Can You Name The Band With 4-Girl Drive?

It's country night again at the Horseshoe on Thursday. First up was balladeer Carleton Stone singing to a mostly empty room. His earnest songs had trouble winning over the crowd, though his self-effacing onstage banter got some chuckles. He finally got some participation with cheerier fare including Sheets an ode to some naughty fun and a new song that was a tribute to The Capri Cabaret, a bar in Sydney Nova Scotia, where singles go for that final 2 a.m. try to find somebody.

Next up was Ladies of the Canyon, a Montreal country band fronted by 4 women. The amount of gear on stage was astonish; they each had 3-4 guitars or other instruments. The 2 men in the band, a guitarist and a drummer, also had a pile of equipment. I saw a solo set by Maia Davis a few months ago and wanted to see the full band. I didn't like the songs that had too much new country flavour, but those that were more old country/rockabilly or veered into blues/soul/rock were outstanding.

Last up was Heartbroken. They opened with a powerful rock number with the female vocalist roaring out a full-throated scream. But the rest of their set sounded too much of top 40 pop with a twang for my taste.