As the crow flies

After The Gories, my choices were basically between Islands (who I've seen several times before) and Old Crow Medicine Show, who I hadn't, so the cowboy hats it was. OCMS really do the old-time music thing well; eighty years ago they'd have had no problem sharing a stage with Uncle Dave Macon or performances of similar ilk.

You can just about make out Kevin Hayes and his guitjo on the left, from there we have Ketch Secor, Morgan Jahnig and Willie Watson.




Further along we have mandolin player Cory Younts and slide guitarist Gill Landry.



Harmonica and guitjo action!



Faceoff action!



Not a huge crowd, but an appreciative one.



They'll be performing on A Prairie Home Companion October 21; they also have a few shows in North Carolina and Virginia in November.

• Show reminder: Some pretty capable folk action at The Rainbow with Chloe Charles, Anna Atkinson and New Brunswick's Andy Brown. The Elmdale House hosts Devin Johnstone with opener Karyn Ellis. Mississauga blues-punkers Please Standby are at the Avant-Garde.