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In 2009 Kate began touring her music nationally with up-and-coming Perth songwriter Ryan Morrison who plays support and also accompanies Kate. Since January 2009 they have been performing together and solo in QLD, NSW, ACT, VIC and WA at concerts and festivals including the Apollo Bay Music Festival in Victoria and the Cobargo Folk Festival in NSW. They are sometimes joined onstage by Stephen Taberner, creator of the infamous Spooky Men’s Chorale, on double bass.In September 2009 she toured in the UK as support act for the Spooky Men's Chorale to great acclaim. Her children's song 'Space Rabbits of Brocklevoons' was awarded Session 1 grandprize in the John Lennon Song Contest Children's Song category. |
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SANTAS GOT SOUL
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Santa’s Got Soul Cass Eager and the Mo'Debleys There was a time in music’s dim distant past when Christmas albums were considered cool, when everyone from Charlie Parker, Elvis Presley, The Beatles and The Jackson 5 got generations out of their seats on Christmas day. “Santa’s Got Soul!” brings the vibe back to Christmas music with a collection of re-worked classics and fabulous soul & blues hits from the past, not to mention a brand new Christmas original from Cass. If you’re happy to never hear “The Little Drummer Boy” again then this is the Christmas album for you.
Internationally-renowned but defiantly grassroots, Cass Eager is one of those rare artists that’s mastered everything from the foot-stomping blues to a husky, sensual slow burner. Her sound travels the gamut from soul to blues, folk to funk and roots to reggae, and her distinctive pipes and guitar playing have drawn comparisons to everyone from Bonnie Raitt to Jack Johnson, Nina Simone and Ben Harper . . . with a hint of Janis Joplin always thrown in. Despite these comparisons, soul sister Cass is no pale imitation. She’s repeatedly toured Australia, Canada, plus several tours of duty entertaining the troops in East Timor, Egypt and the Middle East.
From the cheeky back porch vibe of ‘Santa Baby’ to the swarthy soul sounds of ‘Christmas Will Really Be Christmas’ and the driving blues of ‘Santa Claus is Back in Town’, this Christmas is gonna be COOL. This Christmas Santa really does have Soul!
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My Volcano sees the band expanding their musical vision ever outwards, traversing through fields of lush psychedelia, Odelay-esque party jams, lo-fi antifolk and tribal freak-outs. Richard In Your Mind’s ability to write such an incredibly eclectic record is an obvious achievement. Songs are lyrically colourful, beautifully composed, yet can be dark, dreamy, powerful, emotional and explosive all at once. Championing their second full-length album release the band enlisted the producing and mentoring powers of none other than SPOD. The union of SPOD and Richard In Your Mind for My Volcano has ensured a kaleidoscopic and at times euphoric listen. SPOD worked with the band intensely during the lead up and recording, breaking the new material out of it’s shell when needed, developing and enhancing tracks, but at times leaving them lo-fi and beautifully raw the way it was always intended. Out of this dream collaboration comes a fresh and exciting band establishing themselves as a creative song writing force with strong, imaginative themes and clever sonic arrangements. They have successfully fulfilled their vision for album number 2. |
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Conventionally described as Australia's foremost 'country-rock' exponents, their avowed aim was to "marry rhythm and blues with Bush music". The Dingoes indeed fused elements of country and folk music with R&B, blues and rock, giving it a muscular and distinctively Australian edge that set it apart from many of their rather anaemic American counterparts. They were also something of a 'supergroup' comprising veteran musos drawn from several other leading bands of the early 70s. The Dingoes were the critics' darling, and great things were predicted for them. They seemed destined for overseas success, but - like so many before them - it failed to materialise The Dingoes' story is typical of many of the groups in this website - tremendous talent and promise, frustrated by bad luck and lost opportunities. There is at least some consolation in the legacy of their fine music - although it has to be said that little of their original material in currently in release. If you know the Dingoes, you'll know nostalgia played no part whatsoever in the sudden, unlikely existence of their exhilarating fourth album. God knows, nostalgia and its associated rewards have been dangled in front of this legendary Australian rock outfit for three decades, to no avail.
If you don't know the Dingoes, that's fine too. Tracks stands alone and true to itself and its time — as strong, graceful and poetic as any roots-rock debut you'll hear this year.
"The band broke up in 1979," says guitarist-producer Kerryn Tolhurst, with a characteristic absence of sentimentality. "We had no intention of getting back together. Ever." |
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With 18 years, 6 albums and a swag of accolades to his name, Lloyd Spiegel is the most experienced young Blues artist in Australia. Performing, writing and recording since age 10, Lloyd has established himself as one of this country's leading Blues artists and most respected guitarists. Combining his youthful enthusiasm with experience and presence well beyond his years, his incredible command of the guitar, powerful voice and high energy performance captivates any audience. Since going solo 1995, Lloyd has performed in Australia's premier music venues from The Palace and The Basement to The HiFi Bar as well as headlining two sellout shows at the world renowned Melbourne Concert Hall. In that time, he's been billed with the likes of The Waifs, Cold Chisel and Billy Thorpe. Between writing, recording and extensive touring within Australia, Lloyd has traveled worldwide with tours to Germany, Italy and the U.S.A, where he's toured coast to coast 6 times. During these tours he's performed at some of the world's best Blues venues and largest festivals. He's played bills with legendary Blues artists including Buddy Guy, Etta James and Ray Charles, as well as artists from a range of musical genres - Bob Dylan, Peter Frampton and Willie Nelson. |
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Living in Auckland with his Dad he spent all his days trying to write songs and playing in coffee shops and folk clubs.
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This father-daughter partnership album from Australlian journalist, author and jazz pianist Dick Hughes and daughter Christa sends us to the world of early Jazz of the 1920s and 1930s with pieces by the likes of Bessie Smith, W.C. Handy and Jelly Roll Morton. It includes work written by Hughes snr, including a wonderful piece inspired by boogie woogie pioneer Jimmy Yancey. His daughter Christa, better known for her work with Machine Gun Fellatio, takes pieces and imbues them with new and radical life through phrasing and transporting the melody line in unexpected directions. For example, the glorious trumpet of Bob Barnard and her creative transformation of the melody line gives a bittersweet edge to Summertime. She has a knack for the delightfully outrageous. For example. on Beer Drinking Woman by Memphis Slim, she gargles a chrous. Actually, it's not that far-fetched. Bessie Smith used to pour gin down her throat while singing. It's 21st-Century blues all right but it summons up that original spirit many have forgotten about, the force that made this music so edgy and radical when it first came out. |
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In early 2009 a Rarities collection was released called 'Pointing Rayguns at Pagans'. Other stuff happened around this time but lets face it, he's not Sir Edmund Hillary. That's the problem with these things: he records, he tours, he records, he tours. |
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Sometimes words aren’t enough. All the things that have and will be said about Renée Geyer...one of the worlds finest singers...Australian music legend...are true and undeniable, but saying that about her still doesn’t say enough. Renée Geyer is Renée Geyer, a unique talent, not a singer whose career is dependant on yesterday or tomorrow’s hit song, but someone who lives for her next performance, on stage or on record, someone who refuses to rest on her laurels. The voice was always there. From the first time she opened her mouth those who heard turned their heads, but that wasn’t enough for Renée Geyer, still isn’t enough for Renée Geyer. She’s much more now than she ever was.
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Following on from his critically-lauded debut “The Submarine”, Whitley returns with stellar follow up, “Go Forth, Find Mammoth”. Written and produced by Whitley, and engineered in a ramshackle studio on the Victorian Coast, the new album pushes the talented songwriter to his limits. This well-realised follow-up picks up where his debut left off in it’s warmth, beauty and intimacy, however it carries a much bolder aspiration. “Go Forth, Find Mammoth” is an engulfing journey filled with flourishes and triumphs. Multiple harmony vocals, strings, pump organ, pedal steel, horns and even a hammer and a bedroom door make up this album’s truly rich and exciting sonic palette. After 18 months of touring with the release of ‘The Submarine’, including 3 US tours and countless laps around Australia, Whitley is primed to deliver ‘Go Forth, Find Mammoth’ in a live arena to fans old and new. With a new band and a new sound, Whitley hits the road this November to spread the good word. Whitley will take his five piece band on tour nationally taking to all states and a territory with special guests everywhere. The ‘Go Forth Find Mammoth Tour’ will be not what you are expecting and everything you have been waiting for.
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Bruce amazes with the diversity from what is essentially a piece of wood with 6 strings. His unique use of the guitar to become its own orchestra and encompass a huge range of genres from Swing to Latin, Jazz to African, Folk to Spanish, Gypsy to ambient simultaneously playing didgerido and more. His world search of rythms have evolved into an eclectic, exciting style that is all his own. You will be taken on a journey with infectious rhythms and fiery fretwork from far flung corners of his guitar. |
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Ray Beadle is the genuine article. His music comes from the heart and soul. Ray's music is rich with a deep history of the Blues. Rich from 20 years of experience performing nationally and internationally. And rich from a deep understanding of his instrument and how to make it stir something within the listener. That's what the Blues is about. The music is infectious - whether it be slinky swingin' dance music or bubbling Rhythm 'n Blues ... or whether he's crooning blues gospels or igniting the fretboard like few others. Ray picked up the guitar when he was 9, and for the next twenty years played with and learned from the best, which includes performing and recording with the Foreday Riders (commonly referred to as the University of the Blues). Ray has shared the stage with many great Australian and international artists and has thrilled countless festival audiences. A 3 month residency with the house band in B.B. King's club in Memphis and Buddy Guy's Blues Club in Chicago, as well as playing several American blues festivals were all defining moments during Ray's three tours to the USA. Ray's guitar and vocal styles evoke numerous blues legends, whilst concocting a breathless style all of his own. It is not by chance that Ray has become a favourite among Australian blues and music fans.
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Paul Greene, who represented Australia as a sprinter at the Olympic and Commonwealth Games, played music from his early teens as a way of funding his burgeoning athletics career. After racking up the miles in a variety of cover bands in Australia and the USA he was discovered by Midnight Oil's Rob Hirst who encouraged him to pursue his career as a singer-songwriter. Together the pair would collaborate on the 2005 album 'In the Stealth of Summer' (ABC/Universal) under the guise of Hirst & Greene. Since becoming a full time musician Greene has been given the thumbs up by The Waifs & Ani DiFranco, enthralled Kasey Chambers and inspired Ben Harper’s ‘Diamonds on The Inside’. He has sold nearly 50,000 albums independently in Australia however, until recently, his name was familiar only to music industry insiders and an extremely loyal band of followers around the country. With the success of his latest CD ‘Distance over Time’ (on his own Whirl Records label, distributed by Australia’s leading distributor Shock Records) Greene’s music has reached a whole audience thanks to his constant touring, rave reviews and phenomenal live performances.
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Barb Jungr is more than just a great singer. She's one of the world's premiere song stylists, drawing acclaim in Australia, Europe and the United States and famed for her inspired recasting of classic material. Her latest album, “The Men I Love: The New American Songbook”, has received rave reviews and is her first for the label Naim, documenting Jungr’s love of American popular song and its songwriters. As has come to be expected with Jungr, the material displays her impressive ability to re-imagine well-known popular songs, revealing deep meanings and latent emotional content that comes to light when she dislodges the songs from their original contexts. This upcoming Australian tour will feature many of the songs on her new album – music written since the 1960s, including some by stars like Leonard Cohen, Bob Dylan, Paul Simon and Bruce Springsteen. Alongside these is also an adventurous mixture that takes in Motown, The Monkees (via Neil Diamond), Bread, and even Talking Heads. Fans can expect Jungr’s famed powers of interpretation to be in full flight as she breathes new life into every moment, and sounds as if she has lived every line of every song. In concert, Jungr will be joined by her sublime piano player, Jenny Carr – and together the pair deliver an experience that feels like each song has been taken apart to find out how they work, before remodeling them for a fresh look at a profound work of art.
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The voice of Ian Moss has modestly purred beneath his searing guitar playing for more than 30 years – but no longer. For his sixth solo album, Soul on West 53rd, Ian’s sweet, soaring vocal is the pivot around which famed American producer Danny Kortchmar has built a rich, soulful sound, drawing on classic songs from the likes of Sam Cooke, Al Green, Otis Redding and Bill Withers. Unleashing this surge of soul power has unlocked a whole new chapter in Mossy’s performing career, which ironically was triggered by his appearances on the television series It Takes Two that highlighted vocal duets. “When I put aside the guitar and sang a few soul ballads on that show, people were suddenly listening to me differently. They’d say ‘Yeah, we knew you sang, but we didn’t know you could really sing’. It was both flattering and frustrating. I kept wondering what they thought I’d been doing for past 30 years. It showed that there was a different side of my music that hadn’t really been heard by enough people before.” The defining factor in this new acceptance of Mossy as a vocalist has been the steadily maturing tone and timbre of his voice – very different to when his vocal prowess first came to the fore as a foil to the piercing wail of Jimmy Barnes in Australia’s premier hard rock band Cold Chisel.
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Marking the advent of Spring and bound to bring a bit of extra brightness and joy to your ears, Adelaide roots/alt country duo The Yearlings will be touring Australia to coincide with the release of their fourth studio album "Sweet Runaway". The Yearlings consist of Robyn Chalklen (vocals/guitar) and Chris Parkinson (vocals/guitar & banjo), who have been writing and performing together for nine years, since first crossing paths at The Tamworth Country Music Festival. Their chemistry is remarkable, and like a fine wine, their musical competency has matured impressively on the vine. They have a command to their musical compositions that most outfits can merely yearn for.
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Playjerise are an independent acoustic band from the Blue Mountains in Sydney.
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After a ten year public hiatus, The Paradise Motel returns to present Australian Ghost Story. An album of reflections on the events of August 17, 1980 and the disappearance of Azaria Chamberlain. Australian Ghost Story will be released on June 11, 2010 through Stolen Recordings. TPM has had a busy start to 2010, with a live to air performance at Melbourne’s 3RRR as part of their Autumn Almanac series in March, followed by a sold out night at The Toff in Town. In April, TPM performed a Tuesday night residency at the Northcote Social Club. Each show was commemorated by unique, limited edition hand made live EP, becoming instant collectors items in keeping with the band’s long history of special artefacts and beautiful packaging.
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Old Man River is the name of the musical vehicle for Australia's Ohad Rein. The project name represents the metaphoric symbolism between the ebb and flow of any great river to our own very existence. At times calm and settling, at others turbulant and unpredictable. This particular artist could not have been more appropriatley named. The music of Old Man River is important and has resonated with people around the world. The messages are clear and strong. The musicality is global and not attached to geographic or cultural boundaries. It is pop music with Sitar. Sing-a-long rock music. And more. Dig deep in an attempt to uncover the source of Old Man River's muse and there is a story beffitting of a great songwriter just finding his potential. Chapters from his exposure to early military service, tales of performing for the Dalai Lama, busking for Yoko Ono and returning to a homeland 20 years and a lifetime since departing. Dealing with love and tragedy. Life from New York to studying sitar with a guru in Varanasi, India. Big in Japan. Bigger in Italy. Strange days indeed. 'Trust' is the new album by Old Man River. Recorded with local musicians in Sydney, Tel Aviv and Mumbai. It is a powerful sophomore release. And a personal account of life for an Old Man River.
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