![]() ![]() Their first set ended with another crowd favourite, “Sons of Labrador,” dedicated to all the Labradorians in attendance. The audience thoroughly enjoyed their renditions of Creedence Clearwater Revival’s “Have You Ever Seen The Rain,” Spirit of the West’s “And If Venice Is Sinking” and “Helpless” by The Band, so much so that the venue had to quickly enforce the “no dancing” rule, as patrons wandered from their tables to the dance floor.ĭespite the audience maybe not being on its best behaviour per se, the band treated those in attendance with a brand new song titled “Settling Dust.” The group’s set bounced around its three-album discography, playing songs such as “Butter and Snow” off 2018’s “Pockets Filled with Rocks,” “Violets & Roses” from 2010’s “Jam the Blues,” and many, many, more, with a good few covers thrown in. Penned by UK-born Canadian folk singer Andy Vine, this song has also been covered by Newfoundland legends Figgy Duff and Shirley Montague, who is also well-known for writing the music for the"Ode to Labrador "and as founder of Trails, Tales and Tunes, a festival in which Silver Wolf Band has also performed. They followed with “Estuary,” another selection from their 2020 release, before going into “Woman of Labrador,” a selection from the Great Canadian Songbook. Though the album is only about six months old, it’s been in heavy rotation for many, as evidenced by the crowd singing along. Silver Wolf Band opened the set with “Storms,” off their latest album “Storms & Prayers,” released in August of 2020. It was immediately obvious the band, consisting of Jamie Jackman (guitar, lead vocals), Matthew Barrett (piano, keyboards), Brandon Pardy (bass), and Justin Jackman (drums, percussion), had a lot of friends in the audience Friday, as the crowd began to cheer as the band tuned up. ![]() ![]() John’s audiences, having previously performed at the Spirit Song Festival, Petapan First Light Indigenous Arts Symposium, and Newfoundland and Labrador Folk Festival. Hailing from Happy Valley-Goose Bay, the members of the four-piece band are no strangers to St. Labrador-based folk/pop/rock band Silver Wolf band made the trek from the Big Land to the big city in February for MusicNL week, and local audiences – especially relocated Labradorians – were excited to take in a show at The Black Sheep on George Street on Friday. ![]()
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