Performances that move you
I remember tearing up when a young woman sang “Oh Canada ” on Parliament Hill to kickstart the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation’s CIBC Run for the Cure back in 2002. Granted, that is a particularly emotional run. Cindy and Kelley at Friday's performance Sometimes the lyrics of a song can overwhelm you. Other times, the way someone sings a tune can open the floodgates. On Friday evening, I had the pleasure of experiencing the perfect storm…beautiful lyrics belted out by an incredibly talented songstress, PEI ’s Kelley Mooney. Opening for another PEI artist, Catherine MacLellan , at the Moncton Press Club, Kelley outshone the headliner. Not only did she perform a number of original pieces from her current album (Tomorrow) , she also sang her version of a classic Leonard Cohen tune. Now K.D. Lang, Jon Bon Jovi and many others have covered “Allelujah,” but Kelley takes it to a whole other level. She rewrote the lyrics to tell the Easter tale, and even Leonard Cohen has given...