The midpoint of our final evening of MUSEXPO entertainment finds us back at the Whisky to enjoy the scintillating sounds of Canadian quartet Hey Ocean. The Vancouver, BC-based band is fronted by the charismatic, pixie-like Ashleigh Ball and opened up with a potent percussion blast, with three of the four band members bangin’ away at drums in a tribal rhythm while Ashleigh hit the cowbell in a manner that would’ve pleased even so harsh a critic as Christopher Walken. The islandesque rhythms of the opening number inspired a veritable horde of comely young lasses to invade the dancefloor, while the second song naturally drew a great response from the local audience: “A Song about California,” a jazzy, up-tempo tune featuring Ball’s breathy vocals that seemingly doubled the population of the already-packed dancefloor, to the point where the vocalist even paused to note, “It looks like there’s a lot of hot ladies here tonight that want to party!”
Bless ’em all…whereupon Ball, an accomplished flautist, launched into a solo that drew a most appreciative response, not only from the young ladies, but also the many delegates enjoying the show. Yet another act gracing the MUSEXPO stage that seems destined for much bigger things!
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