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The Royal Exchange
Locality: Newcastle, New South Wales
Phone: +61 2 4929 4969
Address: 34 Bolton St 2300 Newcastle, NSW, Australia
Website: http://www.royalexchangenewcastle.com.au
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25.01.2022 Tomorrow night. Sancha and the Blue Gypsies, dont miss it. Doris Day meets Django Reinhardt in the swinging outfit Sancha & the Blue Gypsies. Featuring some of Sydneys most respected musicians -Sancha Prowse (Vocals), Marcus Holden (Violin, Mandolin & Guitar), Garry Steel (Accordion), & Stan Valacos (Double Bass & guitar) this vibrant quartet are delighting audiences around the country with their unique take on gypsy swing, traditional folk, bluegrass, jazz and gospel. Join ...this exuberant foursome as they perform masterful arrangements of jazz standards and favourite folk songs, as well as brand new original repertoire fused with Celtic lilts, bluegrass honesty and undeniable musicianship. For the past two years, they have been performing around the country at festivals such as Oz Manouche (Brisbane Jazz Club), the Newcastle Jazz Festival, St Albans Folk Festival as well as major venues on two successful tours stretching right along the east coast of Australia. Those that have witnessed their live shows will agree that this quartet should not to be missed! Link to website: https://www.sanchaandthebluegypsies.com/ You Tube Clip - Dance Me to the End of Love" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fyp1M1kIwsI "Sancha and the Blue Gypsies bring the best of the gypsy music world, unforgettable toe-tapping tunes, with the best of the folk world, sing-a-long, heart-felt classics, together in one incredible show. The quality of their musician-ship and their intimate relationship with the audience makes this show something you wont forget. . I will be booking this act again!!!"Chris Cannell, MusicintheMountains.com.au
25.01.2022 COOKIE BAKER, tonight 8pm. Cookie Baker is a pint-sized melodic force to be reckoned with. A walking, talking exercise in compact contradiction and adaptation. As gutsy in person as she is empathetic on stage, as careful with her picked guitar as she is unapologetic with her incisive words, as warm in her interactions as she is unafraid of bringing airtime to the hard stuff. More often than not penning songs of keenly observed lost love and found habits, Cookie speaks ...honestly of longing, loss, displacement and isolation, and the emotional debris resulting from these experiences. Raised on a farm by the seaside in rural South Australia, the deceivingly gentle melodies, cool wordsmithery, and sparkling grit of her vocals that audiences have come to adore have taken Cookie performing around Australia and brought her to share stages with many esteemed Australian artists, including Augie March, Kate Miller-Heidke, Ben Lee, Angie Hart (Frente!), Mick Thomas (Weddings, Parties, Anything), Little Birdy, and The Audreys.
25.01.2022 BLU GURU This wednesday night 8pm $30 Sounding like Jeff Beck meets Ravi Shankar on the set of Oh! Brother Where Art Thou while dancing in Rio!, they feature the sublime voice of Parvyn Bennett (and Percussion, Mandolin & Indian Dance) - STOPPRESS - and sang at the World Cricket in Melbourne for India!! No doubt helped them win!) Josh Bennett (Adelaide Fringe Award Nominee for Best Music) - Guitars & Mandolin to Sitar & Tabla. Both moonlit with world touring Bombay Royale,... And chameleon Andrew Clermont, who is also a nutso Fiddler, Mandolinist & 3 time Bluegrass Guitar Champ to boot - 35 years touring - from Tom T Hall, Dya Singh to Totally Gourdgeous & 21 years of The Supper Club! They are distilled from a vibrant world touring history with a 3 part harmonized twisting tale of gone Bluegrass/Celtic/ Blues/ Swing/ Jazz/ Indian adventure. www.Bluguru.net See more
25.01.2022 This week. Thurs 11th 8pm $30 An Evening of elves and ents, magic and music GOLDHEIST and ANDREW CLERMONT Hester Fraser - many times awarded Peoples Favourite at festivals plus recent Best Pop Songwriter Award!! Andrew Clermont - champion multi- instrumentalist reappears out of new camouflage :-)... Plus link to her video https://m.youtube.com/user/TheGoldProject Fri and Sat 8pm $25 A VERY CHOPPY CHRISTMAS or Mistltoe Is Just Another Noxious Weed Smokin Chops Jazz Band playing a lot of great songs linked together with a thin storyline about a dysfunctional family christmas get together and some rather cheesy jokes
25.01.2022 Virtual Fringe. Yay!
25.01.2022 Sarah Gaul, performs here HOMECOMING show here on Fri 27th & Sat 28th Fresh from a year in NYC, Novocastrian comedienne Sarah Gaul is thrilled to return to her hometown with her explosive, original, laugh-out-loud musical comedy show. Played and sung live, this show will have you ugly-laughing, crying and possibly peeing a little. This show is in aide of Jennys Place, a local womens refuge who assist women and children experiencing homelessness or domestic violence. A perce...ntage of ticket sales will go direclty to Jennys Place, and additional donations can be made at point of sale or on the night. "Outrageously funny" - BROADWAYWORLD NEW YORK "I think I have discovered my spirit animal in Sarah Gaul" - ADELAIDE THEATRE GUIDE "If cabaret isnt your thing, Gaul might change your mind" - BROADSHEET SYDNEY "One of Australias funniest women" - MAMAMIA Doors at 7pm for a 7.30pm start. The show is approximately 1.5 hours with interval. Tickets are available online only.
24.01.2022 Tonight 8pm $10 "Soursob Bob is another kettle of fish. His songs and views vary from hilarious to deeply meaningful, often at the same time, and his presentation encompasses singing and spoken word.... Its amazing material presented by a truly Australian classic character in a laid-back, infectious style." Steve Horne, writing for In Daily Soursob recently made a spoken word opinion piece with local film maker and student Ben Searcy, as part of Bens studies. Despite th...is, Ben still managed to get reasonable grades. Soursob Bob will be admirably supported by our very own Nerds & Music, high on the success of their Isosceles tour, whatever that means.
23.01.2022 TOTALLY GOURDACIOUS Sun 22nd July (tomorrow) 4pm Multi-instrumentalists Mal Webb & Andrew Clermont have toured across Australasia & Europe for 20 years as Totally Gourdgeous with pumpkin power instruments (Gourds of course) bringing all walks of music into collision in stunning ways. Now they refine into Totally Gourdacious! Webb has recently returned from Switzerland and his TedX talk... "The Best Synthetizer is ... the Human Voice"!! He is also regularly touring with multi-talented Kylie Morrigan turning classical upside down. Presenting an adventure of unpredictable topical songs and amazing dexterity - a bit like James Morrison meets Yehudi Menuhin! Clermont & Webb are also know for starting with bird calls and ending in hiphop - anything is possible & likely from these directors of the massive Woodford Fire Event orchestra/ Golden Fiddle Awards/ Lano & Woodley/ National Bluegrass Guitar Champ 3 times.... it just keeps twisting - dont missout! http://malwebb.com/MalAndKy.html London Abstractions - a little relaxed :-) Exploring Clermont Music on YouTube!
20.01.2022 Tonight at 8pm $10 Newcastles very own Maynard (of ABC radio and TV fame) will be screening something weird or offbeat from his shonky archive (cant tell you what it might be) This is possibly the last in the current series of Maynardaramas (depending on whether people come or not). If you want this sort of thing please come along and support it. A cheap, interesting and enjoyable night out
19.01.2022 Tommorow night (Wed) 8pm Singer-songwriter Katey Brooks unique sound epitomizes the culturally diverse environment in which she grew up. Born and raised between Bristol, London and Arizona to musical parents, the Indie Award nominee is best described as a female Hozier, with all the haunting intensity and every bit of the soul
19.01.2022 Formidable Vegetable Sound System with Mal Webb Tonight 8pm. $20, $15 $10 (family, each) Just played at Woodford, Glastonbury Festival says they are F****ing Fantastic. Formidable Vegetable Sound System is the 12 principles of Permaculture done as ukulele songs with electro-swing backing beats with live brass and violin. Really! As unlikely as it sounds it goes off.
18.01.2022 PIANO DIARIES This Sat night (27th) 8pm A song cycle about the journey of a piano from England to South Africa and subsequently to Australia. The piano belongs to the songwriter Joanna Weinberg, who inherited it from her grandmother and brought the piano with her when she came to Sydney in 1997. Not having had lessons since she was a teenager in South Africa, she took up lessons in Sydney and found herself flooded with memories released by the process . These memories became... The Piano Diaries. The songs range from a terrible incident witnessed during piano practice to the genesis of the instrument itself in the death of the elephant who lost his tusks for the keys . The stories told within the songs move from the singers early childhood lived under the piano of two orchestral musicians in London to the songs written in the early days of immigration when the piano was damaged on the journey to Sydney. Intimate, personal , heart wrenching and funny, the Piano Diaries offers insight into the impact of political damage on the life of a young person and also into the process of leaving that world behind for a better life. See more
17.01.2022 Tonight 8pm THE SAUERKRAUTS Deta and Rob Rayner from The Beez present: A yodellin, thigh slappin, lederhosen wettin fest of German music from Deta (accordion,vocals) and Rob (guitar, vocals) and featuring the Beatific Beats of our Bavarian Boombox. Youll thrill to comic classics from the likes of Rammstein and Kraftwerk; youll tear off that dirndl and shake a Teutonic Tailfeather when you catch a glimpse of Nenas 99 Red Balloons; youll swoon to Marlene Dietrichs L...ili Marlene but, most of all, youll be entertained-and thats an order! Deta and Rob always felt that the German Oeuvre was a little under represented in The Beez, so here they are to make amends with an evening of Dancefloor -Compatible Deutsche Derring-do, featuring Detas fabulous Brunhilde Bass accordion . One octave below the conventional accordion bass, this is an Alp-quaking tone of Wagnerian proportions. Melded with Robs custom Hfner Blitzkrieg guitar, its an irresistable rockin polka machine held together by the marching rhythms of a loop machine by the name of Wolfgang Amadeus and, of course, those gorgeous harmonies and cabaret sensibilties which are the icing on the Schwarwlderkirschtorte. Deta and Rob both hail from Berlin; their band The Beez performs regularly throughout Europe and Australia. Theyve appeared on ABC TVs Spicks and Specks and at just about every folk festival you care to think of. The Sauerkrauts will be touring Australia from January to May 2017. www.thebeez.de
17.01.2022 Tonight 7.30pm CHOPINS LAST TOUR. After a successful season here last year and then a successful season at Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Chopins Last Tour returns for one performance before heading off to the Adelaide Festival. This work is set in Scotland about October 17th 1848. One year before Chopin dies. It is perhaps not the happiest time in his life. He knows that he is dying, his relationship with George Sand has ended dramatically, his father has died 4 years earlier... and he doesnt enjoy his present company or circumstances. It is the story of his life through his music and his feelings. An attempt to humanise the genius, to give the audience an insight into the type of person he was. Explaining his upbringing, his family, the importance of Poland, his friendships and his lovers. His battle with illness, his conflicts and his trials. An insight into the type of life he lead. He didnt like giving public recitals, only giving 30 in his life time, but did thrive in Salons and drawing rooms of friends. He was a very likeable, polite man with a quirky sense of humour. He was introverted and shy. Even today he remains a romantic figure and this play explores the relationships with women in his life. This play is done in costume and in character and features live piano. The pieces played have been carefully chosen to represent the different sections of his life.
17.01.2022 Tonight 7.30pm CHOPIN'S LAST TOUR. After a successful season here last year and then a successful season at Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Chopins Last Tour returns for one performance before heading off to the Adelaide Festival. This work is set in Scotland about October 17th 1848. One year before Chopin dies. It is perhaps not the happiest time in his life. He knows that he is dying, his relationship with George Sand has ended dramatically, his father has died 4 years earlier... and he doesn't enjoy his present company or circumstances. It is the story of his life through his music and his feelings. An attempt to humanise the genius, to give the audience an insight into the type of person he was. Explaining his upbringing, his family, the importance of Poland, his friendships and his lovers. His battle with illness, his conflicts and his trials. An insight into the type of life he lead. He didn't like giving public recitals, only giving 30 in his life time, but did thrive in Salons and drawing rooms of friends. He was a very likeable, polite man with a quirky sense of humour. He was introverted and shy. Even today he remains a romantic figure and this play explores the relationships with women in his life. This play is done in costume and in character and features live piano. The pieces played have been carefully chosen to represent the different sections of his life.
17.01.2022 WHO AM I Wed 20th to Sat 23rd July 8pm $20 / 15 tickets available at www.trybooking.com/MCHF A solo performance written and performed by Russell Cheek, directed by Stephen Abbott... One man, one remote, one screen, three suits, four nights. One moment in the maelstrom to define a lifetime - or face national humiliation (or as Russell puts it himself become a National Fuckwit). Like a good car-wax, director Stephen Abbott nourishes and protects Russell as he shares this harrowing momentum into the unknown - his attempt for the summit of all Australian quiz shows: Director Stephen Abbott, THE SANDMAN, (of Good News Week and Triple J fame,) was there and knows the story well. Who better than he then, to discern that this chink in time had the makings of a terrific show. Not only that, he also followed through with collaboration on, and direction of, this original piece. The great thing that Russell did, in that chink in time, was to become champion of national TV quiz show, Sale of the Century, and win the big jackpot of cash and all the prizes. A remarkable, and life-changing experience that few experience. And that even fewer do a show about (none?) This already makes it interesting. So it WILL be. if not noice, certainly - different, and unusual. Having two of the prime movers of THE CASTANET CLUB, (Stephen and Russell,) working on it, and now a third, (Warren Coleman, as Structural Engineer,) should make it, well even MORE interesting. This is eclectic, theatrical storytelling it recalls a certain period in Russells life, when he did something incredible, but at great risk to his emotional future. If you do want to find out Who You Are being under this level of pressure, with so much at stake, this is not a bad place to start looking
15.01.2022 Next Sat 5th May we have SALLEH & STRAZZ playing 8pm Experience Afro Brazilian jazz moods to die for with two of this countrys outstanding musicians, Anna Salleh (vocals and guitar) & Guy Strazz (guitars). Anna woos audiences with her vocal artistry and natural feel, while Guys guitar sings with dazzling virtuosity and deep expression. With classics such as Berimbau and Chega de Saudade, virtuosic instrumentals and lovingly crafted original material such as the APRA-award...ed Mandela, this is a fast-emerging and synergetic duo not to be missed. Guy is an award-winning guitarist, composer and recording artist, who is well known for his albums and collaborations with artists as diverse as Slava Grigoryan, Ashok Roy, and Vince Jones. Anna performs both nationally and internationally has achieved great acclaim for her show Gorgeous Songs from Brazil & Beyond, which has featured some of Australias best jazz and world musicians. www.sallehandstrazz.com https://www.facebook.com/events/239410989939419
15.01.2022 RATTLE BONE Tonight at 7.30 $15 Newcastle Art School TAFE head lecturers Michael Tome, John Turier, Rob Cleworth performing as a band.
10.01.2022 Tomorrow night at The Royal Exchange: THE FARAWAY EYES Sat 4th June 8pm $15... Old School Harmony with Country & Blues Music The Faraway Eyes are a fresh slice of Americana pie featuring the angelic harmonies of Deanne Dale, Heather Johnstone and Meredith Osborne. They are ably accompanied by nifty guitar picker Paul (Buck) Buckberry, and Acoustic Shock mandolinist Nigel Lever laying the foundation. Their repertoire is a unique blend of folk, country and blues songs either written or interpreted by their co-founders Buck & Deanne, on topics ranging from the gravitas of September 11 to a trans-gender love song delivered in a Johnny Cash style.
10.01.2022 Lots of great acts on at the Royal Exchange through out the Fringe Festival. Check out the program here: http://www.newcastlefringe.com.au//Full-Program-PDF-croppe
09.01.2022 6pm This evening. HINTERLANDT, a German - Australian Post Chamber music ensemble. HINTERLANDT is an acoustic quartet playing instrumental pieces written by Sydney-based composer and musician, Jochen Gutsch. The music of Hinterlandt is diverse and progressive, with a narrative and engaging quality. The latest album Ensemble was released in January 2016 on Australian label Art as Catharsis. Daniel Weltlinger violin, xylophone,Lidia Bara violin, xylophone, Simeon Johnson cello, wind chimes, Jochen Gutsch trumpet, guitar, glockenspiel PLUS. ANDY RANTZEN & JOCHEN GUTSCH are a Sydney-based duo. Andy speaks while Jochen makes sounds. Its all a bit strange and disconcerting
07.01.2022 Good evening facebook! We have something very exciting coming to Newcastle tomorrow night: The Apostle Tour. Peter Fidler, Paul Wookey & Andrew Clermont, each a virtuoso on his instrument, will be playing at The Royal Exchange! With 30 years of assciation in music, these musicians will bring to the stage a history of western world music. Pete Fidler - Dobro (slide guitar) with new CD and recent remake of Dark Side of the Moon - Pink Floyd(!); ... Paul Wookey - renown for his incredible Blues to early Country delivery including many 60s & 70s classics; plus Clermonts fiery Fiddle, Mandolin & Guitar. A soaring night - not to be missed. Saturday the 4th @ the Royal Exchange for a night of wonderful music! Book here: https://www.trybooking.com/book/event?eid=326482
06.01.2022 Sun 13th Nov 5pm $30 ANDREW CLERMONT, PAUL WOOKEY and MONTZ MATSUMOTO tickets available at www.trybooking.com.au/NLHK Introducing a hot and very unique trio of song harmony and musical journey with a strong but worldly bluegrass taste.... Clermont first played with Paul in about 1982. Wookey & Clermont met Montz at Frances Folk Gathering on the SA/VIC border some 15 years ago. Most people would probably associate the banjo with Appalachian hillbilly music and the film Deliverance, however the charismatic Matsumotos eclectic brand of music is testament to the adaptability of the instrument to a wide variety of musical styles, including Japanese, Indian, Celtic, Reggae and of course the traditional Bluegrass as well. He cites Doc Watson, Ry Cooder, David Grisman, Tony Trischka as influences with Woody Guthrie strong on his latest CD. Wit and humour shine throughout his performance , honed from touring the world. Plus!! Paul Wookey is a gifted musician and possessor of one of the most acknowledged and diverse talents to have emerged in this country over the last 2 decades. During this time Paul has shared the stage with & won accolades from a great many performers, including American Blues great John Hammond and Jimmy Witherspoon,( for whom he played guitar replacing Robin Ford), and Vince Gill, the No. 1 country singer in the U.S. Although reasonably adept at an old country ballad, (Paul was a Gold Guitar winner at the Tamworth Country Music Festival in 1981!) his first love is the blues and old 50s &60s rock&roll. Paul has toured with Mick Jagger, Joe Satriani, Jimmy Witherspoon, John Hammond, Charlie Musselwhite, Brownie McGee, Vince Gill, Jessie Winchester, Mark OConner, Dan Crary, Byron Berline, Albert Lee, Mickey Newbury, Ralph McTell and the list goes on And chameleon Andrew Clermont, a nutso Fiddler, Mandolinist & 3 time Bluegrass Guitar Champ to boot - 30 years touring - from Tom T Hall, Dya Singh, BluGuru to Totally Gourdgeous, All Corners Covered and a Golden Fiddle Award director! Plus 20 years of the epic Supper Club at Tamworth CM & Woodford, National & WAs Fairbridge Folk Festivals!
06.01.2022 BLU GURU This wednesday night 8pm $30 Sounding like Jeff Beck meets Ravi Shankar on the set of 'Oh! Brother Where Art Thou' while dancing in Rio!, they feature the sublime voice of Parvyn Bennett (and Percussion, Mandolin & Indian Dance) - STOPPRESS - and sang at the World Cricket in Melbourne for India!! No doubt helped them win!) Josh Bennett (Adelaide Fringe Award Nominee for Best Music) - Guitars & Mandolin to Sitar & Tabla. Both moonlit with world touring Bombay Royale,... And chameleon Andrew Clermont, who is also a nutso Fiddler, Mandolinist & 3 time Bluegrass Guitar Champ to boot - 35 years touring - from Tom T Hall, Dya Singh to Totally Gourdgeous & 21 years of The Supper Club! They are distilled from a vibrant world touring history with a 3 part harmonized twisting tale of gone Bluegrass/Celtic/ Blues/ Swing/ Jazz/ Indian adventure. www.Bluguru.net See more
06.01.2022 Tonight and tomorrow night (Fri 11th & Sat 12th) 8pm DADDY-O DONT YOU DARE, a Jazz Cabaret tribute performance about Peggy Lee wth Renee Berger, Dave Baker, Marcus Holdsworth & Crackers Caruthers Albert Einstein adored her, Duke Ellington dubbed her The Queen, and she was the jazz singer chosen to sing at her dear friend, Louis Armstrongs funeral . Her singing style was uniquely minimalist, understated, yet emotionally intense, while her lifestyle was excessive, extravagant ...and egotistical. Peggy Lee was the original iconic Jazz Diva. Combative and highly litigious she even threatened to sue The Muppets when one of their characters, Miss Piggy Lee, was developed based directly on her personality. Daddy-O Dont You Dare presents the music and artistry that made Miss Peggy Lee the greatest nightclub performer in an era of outstanding night club performers.
06.01.2022 Tomorrow Night, Fri 2nd March 8pm $12 / 10 BIKE SMUT Bike Smut s an international touring program of Erotic Bicycle movies. Founded in Portland, OR USA in 2007, we have collected 9 years worth or short films made by people from all over the world, expressing views on bicycles and sexuality. We have done hundreds of shows in nearly 70 different countries, and now, for the first time ever, we have come to Australia to share this content. We do not release DVDs, nor do we put th...e movies online. The only way to see Bike Smut, is to see the films with a live audience. This is to protect the privacy of our filmmakers and performers, as well as create a community space where we can discuss and challenge current societies notions of obscenity. Bike Smut is funny, playful, sexy and joyous. It is an expression of a diverse cross-section of peoples views on human-powered transportation and sex-positive culture. See more
05.01.2022 Sunday at The Royal Exchange: Hinterlandt. Sun 24th Jan 6pm $20... The HINTERLANDT ENSEMBLE is a new independent post-chamber group playing contemporary, original music. The Sydney-based ensemble combines scores composed by Jochen Gutsch with guided improvisation and experimental performance techniques, creating diverse pieces with strong narrative qualities. The Hinterlandt Ensemble features Bronwyn Cumbo and Natalya Bing on violins, Simeon Johnson on cello, and Jochen Gutsch on guitar and trumpet. All ensemble members are creative and open-minded artists who share an excitement about the space where classical music, jazz sensitivity, progressive rock and independent ethics meet. tickets available at www.trybooking.com/KBML
04.01.2022 The Escalators Sun 18th Sept 6pm With more grooves than a record store, The Escalators tip their fedoras to the sophistication of Swing, the funk of New Orleans, & the rhythmic pulse of Jamaica. The Escalators M.O is to cross-pollinate great jazz standards with groove-driven genres, and to graft original compositions onto their swing, soul & reggae roots. After hundreds of shows together, this band can hold listeners spell-bound in a hear-a-pin-drop house concert, or have the floorboards of a School of Arts Hall heaving under the weight of unhinged dancing. The gorgeous tone of Jenny Blundens voice embraces you & steals your heart while Lachlan Mackenzies guitar weaves with pick-pocket grace through a rhythmic framework rich in interplay between Bradley Parsons upright bass & the drum kit captained by Hayden Moore.
02.01.2022 Royal Exchange is pleased to present HOW DEEP IS YOUR LOVE Fri 18th & Sat 19th March $20 / 15... Seriously funny. A man goes to Bangladesh and falls in love. With a bank. What?! He learns shampoo is black, cauliflower is a much-loved vegetable and the Bee Gees are still cool. Uh-huh. Look, he wanted to make a difference, and what can you do, rejoin the Labor Party? In a crowded comedy world, a unique show. Mark recently got a much coveted Koala Stamp from Philip Adams on the ABC:http://www.abc.net.au//p/latenightlive/mark-swivel/7181652. Mark is a witty wordsmith, a global village idiot and sings a bit. Watch him fit the whole world in his head. Honest! Touring in 2016, How Deep is Your Love plays Newcastle on its way to the Melbourne International Comedy Festival after sell out shows at the Factory in Sydney, Mullum Music Fest and the Judith Wright Centre in Brisbane. Trailer: https://youtu.be/bpmPLV_bwbY Bookings: http://www.trybooking.com/180408.
02.01.2022 Fri 13th Nov 8pm $15 MIKE MUDD- THE WILDERNESS Songwriter - One Man Band - Misfit tickets www.trybooking.com/JJPX... "Between his highly-charged vocals and non-stop movement, theres absolutely no way youre going to sit or stand still. On top of that, he had some downright aggressive harmonica action going on that was inspiring." -Ian Kuo (The Status Kuo) Award winning songwriter/composer/performer/spoken-word artist Mike Mudd explores themes of light and darkness, fantasy, emotion, and timelessness with confessional, theatrical songwriting and an explosive stage presence combining acoustic guitar, foot percussion, rack-harmonica, ukulele and a lot of surprises. Once again Mike will be throwing his life into a backpack and setting off into the wild world -bringing his musical fairy tale The Wilderness to life and developing it into a psychedelic shadow-puppet show. Look for him first in the eastern hemisphere with dates in such places as Australia, China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, The Philippines, Fiji, Vietnam, and Cambodia, with The Americas, and Europe to follow.
01.01.2022 On Wed this week (21st) we have A J LEONARD and JENNY ROWLANDS with their Welcome to the Paradise Hotel Show Multi instrumentalist, arranger and recording artist A.J. Leonard is one of Australias pioneer ukulele players and is highly regarded to be among the best in the world. I strongly identify with the music of Hawaii where the ukulele has never been a novelty. Such inspiration sowed the seeds for AJs debut album Tales From the Tropics. My number one hobby is listenin...g to music and (through that) Ive gained a greater appreciation of the past ..its influence on me as a writer and arranger and of course the ukulele draws it all together. After attending the VCA Jenny Rowlands continued her study of the cello overseas and has performed professionally throughout the classical scene in Australia. The duo with cellist Jenny Rowlands is a result of an appreciation for classical and film music. They have performed and conducted workshops at major festivals and ukulele retreats across Australia, New Zealand & the USA. Together they are a true melding of musical minds, known on the world circuit for their unique ukulele/cello interplay and finely crafted arrangements. See more
