Cold Night, Hot Jam

After a mild couple of weeks, Toronto saw its first heavy snowfall and plunging temperature. But inside tiny Holy Oak, people were packed in to listen to some soul music with A Soul, a local cover band. Small tables were set up but with dancers filling the spaces in between, they were eventually moved out of the way for more dance room.

There were more singers than usual. A parade of vocalists made their way to the front with standouts being Maylee Todd and Emilie Mover. For whatever reasons, it was mostly slow jams tonight. From "Let's Talk It Out" to "Ain't Nothing Like The Real Thing" and "The Message", the bass was slow and the jams were long. On the last song though, Maylee finally let loosed those pipes and sent everyone home on a high note with an energetic "I Was Made To Love Her".