No way will the weather halt a Hillside. Sun, rain, lightning, or mud does not matter to these patrons that carry on despite it all. The elements did their best to put a damper on Ms.Basia Bulat's set by raining, on-again, off-again, hard enough each time to force the stage crew to come out and cover up. Perhaps ten minutes late it let up and stayed that way (for the most part) to allow Basia to perform. Thankfully she did as I've been waiting for two years now to see her after missing out on a sold out gig at The Stage.
Even with the prolonged build-up, further delayed by the rain, I was not disappointed once she began singing out. Flanked by a couple other female musicians, violinist and guitarist/ukuleleist respectively, Basia in her polka-dotted dress had further accompaniment from a stand-up bass and drummer. Despite all of this it is her voice that cuts through and presents the "Wow" factor, especially on set-toppers Heart of My Own, If Only You and In the Night. Guesting on Go On was the trumpet player from The Hidden Cameras before the males departed to leave the prettier half of the band to play Before I Knew much to the appreciation of the hand-clapping audience.
As if the weather-gods were anticipating Basia's set (or perhaps vice versa) Basia was well-prepared with her song that sings, "I don't mind, If It Rains". Neither did we, especially since her voice like sunshine broke the clouds, warming up the afternoon as well as our hearts.
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Thursday, July 29, 2010
Basia Battles the Weather (Hillside '10)
Sunday, July 25, 2010
Hillside Saturday 2010
Battling on-again, off-again rainstorms Hillside Saturday took a little while to get rolling. 
Royal Wood was the first set to really wow the audience, with his earnest songwriting and piano chops (though props should also be given to young locals, The Canned Goods for their dynamite Hillside debut.) Full credit to My Son the Hurricane for doing everything in their collective power to get a party started (and being somewhat successful). The Acorn were solid and Basia Bulat ran through a rain-shortened but pretty string of songs on the main stage. Kudos of the day belongs to Flash Lightnin' who came outta nowhere and floored us all with three-piece rock'n'roll; their set closer (not the much deserved encore number) stands as my favourite single song played so far this weekend. The anticipation for closers Japandroids was palpable as all levels were cranked to 11 and the place went off with the first legitimate mosh-pit I think I've ever witnessed on the island. (Full reviews to come.)
Whatta day, and with tomorrow's sun acts like Shad, Shapes and Sizes, Stars, Corb Lund and Holy Fuck plus a whole lot more are gonna shine!
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