We have made a spark.

Last night, or tonight, or whatever you should say when you wake up at 4 a.m. and decide to write a post about the night before was excellent.

I went to see Rose Cousins, whose album We Have Made a Spark, has been on heavy rotation ever since I bought it about a month ago.  I saw her play at the Rivoli, which is a small bar that I used to frequent a lot in my university days.  I hadn't seen a show there in awhile, and being there brought back fond memories of discovering the Toronto music scene.

Rose Cousins has a gorgeous voice, and her songs are absolutely heartbreaking.  She opened with a cover of Blue Rodeo's Five Days in May and closed with a cover of Adele's Rumour Has It.  As fun as those covers were, it was her own songs that truly shone.  She was joined by a bunch of her friends, including Oh Susanna on vocals.  It was such a nice memorable little show, and I was glad to be there with some really good friends. 

Here's her new professional-like video for the song Go First.  It's a song that breaks my little heart.  Love it.



This concert evening is sandwiched in between my two Hot Docs documentaries.  The first I saw was all right, however, we agreed it was more of a docu-drama than a documentary.  Tomorrow evening's documentary, the one about aging supermodels, will be fun no matter what.  I originally thought I might be going by myself, but now three friends are joining me.  I guess aging supermodels are something that brings everyone together.  You heard it here first.