Molly Johnson - Messin’ Around

Early on, Molly seemed unsinkable: a child star in musicals, then a successful new waver and art rocker in Toronto’s Queen Street scene. As a jazz chanteuse, however, she missed the wave that took Diana Krall and Cassandra Wilson to the top. Things changed with her last album, the classy Another Day, which became a huge hit in France. Johnson’s star will likely go supernova with her latest, a mix of funky, campy originals like “Northern Star” and “If You Know Love” and cool covers of Gershwin, Springsteen and Prince.

Sept. 19