The Heather Blush Trio played an upbeat and affable set of modern jazz music at the Wolf’s Den, Nov. 6.
The newly brunette Blush, on guitar and vocals , grinned her way through a solid and enjoyable set of beautiful vocal melodies and a touch of humour as she spoke about opening for Ray Bonneville with a missing tooth and trying to avoid songs with too many “s” sounds in them.
She dedicated a song called “Fly Away Little Bird,” to her sister who moved to New Zealand, which began with just her singing and bassist Dave Ulan and built up to include drummer Captain Steve Hazlett and her guitar.
Her voice was as smooth as the apple cider she sang about and she joked with impressive drummer Captain Steve Hazlett who added a variety of percussion as well and bassist Dale Ulan.
Perhaps to reinforce the no talking during shows policy of the Wolf’s Den, Blush performed a couple outstanding silence themed songs including “Hush, Hush,” and the immediately enjoyable and quirky “Speechless,” which she said is not only being considered for a Hollywood movie, but which has also been chosen for acousticroundtable.com’s singer songwriter contest, run by Acoustic Roundtable, a website designed for musicians by musicians to share videos and performances of their songs.
She also played her song “Restless,” which is being played regularly on CBC.
She alternated between slower, darker songs from her CD “Vices,” in including a touching number about Billie Holiday, with more upbeat and happier songs from her follow-up CD “Versa.”
She ended her first set with the catchy singalong “Papaya, Papaya.”
