A very soulful Blues artist with an authentic southern-Delta feel to his gritty yet melodic and memorable songs about life on the underside, Son Roberts has two powerful albums to his credit.

So when the regular Fri. artist at  East York’s Relish bar 2102 Danforth Ave.) needed to be subbed in for this week, his longtime bass player Robert Newman (who’s also part of the Bentroots band that appears there Mondays)  arranged for Son’s combo to do the show. 9:30 start, no cover.