Southern Saskatchewan duo Kacy And Clayton are “Carrying on” with their fifth CD, the ensuing tour carries on to the Geomatic Attic, Dec. 11.

 “It reflects a lot of our influences we’ve been listening to lately,” said Clayton Linthicum taking a breather in between tours from his home in Glentworth, Saskatchewan.

“ We listen to a lot of country music from the late ’60s like  Gene Clark and Lee Hazelwood and a lot of  psychedelic music mixed with country music,” he said.
 He and compatriot Kacy Anderson will be joined  by their rhythm section of drummer Mike Silverman and bassist Andy Basil for this tour.

“ We’ve been playing a lot as a duo, so it is really exciting to  play with the band,” said Linthicum, who also plays with Deep Dark Woods when scheduling permits.
 “Kacy and Clayton are so busy. Most of our time is spent touring. But we still play with them. We’re on their latest album,” he continued.

“ The songs are shorter in Kacy and Clayton and there are fewer members than the Deep Dark Woods. We have similar influences,” he noted.

 The Slice had a dismal turnout for Calgary rockers Homeless in Hawaii, Saturday, Nov. 30.

Everybody was there for the opening bands, but had left by the time I arrived. And I only caught the very end of the set.

 But they played a lot of  upbeat indie rock/ pop and punk music with lots of flanger drenched guitar.

 They played a tight and entertaining set of  catchy music.

It is always a treat to see Winnipeg born songwriter Richard Inman. He had a good sized crowd listening intently at the Owl Acoustic Lounge, Nov. 30 as he was joined by Markus Sommer.
I caught them at the end of a two hour set, but stuck around for the second.

Inman is a talented songwriter and guitarist with a big baritone  voice. He played a couple of familiar songs I hear on CKUA  from time to time.

Ponoka songwriter Markus Sommer also sang in a beautiful baritone, cranking a out a waltz while complaining about people not listening, but inviting people to sing along anyway.

 They duo took turns  singing their own songs though Inman noted he and Sommer had several songs they wrote together and promised to play them later. Inman played a pretty new song called “Lilac” about being on the road.

 Instead they traded  country roots classics as Sommer busted out some Guy Clark, while  Inman  upped the ante with a Townes Van Zandt song.
 I left that early because I didn’t want to miss an excellent show from Calgary rock band  Homeless in Hawaii at the Slice.

Jon Martin  is in love. So he formed a new Lethbridge supergroup including members of the Utilities, Mormon Girls, Hippodrome and several other bands,  to play nothing but tender love songs.
 I finally caught Jon Martin and the lovers at the Owl Acoustic lounge, Nov. 29 where a full house was enjoying the good vibes. The Lovers included Martin playing keyboards and singing backed by crack rhythm section of Bassist Paul Holden and drummer Kyle Harmon with Jason Oakes adding extra guitar and Joel Grey adding even more guitar.

 Martin sang in a plaintive, heartfelt voice, playing pretty keyboards. His bandmates were rock solid  as well, keeping pace during a couple of brand new songs Martin brought out.

 He kicked things up a notch for the last couple of songs by play, taking up the guitar and belting out the last couple of songs.
Starpainter, a rebranded and revamped Utilities, were up next, but I wasn’t able to catch that set.