owl Acoustic Lounge. Major Love aka Edmonton musician Colleen Brown backed by members of Scenic Route to Alaska played a packed house, Friday, Oct. 19.
I arrived early enough to catch most of local folk singer Tyson Ray Borsboom, who seemed to have just as many fans in attendance as Major Love. He sang in a big baritone voice reminiscent of the White Buffalo. He played on his own, accompanying himself on first acoustic guitar and then an electric.
Major Love were amazing as always. Colleen Brown sang beautiful almost operatic pop backed by a crack band of Trevor Mann, Murray Wood and Shea Connor from Scenic Route to Alaska and Elijah Abrams. They played several tracks from their self-titled debut album.
They played appealing pop and folk tinged music of which “One Woman at the Gates,’ was a highlight. They sounded like a mix of Hannah Georgas and Metric.
They wound up a solid set with another highlight form the new album, which Brown wrote about her constantly feuding downstairs neighbours called “ I Love All of You.”
