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“ahab is the real deal, top-notch UK Americana featuring tight four-piece harmonies.” Simon Mayo, BBC Radio 2
“On the strength of their debut mini album, East London’s ahab could be the alt-country’s Mumford & Sons. kmvt is packed with bright, tight four- part harmonies, galloping drums and clever guitars and piano” Q Magazine
“I loved ahab’s terrific performance at Cropredy festival. They are blistering live – alt-country edge and sheer class.” Bob Harris BBC Radio 2
Following the release of their 2009 CD a.h.a.b., Callum Adamson and Dave Burn were invited to play a residency at the famous Tootsies Orchid Lounge during…
Continue ReadingBen Sollee
folk, soul wunderkind – cellist, vocalist and exquisite songwriter
“This guy has it all: the singing, the playing, the songwriting. Here’s hoping the world is wise enough to welcome his music with open arms.” Silas House for No Depression
“Cellist Ben Sollee is like Andrew Bird with a little more soul, or Arthur Russell with a bit more bounce.” Lost At E Minor
“Fusing unique instrumentation with a soulful and sometimes playful voice, Ben Sollee defies convention.” World Cafe Live
Here’s something delightfully different for fans of soulful new folk music and jazzy bluegrass. Ben Sollee – classically trained cellist,…
Continue ReadingEric Bibb
“Bibb possesses a warmly expressive voice and a fine sense of phrasing. He shines, too, as a guitarist with a quiet and confident approach” – Downbeat Magazine
“Eric Bibb’s performance at the three day London Guitar Festival at Queen Elizabeth Hall, was rich in soulful intensity” – Clive Davis, The Times London
“Bibb’s breezy, poetic blues makes for an intimate show, and his smooth laid-back style is enhanced with some neat guitar licks from Staffan Astner” – Guitar and Bass Magazine
A performance by Eric Bibb is an enriching experience – both musically and spiritually. Purveying a beautifully realised and deftly accomplished, soulful…
Continue ReadingLATEST NEWS
Congratulations to Eric Bibb who last night to accepted his Acoustic Artist of the Year statuette at the Blues music Awards 2012
He will be performing in the new Patagonia Store in Sydney, Australia on March 22 at 2pm (local time) 93 Bathurst St, Sydney. If you are not in Sydney but just can’t get enough of Ben Sollee – you can stream the show ONLINE HERE
For more info about the secret show please click here
A beautiful serendipity moment we just have to share . Ben Sollee was driving on his way back to Melbourne from Port Fairy Folk Festival and passed a car on the highway, the little guy in the passenger seat recognised Ben through the window and excitedly held up his newly purchased Ben Sollee CD signing that they were playing it right there in car! It’s moments like these…. Catch Ben tonight at the The Toff In Town with special guest Piers Twomey
We are pleased announce that the mind blowing master Juzzie Smith with be joining Eric Bibb at the Star Court Theatre, Lismore on Saturday 3rd March. This intimate show has very limited tickets left so be sure to pre book now.
Juzzie Smith’s music has the feeling of freedom pulsing from within it. As you listen you feel the joy and playfulness that makesJuzzie so loved by people of all ages and from all walks of life. Using a combination of keyboard, guitars, harmonica and percussion (all played with mind-blowing mastery by Juzzie) his unique music embraces elements of…
Lachlan Bryan’s intelligent lyrics, extraordinary vocal croon and sharp wit have quickly established him as the must-see new alternative country act, defying all expectations of the genre. Lachlan crafts his songs with an authenticity rarely heard in Australian country music circles and scarcely matched in more fashionable genres.
The Melbourne singer songwriter recently signed with Core Music (Sony). His debut album was recorded with acclaimed musician and 2009 & 2010 producer of the year Rod McCormack. The album features an impressive list of guests including Kasey Chambers.
The results embody Lachlan; thoughtful, layered, smart and a little mischievous. The work of a songwriter for a…
In The Press
Presented and curated by Joe Boyd – producer of Nick Drake’s first two albums – “Way to Blue” brings together musicians from the UK, America and Australia to perform the songs of Nick Drake.
Performers onstage at the Melbourne Recital Centre in November last year include Krystle Warren, Shane Nicholson, Scott Matthews, Luluc, and Lisa Hannigan.
Ben Sollee is a cellist and vocalist known for his percussive playing style, genre hopping songwriting, wide appeal, and political activism. His music incorporates banjo, guitar, percussion and unusual cello techniques to create a unique mix of folk, bluegrass, jazz and R&B.
Raised in Richmond, Kentucky, Sollee began playing the cello in elementary school. Besides classical music, his early musical influences included recordings his parents played of Wilson Pickett, Ray Charles, Billie Holiday and Otis Redding, and later he discovered folk music.
Ben wants you to experience all the beauty and banality that life has to offer. It’s a serious request, and…
For the first five years of their existence, the Gavin Rossdale-led British rock act Bush had to be referred to in Canada as Bushx. This wasn’t simply an act of grunge tomfoolery meant to poke fun at the inhabitants of the Great White North. Instead, the name Bush was a matter of intellectual property, as Domenic Troiano led a Toronto-based jazzed-up rock outfit in the ‘70s called Bush and still retained rights in Canada to the name. Eventually, after a hefty donation from Rossdale and co. to a few Canadian charities, Troiano relented. Bush were now the sole proprietors
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BEN SOLLEE chose to play the cello back in the third grade. He chose it because of the weird noises he could make with it. Like anyone subjected to a music program at primary school, he probably started out by annoying his family and neighbours with broken renditions of Twinkle Twinkle Little Star. But while most of us probably gave up not too long after that, Ben didn’t see these same limitations that we did in learning a classical instrument. Instead, he saw the opportunities it presented.
Today, Ben is heralded as an up and coming, what’s next, undiscovered artist. He…
You may not be familiar with KRYSTLE WARREN, but if you’re inclined to the more folksy, soulful side of music then listen up, because you’re in for a treat. Krystle’s voice has variously been described as smoky, husky, assured and elegant. Indeed, there have almost been as many adjectives used to describe her voice as to classify her music from folk, jazz, soul, blues to funk and pop. Krystle is originally from Kansas City, Missouri, she cut her cloth in New York, has spent time in San Francisco, and is currently living in Paris.
When I first listened to Krystle’s…
Ben Sollee sails his cello solo on his first Australian tour, writes Michael Dwyer.
BEN Sollee spent some of his most inspiring years “sitting by the banks of the river and watching the boats go by.” That’s a suitably folky analogy for what was, in reality, a much more challenging gig.
As teenaged cellist with the Folk Boy Orchestra, Sollee was a volunteer at the Kentucky Theatre in Lexington, Kentucky, most Monday nights for several years, part of a live radio show syndicated around the world as the WoodSongs Old-Time Radio Hour.
“I got to hear and perform with Odetta, Bela…
American folk-soul singer Krystle Warren is on the phone from Paris, the city in which the Kansas City-born singer now resides. Paris, like many European cities, is renowned for the support it provides musicians – a sharp contrast to the situation in the United States or, for that matter, Australia. Warren is aware of the benefits of living in Paris, but admits she’s experienced something of a “charmed existence” since moving to the city. “I got a paid flight to come over here to do some promotion, and I’ve been based here ever since,” Warren says. “I
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Krystle Warren’s fairytale funding model has led to a dream album, writes Michael Dwyer.
KRYSTLE Warren’s small-town-to-bright-lights story has the ring of a fairytale. Those who experienced her jaw-dropping voice at November’s Nick Drake tribute at the Recital Centre experienced something like magic. So it’s not surprising to learn there’s a fairy godmother in her life.
“I want to make this album,” Warren told her a year ago. “I need about 26 musicians. I’m going to record completely live. I’m going to produce it myself. I’m going to need around $30,000.”
“OK,” her wealthy benefactor replied.
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The American sing-songwriter will soon be embarking on an Australian tour and a couple of lucky fans have the chance to win double passes to her Sydney and Melbourne shows. Maeve Marsden spoke to the rising star who has the likes of k.d. lang and Rufus Wainwright sitting up and taking notice.
American singer-songwriter Krystle Warren can sing love songs to me any day she wants. And with a jam-packed Australian tour happening through March, I don’t have to wait long to make this dream a reality.
Her latest EP, A Time to Keep – Love Songs is a five-song taster
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