The Lethbridge Folk Club took over Legacy Park for a fine festival, Aug. 14.

 I only caught the last part of it.

I caught the last song from local act Celtic Routes. They had pretty vocal harmonies and a fabulous fiddle solo.

 The main act I wanted to catch was Edmonton singer/ songwriter Scott Cook, who sang a  soothing set full of songs of peace, love and understanding and one political number he noted was a tribute to working people,”Say Can You See” from his latest CD “Tangle of Souls.”

 His partner Pam May joined him on upright bass and harmony vocals.

 She donned a banjo to sing lead on one song and her upright again for another.

Cook’s set spanned all of his CDs including  “ Let Love Have Its Way,”another from his new CD “Tangle of Souls.” 

He opened with an older favourite “Pass it Along”

 He painted a word picture of a pastoral scene “Dogs and Kids, which he prefaced by joking all of his “white van driving” friends were getting married and having kids, after taking a “gateway drug” of owning a dog.

I had a couple other gigs to hit, so I only caught the first three songs from the Travling Mabels, who closed off the afternoon.

 The multi-instrumentalists started their set with  country classic “Delta Dawn” as they warmed up their voices and showed off  their vocal harmonization talents.

 The other two songs I caught were upbeat originals, which highlighted each singer and  their vocal harmonies. 

 Lana Floen played the first original, with her husband Keith Floen anchoring all the songs on keyboards. Eva Levseque, and Therry Lawson all got to sing their songs and add fantastic harmonies.

 I had to hit the next gig after “Mama” Mabel’s upbeat number “Con Man.”

— By Richard Amery, L.A. Beat Editor