Women's and gay rights promoter, former porn queen, and currently blues-rock cabaret singer Candye Kane is used to attracting attention at her shows. Thursday evening was no different, as she hit the stage under cloudy skies on the lake in Ascona in front of a loud and appreciative crowd who, beyond her powerful persona, enjoyed her powerful vocals as she belted out one number after the other.

Backed by a rocking 4 piece band with a very talented piano player, she grabbed the crowd by the throat and enthusiastically hit 'em above and below the belt with a double shot of blues based feel-good rock and her in-your-face stage presence. Her high energy and no-holds-barred show offered a diversion from the more traditional music forms concurrently running on the other stages, and endeared helself to the raucous audience both with her music and her exhuberant stage presence, her tongue-in-cheek banter laced with a sharp and inescapable wit...