Thursday, August 15, 2019
Friday, August 9, 2019
The spirit of the Rolling Stones is coming to Port Fairy's Reardon Theatre
Warrnambool Standard August 9th 2019
Tumbling Dice l-r Richard Crawley, Phil Jones, James Dyson, Raff Marino, Tim Conlan, and Mark Walravens. Joining the band will be Brad Harrison on sax.
Richard Crawley, lead singer of south-west band Tumbling Dice, says the event will not be a tribute show but a celebration of "amazing music". "We do not dress up like the Stones and prance around like some tribute bands, we are not interested in that," he said. "(For us) it is about the amazing music the band made particularly between 1968 and 1972." Songs included from the era include classic titles such as Brown Sugar, Honky Tonk Woman and Jumping Jack Flash."The bulk of the material will come from there but we will include others such as Satisfaction," Crawley said. Tumbling Dice will perform a 90-minute set, with support from Port Fairy artist Stone La Femme (Carly Clifford). "Stone is doing a 45-minute set, all Rolling Stones songs solo playing electric guitar," Crawley said.
"She has a really strong voice, you should hear her version of You Can't Always Get What You Want." Crawley said the two acts would put on a show with great continuity. "Our set lists do not overlap," he said. "(The show) will really do justice to the music. "We have got a big area so we can have proper staging, a really good space for dancing and a great light show which will add to everything. "We have got it set up to be really good."It will be a bloody great party." Doors open at 7.30pm on Saturday, August 10 2019, with music from 8.30-11pm. Tickets are available from this link, Dale Cleaves Music in Warrnambool, or at the door.
Tumbling Dice l-r Richard Crawley, Phil Jones, James Dyson, Raff Marino, Tim Conlan, and Mark Walravens. Joining the band will be Brad Harrison on sax.
Richard Crawley, lead singer of south-west band Tumbling Dice, says the event will not be a tribute show but a celebration of "amazing music". "We do not dress up like the Stones and prance around like some tribute bands, we are not interested in that," he said. "(For us) it is about the amazing music the band made particularly between 1968 and 1972." Songs included from the era include classic titles such as Brown Sugar, Honky Tonk Woman and Jumping Jack Flash."The bulk of the material will come from there but we will include others such as Satisfaction," Crawley said. Tumbling Dice will perform a 90-minute set, with support from Port Fairy artist Stone La Femme (Carly Clifford). "Stone is doing a 45-minute set, all Rolling Stones songs solo playing electric guitar," Crawley said.
"She has a really strong voice, you should hear her version of You Can't Always Get What You Want." Crawley said the two acts would put on a show with great continuity. "Our set lists do not overlap," he said. "(The show) will really do justice to the music. "We have got a big area so we can have proper staging, a really good space for dancing and a great light show which will add to everything. "We have got it set up to be really good."It will be a bloody great party." Doors open at 7.30pm on Saturday, August 10 2019, with music from 8.30-11pm. Tickets are available from this link, Dale Cleaves Music in Warrnambool, or at the door.
Gigs Warrnambool August 10-11th 2019
Saturday August 10th 2019 Live music: Robyn Gleeson and Leon Rowbottom are returning to play at the Commercial Hotel Koroit from 8pm; local musician John Brereton performs at the Cally Hotel in Warrnambool from 9pm.
Tribute show: Tumbling Dice and Stone La Femme will perform the hits of the Rolling Stones at the Reardon Theatre in Port Fairy, doors open at 7.30pm.
Sunday August 11th 2019 - Live Music: Geoff Achison & The Booldiggers rock Hotel Warrnambool from 3pm; Trevor & Mel play at the Cally Hotel, Warrnambool, from 4pm-7pm; Bluegrass Jam @ Vic Port Fairy 2-4 pm
Thursday August 15th 2019 - Live music: John Hudson Guest Session at Hotel Warrnambool, from 8pm
Port Fairy Folk Festival breaks with tradition - 2 day tickets for the first time @ 2020 festival
AUGUST 10th Warrnambool Standard 10th August 2019
TRADITION has been broken at the Port Fairy Folk Festival with two-day tickets to be offered for the first time. In past years, including 2019, it has only been possible to purchase four-day tickets, with the festival running from the Friday to Monday. Port Fairy Folk Festival ticketing manager Shane Lenehan said the half-festival pass would be available for Friday/Saturday or Sunday/Monday.
He said the half-festival tickets would suit those unable to make the whole four days. "The Port Fairy Folk Festival Committee are absolutely thrilled to be announcing a change in available ticket type for the first time in over 40 years of this magnificent event," Mr Lenehan said. "We have listened to the feedback from our guests and our local supporters and are really happy to now offer a half-festival pass. "We have no doubt these half-festival passes will be snapped up very quickly. We also encourage those who can commit to the full weekend to secure their passes early too." He said he had considered the introduction of half-festival passes over the five years he had been ticketing manager. "One of the main reasons we haven't been able to do it before is that we are limited by how many people we can have in the venue," he said. "We had an issue with overcrowding when we had big name acts on. So we are now trying to get every artist to play a minimum of two shows and it certainly helps with the overcrowding issue. We've decided that we don't want to sell any m ore tickets. We have made some changes and decided bigger is not better for the Folkie. "We will stick to our strengths with plenty of stages and acts but with a more intimate feel. Also with natural progression in sales we have a few hundred less adult tickets that we sold last year. The reality is like every festival there is a lot more competition and we have to provide what is special to us. Last year there was a great feel within the festival." He said previously the festival could have 11,500 adult tickets and then a few more thousand people in the festival grounds with child and youth tickets, stallholders, volunteers, committee and performers. "The numbers got tot he point where it was too many," he said. "It's more comfortable with a few less. We don't want to do just day tickets." He said the half-festival tickets would appeal to south-west residents who may have work or sporting commitments and could only make the Folkie on certain days. "Melbourne people will still get the full festival pass," he said. He said there would be limited half-festival passes, with less than 1000 on sale. "They will be cheaper than a full-weekend pass," he said. "They are really well priced and good value for money." The 2020 festival will be held on the weekend March 6-9. Tickets go on sale on September 2.The first artist announcement for the 2020 festival will take place on August 26.
TRADITION has been broken at the Port Fairy Folk Festival with two-day tickets to be offered for the first time. In past years, including 2019, it has only been possible to purchase four-day tickets, with the festival running from the Friday to Monday. Port Fairy Folk Festival ticketing manager Shane Lenehan said the half-festival pass would be available for Friday/Saturday or Sunday/Monday.
He said the half-festival tickets would suit those unable to make the whole four days. "The Port Fairy Folk Festival Committee are absolutely thrilled to be announcing a change in available ticket type for the first time in over 40 years of this magnificent event," Mr Lenehan said. "We have listened to the feedback from our guests and our local supporters and are really happy to now offer a half-festival pass. "We have no doubt these half-festival passes will be snapped up very quickly. We also encourage those who can commit to the full weekend to secure their passes early too." He said he had considered the introduction of half-festival passes over the five years he had been ticketing manager. "One of the main reasons we haven't been able to do it before is that we are limited by how many people we can have in the venue," he said. "We had an issue with overcrowding when we had big name acts on. So we are now trying to get every artist to play a minimum of two shows and it certainly helps with the overcrowding issue. We've decided that we don't want to sell any m ore tickets. We have made some changes and decided bigger is not better for the Folkie. "We will stick to our strengths with plenty of stages and acts but with a more intimate feel. Also with natural progression in sales we have a few hundred less adult tickets that we sold last year. The reality is like every festival there is a lot more competition and we have to provide what is special to us. Last year there was a great feel within the festival." He said previously the festival could have 11,500 adult tickets and then a few more thousand people in the festival grounds with child and youth tickets, stallholders, volunteers, committee and performers. "The numbers got tot he point where it was too many," he said. "It's more comfortable with a few less. We don't want to do just day tickets." He said the half-festival tickets would appeal to south-west residents who may have work or sporting commitments and could only make the Folkie on certain days. "Melbourne people will still get the full festival pass," he said. He said there would be limited half-festival passes, with less than 1000 on sale. "They will be cheaper than a full-weekend pass," he said. "They are really well priced and good value for money." The 2020 festival will be held on the weekend March 6-9. Tickets go on sale on September 2.The first artist announcement for the 2020 festival will take place on August 26.
Wednesday, July 17, 2019
Buddha in a Chocolate Box
Buddha in a Chocolate Box was the name of a band from Hamilton formed in 2005. Members met through school. The name from the 1974 Cat Stevens album Buddha AND the Chocolate Box. In 2015 frontman Adrian Calvano told Forte magazine about the artist’s influence: “I grew up listening to Cat Stevens – my mum used to play it all the time. What I love about him is the fact that he’s not pigeon-holed. He’s not folk, he’s not rock, he’s not pop – and that’s how I base my writing. I want to make music about whatever I’m feeling at the moment, and I think Cat was a bit the same.” Starting out threw up a few challenges – chiefly being people seemed largely uninterested in giving a band from Hamilton a shot. They established a large following in Port Fairy and Warrnambool and expanded nationwide The band released their appropriately titled debut, The Keep on Keepin’ On EP, in 2010. In 2015 they changed their name to "The Settlement"
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Bruce Campbell hopes bring a positive vibe to the Earth Songs concert
Warrnambool Standard 7th May 2019
Voices of the environment and community filled The Loft in Warrnambool at the special Earth Songs concert on Sunday afternoon. Organiser and local musician Bruce Campbell said he wanted to focus on the positive and successful stories around the environment at the event. "The event is to highlight the good things in Warrnamnbool and around the world being done to improve our community and the environment," Campbell said. "There is a lot of doom and gloom in the world, and we might touch on some of this during the afternoon, but we want to focus on the positives." Seven local acts took to the stage to perform, including Lee Morgan and Sweet Charity, Bruce Campbell & The Plover Lovers, Russ Goodear and The Good Ideas Band, Stony Rises, Bronson and Tina Go Cleaner and Greener, Topaz and the Red Tent Singers. Woodford musician Fiona Kershaw, who performed with her son Shakyra Kershaw and Port Fairy's Fleur Wiber, wrote a song specially for the show. "It's called 'The River Run Dry'," Kershaw said. "It's a bit of a folky original, "It's about a lot of rivers in Australia that are getting depleted. I had the Darling River in mind when I was writing the song."
Voices of the environment and community filled The Loft in Warrnambool at the special Earth Songs concert on Sunday afternoon. Organiser and local musician Bruce Campbell said he wanted to focus on the positive and successful stories around the environment at the event. "The event is to highlight the good things in Warrnamnbool and around the world being done to improve our community and the environment," Campbell said. "There is a lot of doom and gloom in the world, and we might touch on some of this during the afternoon, but we want to focus on the positives." Seven local acts took to the stage to perform, including Lee Morgan and Sweet Charity, Bruce Campbell & The Plover Lovers, Russ Goodear and The Good Ideas Band, Stony Rises, Bronson and Tina Go Cleaner and Greener, Topaz and the Red Tent Singers. Woodford musician Fiona Kershaw, who performed with her son Shakyra Kershaw and Port Fairy's Fleur Wiber, wrote a song specially for the show. "It's called 'The River Run Dry'," Kershaw said. "It's a bit of a folky original, "It's about a lot of rivers in Australia that are getting depleted. I had the Darling River in mind when I was writing the song."
Bruce Campbell
Shakyra Kershaw, Fiona Kershaw and Fleur Wiber
Des Bunyon
Bruce Campbell
Russ Goodear
Photos of musicians at wedding celebration for Rebecca and Shaun
Yarpturk Victoria May 4th 2019
Sebastian Broadbent, Kathy Baulch, Michael Schack
Tuesday, April 30, 2019
Koroit Irish Festival 2019
Wednesday Whistlers
Wednesday Whistlers
Wednesday Whistlers
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