TOGETHER ENSEMBLE

Ottawa’s Megan Jerome has a special flair for smart, sassy, folk- and roots-inspired songwriting and her music’s blossoming on her new album Together Ensemble, named after her new band. Guitarist Fred Guignon, organist Don Cummings and drummer Mike Essoudry provide the right combination of earthy grooving and swirling atmosphere to back up Jerome’s earnest, stirring voice and vintage Wurlitzer electric piano. Jerome and her group launch the CD Thursday at the NAC Fourth Stage at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $25 at the NAC box office or nac-cna.ca.