I must admit I’d never heard of The Rural Alberta Advantage before today. Their website is unassuming, no hype. Their concept is simple and uncluttered. They don’t promote their act by sheer hype. But they are going everywhere (they were even in Denver last summer).

The clip below is a live, backstage, after-the-show spontaneous moment by one of the bandmates, Nils Edenloff, in San Francisco. The other two had already left.

Sometimes in music, it isn’t the most innovative, experimental thing that knocks you off your feet. Sometimes it’s just the pure, simple emotion of the moment.

In the Summertime (backstage at Bottom of the Hill, SF)

You can buy the original version here.