Yours truly is starting to think north and  enjoyed an excellant Susan Aglukark concert Friday night at Festival Place in Sherwood Park.... a last minute invite from a friend.

Her website is http://www.susanalukark.com

The first time I heard her was at a Christmas concert a number of years ago with ESO. Meaningful for me was in the interim I have had the opportunity to work in Nunavut & know Arviat, Rankin Inlet and Pond Inlet , and understand stories and comments on similarities between family closeness there and in small town Newfoundland, for example.

Susan prefaces all her songs with the stories behind them which brings that intimate connection with her audiences, and Festival Place again was an ideal setting for such, including a Q & A time after intermission.

What however is very noticable is that she is so more polished and at least 5 albums later....( I like her second album the best, This Child, 1995 )

Standing ovation and Amazing Grace in Inuktitut as encore.

Was in the city as well doing some work with mentoring aboriginal students through UofA.