The Owl Acoustic Lounge had a laid back show, Oct. 12 with singer-songwriters Amy Thiessen and Sarah Burton playing for approximately 20 people.
Thiessen sat cross legged on a chair throughout her set of up beat folk pop as she as she played some originals, added a few bars of folk fuelled version of No Doubt’s “Spiderwebs” and even beat-boxed a little.
Sarah Burton is a talented songwriter and showed it during her set, much of which came from her latest CD “Mayflower.”
Though recovering from a cold, she toughed it out for her first appearance at the Owl Acoustic Lounge. She told stories and cracked jokes and sang pretty folk, pop melodies in a voice reminiscent of Joni Mitchell.
She dedicated a song she wrote about advice her father gave her from her debut EP, to new father 
Dave McCann, who was one of the audience member sitting and listening rapt at attention.
Then she went country for one song and talked about becoming disillusioned, talking to Nashville record industry people, before singing a jazz tinged, mournful melody before winding down the show on an upbeat note on “Don’t Mind Do Ya Do,” from “Mayflower.” She asked the audience which song to end her show with “Wayfaring Stranger,” “Barcelona,” or “Night After Night.”
They chose the first, while calling for her to play all three.
She sang a beautiful, heartfelt set of jazz tinged folk pop music.
