Stratford Perth Museum: Backstage Concerts

Friday | July 30 | Doors Open 6 p.m. | $40
RON SEXSMITH
A gifted Canadian singer and songwriter whose
songs are by turns earnest and playful, Ron Sexsmith
has won acclaim not only from music critics but
from fellow performers like Paul McCartney, Elvis
Costello, and John Hiatt — some of the same artists
who initially inspired Sexsmith himself to become a
musician.
He has a talent for catchy but graceful melodies
that’s matched by his skills as a lyricist, drawing
compact sketches of love and the trials of everyday
life that are heartfelt and compassionate even when
he’s being witty and warm without becoming overly
sentimental.