[ATTENDED: August 24, 2022] Kathleen Edwards
Back in 2019 Kathleen Edwards came out of “retirement” after spending five years running a coffee house in Stittsville, Ottawa called Quitters. She has since sold Quitters and it is now something else.
She announced a few shows in 2019 and then a small tour in 2021. I hoofed it into New York City to see what I imagined would be my only time seeing her. (She was also opening for Jason Isbell, but I didn’t want to see her as an opener nor did I want to see Jason Isbell).
But then she announced a full tour in 2022! A few years ago I thought I’d never see her live and here we are and I’ve now seen her three times in under a year.
What was also pretty interesting was that this band line up was almost entirely different from the last time (which had been different from the first time).
The first time it was a five piece with two guitars (and a keyboard), bass and drums. The second time it was drums, bass, pedal steel guitar and violin/keyboard. So no lead guitar (all leads were on the pedal steel). For this third show there was no bass or drums. So, we had the same two “new” members from the show just a month earlier: Aaron Goldstein on pedal steel and Kinley Dowling who played keys and violin. And we were once again joined by Colin Cripps (her ex-husband). He played with her back in the old days and also when I saw her in NYC, but not a month earlier). (more…)