The crowd listened intently as she played, and her voice went from delicate lows to powerful highs. St-Pierre was accompanied by Marion Arthur Kiss on cello from the band Saturnfly as well as Simon Poirier Lachance from the band Mastik , which added more sonic depth to her compositions.
Her songs were simple but loveable and easy to connect with. I should also mention that St-Pierre is expecting a new baby very soon — congrats to her! Next on the bill was Jill Zmud , a local singer-songwriter that recently released her album small matters of life and death in April of It turns out that the dusty old tape was a compilation of songs that her uncle Ed Clynton had written many years ago and gone unheard for 40 years, salvaged by the timelessness of analog technology.
Zmud never had the chance to meet her uncle Ed Clynton, but she instantly connected with him through his music. After some research, it turns out that her uncle was in a band called Witness, Inc. After some time with the band, Zmud explained that he decided to leave the group and embark on a solo career in folk and country music.
The demos that she found on those tapes were Ed Clynton originals, and a sample of which can be heard here. Unfortunately, she never got the chance to meet Ed Clynton as he was killed in a car accident in Northern Ontario a few years before she was born. However, this incredible story illustrates the power of music to connect people, and that we all leave a legacy behind after we die in one way or another.
Zmud played various songs from her new album, and enchanted the crowd with her stories and experiences with the record. She had some backup singers and a guitarist to add even more layers to her music, and the songs translated incredibly well live. The harmonies were intricate and executed perfectly, adding some southern folk flare to the performance.
