Vancouver Island-based folk duo The Great Plains will play at the Merritt Seniors Centre Thursday.
Saskia and Darrel Delaronde, the married couple that plays Canadiana as The Great Plains, are stopping at the facility as the kickoff for a tour that will take them around B.C. into July.
Their country-tinged music draws on a variety of quintessentially Canadian influences, from Louis Riel, the renegade Métis rights fighter in Manitoba, to rodeos in B.C.’s grasslands.
Their crowd-friendly, engaging live show also features lyrics sung with gusto in Spanish, Dutch, German, French and Gaelic.
The duo has an extensive back catalogue, having recorded nine albums over their decade-long career, from which they’ll draw at their Feb. 26 concert in Merritt.
The concert begins at 7 p.m. at 1675 Tutill Court.
Tickets are $10 and are available by phoning 378-4407.
