The Juno Award-nominated Toronto-based artist came to the stage with a smile on his face, greeting the crowd by saying “Get to your seats, we have folk music to play”. From the very beginning of his set, he was making the crowd chuckle in their seats. Playing hit after hit, he really made for an amazing evening of folk music and laughter. 

He mentioned that he had just returned from a 3-week tour across the United States and that it felt good to be back in Canada. He told a new story between every song, which kept us all interested throughout the hour-long set. Notably played his 2020 hit “Clean Slate”, as well as the song “Our Friend Bobby”, which is a song about a lost childhood friend who he had lost in a tragic car accident. This was my favorite song of the night, really shows how he puts emotion in the songs he writes and shows why he is an award-winning artist. Donovan played songs from his new album “Big Hurt Boy” released on October 20^th (You can pre-save it on his website). The crowd was silent throughout every song he played the whole night, and every word he sang followed an emotion and a memory that you could visualize sitting in your seat. I’m incredibly happy I got to experience this concert because it was one of my favorites I’ve seen in a long time, Kellie and Donovan work perfectly together, and I hope to see them both again in the near future. Donovan Woods & Kellie Loder in Halifax ended out to be a prefect night out.