If a song falls in the forest ... and everyone is there
Area music lovers, or anyone looking for a unique night out are invited to grab tickets for tonight’s installment of the Alberta Parks Music in the Park series. Throughout the summer, intimate concerts have been held in Lac La Biche and Cold Lake parks, bringing unique musicians from across Canada to the area. Tonight’s show features Ontario-based Rory Taillon.
The guitar-centric performer is known for his light, but penetrating voice and meaningful lyrics. Many of his songs have a style that may remind some of Chris Isaac’s multi-tones in Wicked Games. In reviews, Taillon’s voice has been called “haunting,” and his fans are considered more to be ‘listeners” of his lyrical stories.
Classified more closely as a folk singer, his song catalogue crosses several genres.
“I don’t think most folk listeners would consider me folk, even though I’m just one guy and an acoustic guitar,” said Taillon in an interview for New Brunswick’s Grid City.com magazine last year promoting his most recent album Only Whispers. “I can be a little more intense and aggressive than what most would consider folk, but it’s not rock either. When deciding on what genre we could tell people the album is, we decided to go with alternative-folk.”
Community Facility show
Known as a touring road warrior, Taillon’s show at the new Alberta Parks Community Facility on the causeway to Sir Winston Churchill Park is a pit-stop on a fast-paced tour that is taking the singer to all corners of the country. Last night, Taillon was in Regina. Tomorrow night he’s in Calgary. He starts the next week in Golden, BC, before heading to Lethbridge then Medicine Hat and finishing the week in Kenora, Ontario.
Tickets for the Lac La Biche show are $15. The show goes from 6:30 to 10:30 pm.
Dark sky weekend
Taillon’s concert is also the kickoff to the Alberta Parks Dark Sky Celebration weekend. On Saturday, Alberta Parks staff will be at the Shaw Lake Recreation Area from 6:30 pm. to 10:30pm for displays and activities. Alberta Parks development officer Jaclyn Denman says Saturday’s Dark Sky presentations will include nocturnal wildlife displays, fireside stories and astronomy sessions.
On Sunday at Sir Winston Churchill Park, the weekend’s events continue with an afternoon session inside the Star Lab for digital star gazing and information on the area’s Dark Sky designation.
Get tickets now
Tickets for Taillon’s Friday night Dark Sky weekend kickoff at the Music in the Park can be purchased online at www.sidedooraccess.com . Some tickets may be available at the door, but seats are limited.
