St. Paul is a seven piece timeless soul/blues/rock band from Alabama. Their set at the Calgary Folk Fest last summer blew me away and left me wanting more. Last week they played an extended set at the sold out Rickshaw Theatre that left my boyfriend and I grinning from ear to ear for the rest of the night. The lead singer, Paul Janeway who sang in a church choir in his youth has an amazing powerful voice and is so energetic and entertaining that you can't help but love him. Janeway's vocals are backed by an incredibly strong brass section, tight drums and wicked guitar riffs. They kicked off the show with some of their most upbeat songs like Sugar Dyed which got the crowd dancing, and peppered their slower soulful songs with lots of upbeat covers. They even played a soulful cover of Radiohead's "Fake Plastic Trees" which was pretty different but worked. My favourite moment of the show was probably the beautiful "Broken Bones & Pocket Change", or maybe when the crowd lost it when they broke out with "Call Me" during their encore. Sam said it best after the show, "best blues band I've ever seen".
I would also like to mention the opener Sean Rowe who had some amazing guitar skills and could somehow make his acoustic guitar sound like bass and electric guitar.
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