{"id":34846,"date":"2024-07-18T14:53:39","date_gmt":"2024-07-18T18:53:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/?p=34846"},"modified":"2024-07-18T14:53:40","modified_gmt":"2024-07-18T18:53:40","slug":"beresfords-bring-music-of-taylor-swift-to-town-park-next-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/beresfords-bring-music-of-taylor-swift-to-town-park-next-week\/","title":{"rendered":"Beresfords bring music of Taylor Swift to Town Park next week"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

If you haven\u2019t been able to snag a coveted ticket to Taylor Swift\u2019s Eras tour, you\u2019re not alone \u2013 but, if you want to hear the music of Taylor Swift live, Aurora has you covered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This Wednesday, July 24, the Aurora-based band The Beresfords will take over the Town Park Band Shell with the songs Swifties have come to love as the Town\u2019s Concerts in the Park series continues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Beresfords, comprised of brother-sister duo Brendan and Shannon, have seen their careers go from strength to strength since their debut album dropped in 2017 and have been a mainstay of stages both local and national.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This latest program of Swift material, says Shannon, has \u201csnowballed organically\u201d since they launched it three years ago, but the wildly popular singer\u2019s music has never been too far in the background for them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe have always done at least one Taylor song at any of our sets for the last few years and the response we get every time is just overwhelming,\u201d says Shannon. \u201cIt\u2019s undeniable the effect her music has had on people. She had an influence on my own song-writing and my own approach just to being a woman in the music industry and to some level, but I think she appeals to other people because she really keeps her heart on her sleeve and she writes what she feels. She doesn\u2019t really sugar-coat things or beat around the bush; she writes what she knows and she knows what makes sense to her and what comes to her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAs much as we are all different and have unique experiences, we all share very similar emotional capacities and feelings, so at some point a Taylor Swift song is going to connect with you, whether you want it to or not, because she has a way of writing for so many scenarios and so many types of heartache, joy and happiness. It clicks with so many people, I think. It\u2019s fun playing her music and seeing how it just brings people together.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Beresfords \u2013 which also includes bandmates Carlos, Nick and Graham \u2013 have become a multitalented well-oiled machine and the development of a set is very much a collaborative process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cEveryone is just open to try new things, trying different arrangements or songs we have never played before,\u201d says Shannon. \u201cI think that\u2019s what continually inspires myself as a performer and a songwriter, but it\u2019s also about being in a band because it is never just the same old thing. We love what we do, we have so much fun doing it and we inspire each other constantly, trying to change it up\u2026and seeing what we can do to make it the most fun, that people will see we\u2019re having so much fun they can\u2019t help but want to be a part of it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To be a part of this Wednesday\u2019s evening of music from the Taylor Swift songbook, join the Beresfords at Town Park.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Concerts in the Park run from 7 \u2013 9 p.m. each Wednesday through to the end of August.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Concerts are free, but donations to the Aurora Food Pantry are encouraged.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vendors will be on site beginning at 6 p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For a full lineup, visit aurora.ca\/summerconcerts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By Brock Weir<\/strong><\/p>\n\"Facebook\"<\/a>\"twitter\"<\/a>\"mail\"<\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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