Blackberry Woods party by playing polkas on speed

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Blackberry Woods brought the party  to the Slice, March 24. Photo by Richard AmeryWhile I was judging  the open for the band contest at Average Joes, I was afraid I’d miss Vancouver’s Blackberry  Woods’ return to the Slice, March 24.

Luckily I didn’t as they looked ready to bring the party on into daybreak.


 I don’t quite know how to describe what I heard  and saw other than to call it polkas on Blackberry Woods put on a show. Photo by Richard Ameryspeed.


 It was a great show. They had the entire crowd of 30 or so frenetically dancing in front of the stage, had them lie on the floor doing the bicycle for a song, and  got them chanting ‘oh vagina,’  on one of several encores,which gives you an indication of of their wicked sense of humour.


 Vocalist Kris sported a top hat and was dressed as a skeleton while the rest of the band dressed in cabaret kitsch black and white.

The muck bucket bassist dug in and grooved and new fiddler Melissa Bandura was a delight to watch and listen to.Blackberry Woods’ Melissa Bandura. Photo by Richard Amery


 The percussionist sang beautiful harmonies, added a fake lip whistle and tapped rhythm on an array of instruments including something that looked like a novelty sized stick of dynamite.
 Basically, Blackberry Wood knows how to bring a party home.

— By Richard Amery, L.A. Beat Editor
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