Not often I blog music, but these pieces by the Canadian family group Leahy (from Older Eyes blog) are quite refreshing!
Years ago my wife Muri and I used to take a mini-vacation every Valentine’s Day. I’d pick a place that wasn’t too far from home then search the web for things to do there: museums, concerts, tours … and, of course, restaurants. This all stopped when our first grandson, Reed, was born on Valentine’s Day and Valentine’s Day became Reed’s Birthday. The year before Reed was born, we spent a long weekend in Santa Fe, New Mexico. In searching for entertainment for Saturday night, I found a group named Leahy performing at the Lensic Performing Arts Center. I’d never heard of the group, so I navigated to their website to find that Leahy is a Canadian folk group made up entirely of family members from Lakefield, Ontario. The eight member band features fiddle-based music that ranges from traditional jigs and reels to their own folk-rock compositions. All the members…
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