Jesse Northey made his musical bones  in Lethbridge before moving on to bigger things in Edmonton and now Toronto, so it was great to see him back for a visit and a show.

 He  played a wonderful show at the Owl Acoustic Lounge, Friday , Aug 12.

 While I missed Chloë Doucet’s opening set but caught Starpainter They always put on a good show and will be playing Upside Downtown today from 5-7 p.m.

 Starpainter played their usual strong set of laid back, mid tempo country tinged rock music , playing music from their CD “Bury Me With my Family,” which they recorded with Northey.

Northey sat happily behind his keyboards playing enjoyable, groovy  ’70s style soft rock.

“ I Am An Island,” from his new CD “Onion Knight” was a highlight as was “ Is This Real Love.”

— by Richard Amery, L.A. Beat Editor