Day 2 - 273 -- New Music to Enjoy

A very rainy day here today, yet still nothing like what was seen west and north of here. New Brunswick has had enormous amounts of rain with washouts and localized flooding. A piece of good news is the new rain jacket and rain pants that I purchased seem to do their jobs and kept me dry today (and I know this is not all about me <smile>). Locally the winds diminished greatly here before the heavier rains began -- so much less horizontal rain occurred than expected. The system seems to be stalled over the northeastern part of the province, which will bring another day of big rains tomorrow and into Saturday. Then early into next week, we will see what Joachin has to bring us.

I heard a short interview with a singer whose second album drops tomorrow. Jill Hennessy played an ADA in Law and Order and an ME in Crossing Jordan. While she is likely much better known for her acting, her musical talents are stellar. She and her twin sister Jacq (get it? Jacq and Jill) often busked on the streets of Toronto and Jacq still joins her sister on stage to sing backup vocals.

Jill has written the songs for this new album, 'I do',  that luckily also includes an older song of hers. It is about her grandmother. Jill's ancestry includes Ukrainian Gypsy which helps with one of the lines of the song. I've listened to several of the songs from the second album and they are powerful - lyrically, vocally and musically. Enjoy!

Edmonton -- Jill Hennessy