For something a little more mellow, Kitchener, Ontario based singer/ songwriter Lynn Jackson enraptured approximately 20 people, June 1 at the Owl Acoustic Lounge.
She stood alone on the barren stage, singing songs from her past six CDs and telling stories.
As expected, a lot of her music came from her most recent CD “Down In The Dust,” including show and CD highlight ‘Miss Sinaloa,’ which she prefaced with a story about drug war related kidnappings and violence in Mexican border towns like Juarez. Another new song “Poker Face” was a highlight.
While most of her music was of the ’60s acoustic singer songwriter variety, like Joni Mitchell, she also branched out into a little jazz for a song or two.
“I’m going to break way from the sad ballady songs I’ve been singing tonight,” she smiled.
There were a lot of highlights. A 2010 song abut a passive aggressive ex-coworker was a highlight as was the title track of her 2010 CD ”Coming Down.” She ended her show with another older song called the Devil” about doing irresponsible things.
—by Richard Amery, L.A. Beat Editor
