A rare, but awesome treat!

[Kurt_eh]

Went to the "Concert for Tsunami Relief" last night.

An all-Canadian effort, it featured Delerium, Chantal Kraviazuk/Raine Maida (from Our Lady Peace), Bruce Cockburn, Barenaked Ladies, and Sarah McLachlan.

The show rocked the collective Kazbah!

I've wanted to see Delerium (http://www.delerium.com) for a long time. They're a side project of FrontLine Assembly... Sarah McLachlan came out and performed Silence (http://www.delerium.com/media/samples/Karma-Silence.wav) with them at the end, which totally rocked!

Folk artist (and philanthropist) Bruce Cockburn (http://www.brucecockburn.com/) came onstage next and absolutely rocked. He was the only other act I hadn't seen before, and I've been a fan of his work for quite a while. Bruce has been all over the world volunteering for various charities and doing PSAs for different services. He had a bit of a hit back in 89 with "If a tree falls" if that rings any bells... and another that I'll get to in a moment ;)

Next was the lovely Chantal Kraviazuk (http://www.chantalonline.com/index.html) doing her thing on the piano. I've seen her play several times, she's quite the pianist! She played Time (http://www.chantalonline.com/Samples/Time.ram) and a couple other tunes, then her husband, Raine Maide (from Our Lady Peace (http://www.ourladypeace.com/) came and they palyed a duet, including Innocent (http://www.ourladypeace.com/Samples/Innocent.ram) and the always classic "Bridge over Troubled Water"...

The Barenaked Ladies (http://www.bnlmusic.com) were next and did a bunch of their hits, including One Week (http://www.warnerreprise.com/qt-ref/bnl_oneweek_ref.mov) , Pinch me (http://www.warnerreprise.com/qt-ref/bnl_pinchme_ref.mov) and, as an added bonus, they performed the song that got them their big break. It was a cover of an old classic titled Lovers in a Dangerous Time (http://www.brucecockburn.com/anything.html), by Bruce Cockburn, and guess who came out to play it with them! :D Fan-Freaking tastic! BNL are true performers, and they never disappoint!

The show finished with Lilith idol, Sarah Mclachlan (http://www.sarahmclachlan.com/). Again, another fantastic performer, performing World on Fire (http://www.nettwerk.com/media/ram/SarMc_WorOnFi.ram) among others...

Hosted by comedians Brent Butt (Star of Corner Gas (http://www.cornergas.com/) and Rick Mercer (formerly of This hour has 22 minutes (http://www.22minutes.com/)), two icons of Canadian comedy, they rounded of a fantastic concert. :D

It was one of the best shows I've seen in a long time! :D :bounce:

[trinamick]

Very cool. Wish I could have gone.

[kechara420]

Awesome!! Sounds like it was one heck of a show!

[Kurt_eh]

I only had two small problems :irate:

Let's just put it this way. If you're gonna spend $50 or more to go see a concert. Shut the frell up and let others enjoy it. This young person sitting beside me made Shrek's Donkey sound like he'd taken a vow of silence... :gnash:

[AyuRocks]

Ah well, last concert I was at I could barely hear myself, much less anyone else.

Sounds like a fun concert, wish I could have gone. I love "Silence" and BNL is always awesome.

[Kurt_eh]

It was an absolute blast, Ashley!

"Silence" is one of my favourite Delerium tunes, and to see them perform it with Sarah was amazing. I actually called it, too! I turned around to Carrie and said, "wouldn't it be great if Sarah came out to do 'silence' with them?" and then who walks on stage? :D

Did it again with BNL. Back in the late 80's/early 90's, they cut a 6-track demo "the yellow tape" (yes, an actual audio cassette tape!) and made a shoestring budget video of a cover of Bruce Cockburn's "Lovers in a Dangerous Time." The video and tape got them noticed by a major lable, all of the tracks from the "yellow" tape wound up on Gordon (except "Lovers" ) and the rest is history. About halfway through their set, I turned again to Carrie with a "it would rock so hard if Cockburn came out to do "Lovers" with the BNL!" and seconds later, a grip brought an extra mike onstage! :D

PS. It's pronounced "Co-Burn," the ck is silent! ;) :innocent:

[Nicola]

Sounds like you had a terrific time Kurt! *very jealous now*

[AgentSun]

that sounds like an awesome concert kurt! i'm a big our lady peace fan so that made me happy. i wish they toured the US more.