Music Beat
Over at the Tongue N Groove, Edmonton keyboardist/ vocalist Jenie Thai played to an intimate and enraptured audience, July 2.
She beamed ear-to-ear and danced in place behind her keyboard, playing boogie woogie and jazz tinged blues on her keyboard, which she had set to a beautiful organ/ electric piano sound. She delivered soulful vocals and scatted a little in between lines.
She played a variety of originals as well as old blues tunes and even covered Serena Ryder’s “Melancholy blues,” almost nailing Ryder’s inimitable warble.
She observed she had never played to such a quiet and attentive crowd before. I enjoyed her quirky lyrics and sense of humour, not to mention watching her dance, I was impressed with her vocal range, but more-so by her keyboard playing skills.
She ended “with a song I wrote a couple days ago,” called “Michigan,” which was another soulful blues number.
There were several really good blues shows happening July 2.
For something a lot different, the Plaid Tongued Devils returned to Lethbridge to play the Tongue N Groove, June 30.
the show.
So they were happy to play them for a packed room, June 30 for a pre-Canada Day party. They began their set with a couple obscure, uptempo rockers before launching into “Stay In the Light,” the first hit of the night, followed by numerous other which kept the dance floor rocking. Lead singer Johnnie Dee showed he could play tasteful, bluesy leads on one of my favourites “Wave Babies,” which had the audience singing along. 
