Multi-talented Edmonton based musician Jon Martin  returned home to play the Owl Acoustic Lounge, Saturday, Oct. 7 to play for  approximately 40 people.

 

Martin was playing acoustic guitar when I arrived, singing tender ballads, mostly from his new album “This Could be Our Year.”

  

 He took a turn on the Owl Acoustic Lounge’s piano on stage, before switching back to his keyboard to croon heartfelt songs and tell a few stories.

 

  He had a tight band including bassist Paul Holden, Joel Gray, Max Hopkins and opening act I Am The Mountain backing him who supplied plenty of vocal harmonies and played in the pocket throughout.

 

 Most of the set was original, but he switched back for a rare cover of  Neil Young’s “Harvest Moon.”