Rachael Brady & The Moonshine Special | Musician/band
Rachael Brady & The Moonshine Special
Phone: +61 411 701 786
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25.01.2022 Calling on the Governor General to dissolve the house. The current government has been and continues to be criminal in its negligence in continually failing to acknowledge the clear science regarding the climate crisis. If we stay polite and quiet about their lunacy, we are complicit.
23.01.2022 Tix on sale now - limited seating!
22.01.2022 Hello folks. I hope youre all going ok out (in) there. Ive been a busy bee over on instagram posting a bunch of random, acoustic, unplugged songs that people have requested I sing. Just a bit of quarantine fun. Please join me if you feel inclined - my IG is @rachaelbrady. Stay safe. Take Care. Sending Wellness vibes to all.
22.01.2022 Hey folks - as expected our gig at the Ivanhoe Thursday night has been canceled as has Kurri Kurri nostalgia festival on the 28th.Hey folks - as expected our gig at the Ivanhoe Thursday night has been canceled as has Kurri Kurri nostalgia festival on the 28th.
20.01.2022 If this doesnt make you hotter under the collar than a snakes ass in a wagon rut I dont know what will. This government are a pack of CRIMINALS. And stupid ones at that. And we are complicit in our extinction if we cant find a way to exert some people power. Has the revolution begun? Where do I sign up?
20.01.2022 Thanks so much for coming out this evening to the Springwood Theatre and Hub. For those unable to catch it Im posting a few songs from the stage cam. This is an original called Funeral Lullaby.
18.01.2022 *****SOLD OUT****** Who has their tickets? We just had our first play together tonight since March. Its a testament to this band that after months of not playing everything is sounding better than before. Were feeling refreshed, were stripping things back a little - its going to be a great show - you dont want to miss out - we dont want you to miss out! Live music! In the flesh! Oh my god! Its the little things....
15.01.2022 Happy to say I just purchased a T-shirt with this incredible artwork on it from Scott Marsh (www.scottmarsh.com.au).The money from every purchase of this tee goes directly to the RFS (theyve currently raised around 15K). Unfortunately the original mural was painted over today but thats not such a huge surprise when you consider the toolbag featured in this image just folded the arts ministry into the transport portfolio. Transport FFS. Ill be wearing this loudly and proudly out and about - stop me in the street if you want a photo with it and Ill happily post us to my instagram. If were feeling particularly rebellious we can flip the bird. Im always fond of good bird flip.
11.01.2022 Well howdy guys and dolls. This was my look tonight at the Ivanhoe - channeling Rosie the Riveter. I scored these Hard Yakka coveralls at the cancer op shop for $4. Thank you vintage op-shop gods and goddesses. Our next shows are: March 7 Bathurst RSL and March 8 Rock nVintage Roll Festival, Thirroul.
11.01.2022 Beautiful rendition of River for our RFS fundraiser Carols night last night by my daughter Ace Evergreen. Pin drop moment.
11.01.2022 Ill be doing this one with the Moonshine Special next Monday at the RFS fundraiser - at Junction 142 - 6:30pm. We hope youll be able to join us. All monies raised will go to our local RFS brigades. #bluechristmas #elvis #rockabillysinger #rockabilly #50sstyle #bushfiresaustralia #bushfires #bluemountainsfires #bluemountains #katoomba
09.01.2022 ****SOLD OUT SHOW******* A real live actual show!! Yay! Tix on sale now!! Be quick - limited seating.
09.01.2022 Brilliant. And a testament to why we need the arts. Its artists who reflect ourselves back to us through literature, music, film etc.
08.01.2022 SUPPORT THE ARTS.
07.01.2022 If you missed the live stream of Aurora Li and Ace Evergreen you can watch it here. X
07.01.2022 Do you have 2 minutes to call Siemens and tell them you dont approve of their decision to work with the Adani Coal mine? My call went something like this: hi, Im calling to say how disappointed I am that Siemens has chosen to work with the Adani coal Mine. As an Australian voter and a resident of a bushfire affected area Im not happy that Siemens is working to perpetuate the extraction and use of fossil fuels, contributing further to the Climate Crisis.
06.01.2022 Thanks for coming along to the show tonight at the Springwood theatre and Hub. For those not able to come Im posting a few songs from the stage cam. An old faithful and one I love singing: Black Cadillac.
06.01.2022 Please write to Berejiklian like I just did and implore her to declare a state of emergency. We ALL need to apply pressure. Governments are BY the PEOPLE, FOR the PEOPLE. They forget. Lets remind them that are far more of us than there are of them. This will take all of about 5 minutes.
06.01.2022 ******SOLD OUT******* Live gig - with an audience! August 21, Springwood Theatre and Hub. Filling up but still a few tix available from their website I presume. Looking forward to seeing all of you whove said you purchased your tix already.
05.01.2022 tomorrow in sydney - if you can literally see your way there...
05.01.2022 Live stream is about to begin so head in over to see Aurora Li followed by my daughter Ace Evergreen at 7:30. X
05.01.2022 Tomorrow! The Blue Mountains is OPEN for business. No threat of fire - in fact its WET - very wet so come on up for Lady Luck Festival and stay for the after party - $25 on the door in The Carrington Hotel Grand Dining Room - doors open 7:30!
03.01.2022 Wow. Just fucking wow. How good is taking off to Hawaii for Christmas when thousands of volunteer fire fighters getting paid $0 for saving lives and property arent likely to get much of a Christmas at all? Ace Scomo, ace. Who voted for these shunts? ...more shunts, thats who. Australia, if this doesnt give you the blazing, red-hot, apocalyptic shits you might be dead already.....or just an asshole.
03.01.2022 Too big to fail. So here we are, either in isolation, or in preparation for isolation, or, in some cases, compulsively buying toilet paper for when the respi...ratory - virus hits. All over the world, normality has been suspended. Governments are trying to deal with a phenomenon which is threatening the foundations of society. What strikes me is that when the chips are down, its interesting that governments are suddenly realising that their precious economies are made up of things called people, who act together in a thing called society. Its not the economy which is going to see us through this crisis. The economy is already cactus it is not designed to deal with truly abnormal circumstances. It is society. Indeed, it is culture. Whats stopping the Italians going batshit crazy? Its singing songs from balconies. Whats making isolation bearable? Its books, films, TV, music, games, podcasts, livestreams hell, phone conversations and skype calls. In a word, culture. Remember this, everyone. When you cant participate in the economy any more, what you need in order to survive is culture. All of a sudden, it is becoming clear that keeping people housed, fed, healthy, sane, informed, stimulated, able to function and able to be people together is the actual basic purpose of government. Its not about looking after businesses, because without the people to make them work, either as employees or customers, they cease to have any meaning. Unlike what everyone claimed in the GFC, theyre not too big to fail. Whats too big to fail is society that thing which neoliberal orthodoxy would have us believe doesnt exist except as fodder for the economy. Profits for companies suddenly seem a little less crucial when the people who earn them the profits our society are themselves existentially threatened. In Spain, suddenly the private health sector has been requisitioned. In Italy, the national airline has been renationalised. In several countries, utility bills have been suspended, internet is free, and medical access has been expanded. All over the world, sick leave and unemployment relief is being instituted because, although it was always needed, now it is apparent to even the most conservative economists that if people have no money, economies fail. And do you know what? Were doing it because its necessary, and its more important than corporate profits. It took a pandemic to make it clear, but now its clear, lets remember it. Giving billionaires tax breaks doesnt work. Giving poor people an income to live on does. Understand that it is society which needs to be looked after, not banks, not mining companies, not tax-dodging multinationals. They have their own boards, and they are liability limited companies - because it is their job to risk failure. Society is too big to fail, and so it has a government instead, to do those things for all of us which we as a society need for the benefit of all of us, but cant each of us achieve individually. My plea is that, once this is all over, we should all remember this. Remember that governments are there to ensure the wellbeing of their people. All of them. That, when the chips are down, is their actual one and only job. And to do that, government needs to have the tools to do it. It needs to have the healthcare, the social security, the education, the research institutions, the infrastructure, the broadcasters, the information systems, and yes, the cultural establishments to make life possible and worthwhile. All of the things which particularly Anglo-Saxon governments, particularly in Murdoch-press-dominated countries, have been systematically undermining for years. And, underneath it all, in order to have a functioning, resilient, durable society, we need a functioning, resilient, durable environment. Society is too big to fail. That means its foundations in the natural world must at all costs be preserved and restored. This is just a teaser of what the future will be like if we dont get our collective act together now: we should actually pause for a moment here and note that, as far as pandemics go, coronavirus is a non-event. It doesnt rate: and yet, look at what it has done to us. Can you imagine what sort of state wed be in if it were Ebola or, heaven forbid, the Black Death - a plague where, by the time youre symptomatic, youre to all intents and purposes beyond treatment, and have infected everyone around you? Lets take this opportunity to learn, to understand what is really important, and to make sure that the lessons of this time are not forgotten, but become the basis for a new enlightenment which holds the world, its people and their culture at the heart of its values and its priorities.
03.01.2022 My daughter Ace Evergreen will be doing a live half hour set on Monday (AEST) 7:30 - 8pm. Tune in
02.01.2022 For the first time in 5 months the Moonshine Special is back in the saddle! This is a ticket-limited, COVID-considered event. 80 tix max - I believe theyll be around the $30 mark - not on sale yet. Lord knows were fanging to play an actual show. Theyve asked us to strip things back and be a bit quiet () and theres no dancing except in your seat () but that doesnt mean we cant have fun. If youre hanging for a live show please join us. See Springwood Theatre and Hub website for details.
01.01.2022 Terrifying lack of awareness. ZERO leadership. ZERO.
01.01.2022 Heres a few little snips from tonight at the Ivanhoe in Blackheath. Hope to see you at Bathurst RSL on March 7 or in Thirroul on March 8 at the Rock nVintage Roll Festival!
