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Schedule:
Doors Open at 3:00pm
Women's Shelter ($1 Per Ticket Recipient): Women's Justice Center
Kari Newhouse - 3:30-3:50 - Village Stage
Nelly Fortado - 3:55-4:15 - Village Stage
Wild Strawberries - 4:15-4:35 - Second Stage
Morley - 4:50-5:10 - Second Stage
Sozzi - 5:10-5:30 - Village Stage
Martina McBride - 5:30-6:00 - Main Stage
Susan Tedeschi - 6:00-6:30 - Second Stage
Queen Latifah - 6:35-7:10 - Main Stage
Dixie Chicks - 7:40-8:25 - Main Stage
Sheryl Crow - 8:45-9:40 - Main Stage
Sarah McLachlan - 10:00-10:55 - Main Stage
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Although the headliners at Sunday's show were pretty much the same as Saturday's, they were worth another listen, and there were a couple of Second Stage acts I wanted to check out.

Local artist Kari Newhouse opened the Village Stage. She played pretty good electric guitar, along with a drummer and bassist.

I was somewhat familiar with the next performer, Nelly Fortado, as I had seen her in New York two weeks earlier. Her eclectic set (a bit of jazz, a bit of soul, a bit of Portuguese) was very entertaining. She played acoustic guitar, along with another acoustic guitarist who supplied smooooth backing vocals. Other than "Love, Love, Love", I can't name any songs.

I don't have any Wild Strawberries' CD's (yet!), but three songs from their five-song set appear on various Lilith compilations, and one was from their upcoming CD, so I was almost as familiar with their set as the biggest Wild Strawberries fan in the world, who happened to be standing next to me. He supplied with the one song title I didn't know, so here's their full setlist:

Trampoline
Heroine
All I Really Want to Do is Hold You (good enough to make me plan to buy their next CD!)
Pretty Lips
I Don't Want to Think About It

I was a little slow noticing something about their band. The bass player was in the back, and I couldn't see the drummer's face from where I was initially standing, but I thought that the bass player looked oddly familiar, then it occurred to me that "gee-he looks a lot like Brian Minato". A song later, the crowd shifted, and I got a good look at the drummer, and realized it was Ash Sood, and of course, it was in fact Brian Minato on bass. It got even better, as Sarah came out and jammed along on rhythm guitar for their last song. A great set, but much too short!

Prior to Sunday, I'd only heard one song by Morley, but was quickly and thoroughly enchanted by her incredible, blue-eyed soul. Her band, especially the percussionist, was very good. I went out and bought her CD at lunch the next day, so I'll be able to provide a more thorough description of her after Toronto's show.

Sozzi and her two sidemen (electric and acoustic guitar) were pretty good. I'd never heard of them, but they left their setlist behind on the Village Stage, so for all you Sozzi fans out their:

My Kind
Til I Cry
Letting Go
Two Shades of Blue
Lucky Girl

Sunday's Main Stage lineup was the most "countryfied" of any of the Lilith Fairs I've seen, as in addition to the Dixie Chicks, Martina McBride appeared. I'd heard of her, but knew none of her music, but WOW what a voice!! She was in no danger of being drowned out by her band, which consisted of four-count 'em- four guitarists (two electric, one acoustic, plus pedal steel), plus bass, drums and keyboards. Martina also played harmonica. My favorite song was "Love's the Only House", from her forthcoming release.
Susan Tedeschi wound up things at the Second Stage. Considering all three acts, it was probably my favorite overall Second Stage lineup of any of the shows I've seen. Since's she's a white, female, blues performer, comparisons with Bonnie Raitt are inevitable. Here's my two cents: I prefer Susan's voice and Bonnie's guitar. Susan put on a very good, high powered show, performing a good mix from her latest CD:

Rock Me Right
You Need to Be With Me
Just Won't Burn
Mama, He Treats Your Daughter Mean
It Hurts So Bad
Angel From Montgomery (Bonnie played this last year).

I'd seen enough of Queen Latifah the night before, so I was content to watch a bit of her show from the lawn, rather than my seat, before going to grab a bite to eat.

The remaining three performances were virtually the same as Saturday's, but I enjoyed them even more, probably due in large part to the fact that I was about 12 rows from the stage, rather than 50. If you're curious about Sunday's show, just pull up the Saturday's reviews, and note the following variation:

Sheryl flipped "Favorite Mistake" and "Anything But Down", and intead of "Sweet Child Of Mine", she played the other cover from the Globe Sessions, Bob Dylan's Mississippi.

There was an amusing bit of improvisation in Sarah's set. After "Hold On", Sarah welcomed the crowd to the second night in "Detroit, Rock City". Brian started quietly thumping the bass line from the Kiss song of the same name, and Sarah laughed and said something about Kiss. The, she jokingly started to sing "I wanna rock and roll all night...", and naturally, the crowd picked up on it. So, at the Lilith Fair, we all sang choruses of a Kiss song, while Ash and Brian supplied the rhythm!

Sunday's Finale will have to rank among the very best, as it's hard imagine any group of singers topping Sarah, Sheryl, Natalie Maine, Queen Latifah, Martina McBride, and Susan Tedeschi for raw power. Too bad there weren't enough verses to let Morley sing lead, but she did sing backup, along with Kari Newhouse, Nelly Fortado, Jarah Jane from Saturday's show, etc.