Chris Pureka

Vancouver, Day 17

And so to the final day of the Vancouver Folk Festival...

Another day of musical highlights and hot weather with a backdrop of mountains and ocean. Bliss.

I went back for second helpings of some performers I'd already seen over the past couple of days and also took time to check out some other musicians who I hadn't managed to catch up with previously. The tally included...

The Harpoonist and The Axe Murderer
Betsayda Machado y La Parranda El Clavo
Jojo Abot
Mexican Institute of Sound
Nahko
Ramy Essam
Chris Pureka
The Bills
Bruce Cockburn
Martin and Eliza Carthy
Martha Wainwright and Lucy Wainwright Roche
Birds of Chicago
Lisa LeBlanc
Lisa O'Neill
Mike Edel
Oysterband
Moulettes
Little Scream
San Fermin

It was a tough choice blip-wise but in the end I've plumped for Chris Pureka http://www.chrispureka.com/about who played a lovely show this afternoon in the blazing sun despite "Melting, due to bad clothing choices."

Here's a rather lovely tune from her www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPng-_UlWZE

Tomorrow, I'm hoping to have a looooong lie-in.

Goodnight, all!