Po' Girl
With their latest album Deer in the Night, Po'Girl whisks us away to a dusty ol' porch in the sunbaked American southwest, then whirls us into an effervescent gypsy waltz. Po'Girl-singer and multi-instrumentalists Allison Russell and Awna Teixeira, from Montreal and Toronto respectively, accompanied by their two musicians-make for a rousing quartet, using banjo, clarinet, accordion, harmonica and then some to weave transporting, turbulent jazz, western, folk and roots melodies. One of the wonderful revelations of last summer's 30th anniversary of the Festival!