They’ve toured their highly acclaimed Sound Awake album all around the world, and now Karnivool’s eager Australian fans need wait no more as the Perth sonic maelstrom announce an extensive Australian tour taking place throughout June and into July. The band will travel to capital cities on the East Coast, into regional North Queensland (finally!) and finish in Adelaide while stopping at some key regional centres along the way. Karnivool are supported by Shockone and Over-Reactor at the Coolangatta Hotel on Saturday.
The term veteran is thrown around these days so much it is almost a cliche, yet for an artist like Bias B whose career in hip hop spans over a decade the term isn’t so flimsy. Truly Bias is an MC that has earnt the title from back in 1998 with his debut, Beezwax. Variety of flow, word play and subject matter is what makes him stand out as a lyricist, while his confidence and energy is why his live shows have such an impact.
Bias B will be appearing with Bigfoot as they host a dual album launch this Friday at the Coolangatta Hotel.
The Jenni Cocking Quartet featuring Paul Williams will feature at this month’s Tweed Valley Jazz Club. The Jenni Cocking Quartet comprises highly skilled individuals. Jenni has been singing since 1980 and plays regularly at international festivals and across Australia. She sang at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 1997 and in October last year was the featured vocal artist at the Christchurch Big Band Festival in New Zealand. She has worked with some of the finest players in Australia: George Golla, Vince Genova, Kim Harris, George Washingmachine and many more.
At the June gig the quartet will feature the brilliant and ever-so-humble Paul Williams on tenor sax and clarinet. On keyboard the very talented Graham Strachan, Jim Howard on drums and Ian Cocking on bass. Their repertoire covers a wide range of well known standards with some modern twists, extending out to include the most exquisite Bossa Novas imaginable. There will be some traditional tunes from Billie Holiday’s repertoire and the beautiful ballad You Must Believe in Spring. See Jenni and Paul at the Tweed Valley Jazz Club at the Condong Bowling Club on Friday.
Sounding like a creature that arises out of the swamp on special moonlit nights, Broadfoot is actually far less sinister. That band is a funky little rock band that relish playing music for people to move to, music that pleases the spirit. So keep an eye and both ears out for the sound of the Bogangar Broadfoot as it takes to the stage this Friday – good footstompin’ music. Cabarita Sports Club in Bogangar this Friday.
Uki’s Cabaret 360 is thrilled to announce a lineup of superb acts for this year’s event. Auditions were held last week at the end of May, revealing a number of new and exciting acts from the northern rivers region.
Cabaret 360 is a unique and highly contemporary cabaret presenting the best of the performing arts from all over the Tweed Valley and beyond.
Acts such as Laura Doe Harris, Michele Thomas and Thomas Bailey, Ivy Lucille, Bernie Van Teil, Rachel Gorham, Diane Wilder and Kalia, Loki De Jager, Elias Harmony, Bill Jacobi, Andrea Soler and many more will be presenting a variety of song, dance, hip hop, comedy and theatre, as you have never seen them before.
Because of sellout performances in previous years, Cabaret 360 will this year run over two nights.
For the first time, this year there will be a special dinner-and-show package available from The Red Piano Bar in Uki. Cabaret 360 is on Saturday and Sunday 26 in the Uki Hall. For more info visit ukitopiaartscollective.com.
Mason and his band are sure to stir up the crowd with their awe inspiring original tracks. Having performed to sellout crowds throughout the Gold Coast and overseas, lovers of fine alternate blues and rock should not miss this opportunity. Mason’s guitar chops and performing skills are recognised Australiawide – he has played alongside artists like Phil Emmanuel, Tex Perkins, Lisa Hunt, Renee Geyer, Xavier Rudd and Jimmy Barnes. Invited to the Adelaide International Guitar Festival in 2008 and again for 2010, in March they supported Jimmy Barnes and performed at Byron Bay Bluesfest, Great Noosa Camp Out, Cairns Blues Festival, Saltwater Festival, Blues On Broadbeach, Blues at Bridgetown WA – and many more, including a fourth tour of summer festivals in Canada.
As one of the hardest working bands around, Mason Rack Band guarantees satisfaction, and he has promised to break beyond blues with harder alt-rock and roots. The three-piece band pours out alt-rock blues, roots with slide guitar, big bass, percussion duels and broken-glass vocals. Currumbin RSL Saturday.
See Mason the following afternoon in his role as a judge at the Currumbin RSL’s Raw Talent Quest third heat, where aspiring musicians and bands will have the opportunity to be critiqued by one of our best.
This month Bluestown has one of the country’s hardest working and consistently gigging blues bands; Blind Lemon. The band are back with their infectious take on the blues featuring some of the finest harmonica playing (Jamie Symons) that the country has to offer.
Blind Lemon play a mix of original tunes, and also pay tribute to some great blues players of yesteryear... having graced the stages of Broadbeach Blues and Woodford Folk Festivals (to name but two), and most venues in the East Coast of Oz, these guys put together a tight and impressive blend of music bound to get any blues enthusiast sitting up and taking notice – a guaranteed good show, folks.
Opening the afternoon is Blues Stomp Holdong Co. – an old-school blues duo featuring resonator, banjo, cigar box guitar, stomping and beer. A couple of members from Ragweed, Blueskillet Rovers Jug Band and The Hoochers have scaled down an act, playing tunes from the 20s, 30s, 40s and beyond, allowing some real musical interaction (jamming!) as well as performance shennanigans!
There is a big chance of some jamming between both acts too. Always fun to hear and see them at the Advancetown Hotel (behind Nerang) Sunday.
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