Bleu on Blue

After catching the White wires I went to the Blacksheep Tent to see Ryan Montbleu - the only other option was gospel band Newworldson. As I popped in there were a couple of folks sitting in their lawn chairs, about as far back from the stage as they could be. Kind of lame. Montbleu deserved a more interesting audience, since he had an interesting soul-blues-americana blend, but I won't say he blew me away.

Ryan and keyboardist Jason Cohen.



Also on board are drummer James Cohen, bassist Matt Giannaros and viola player Laurence Scudder.



After a couple of tunes from him I went off to see Bjorn Berge, whose name may make you think of tennis, but who is in fact a 12-string guitarist from Norway with serious chops and a great gravelly voice. Unfortunately my point-and-shoot is not the right instrument for main-stage photography ...



After that I went to see fashionably hatted performer T.J. Wheeler, a fairly traditional blues performer.



After that dabbling I played a little more attention to local act The Sound Technicians. They seem to have shared a lot of stages with the kind of band you hear on alternative rock radio. They're a trifle glossy for my tastes but seem to have a decent power-pop sound.

Pete Ling sings!



Shawn Ogston rocks the goldtop.






Leigh Uttley - Drums, Sounds

Keith Charlebois rocks the other guitar, and occasionally keyboards.



And so on. I didn't get any good pictures of drummer  Leigh Uttley — sorry (and if you're wondering, is that the Broken House guy? Yes, it is).



Their next show is November 20 in Toronto at the Rivoli.

• Show reminder: Josh Ritter and the Royal City Band and Basia Bulat are at Capital Music Hall; Neverfriend and Suburban Sunrise perform at the Rainbow.