Big-beat Batucada sound is coming to Byron
August 20, 2008
BATUCADA SOUND MACHINE
Monday 6th October
Hotel Great Northern
Doors open at 8pm for show at 9pm
Tix $22.50+BF presold/$27.50 at the door
Available from Oztix 1300 762 545 or at the venue 66 856 454
Batucada Sound Machine are forging new paths in global music.
Their massive mix of Brazilian beats with afrobeat, funk and hip hop has taken them throughout Australasia and the UK, including gigs at WOMAD Festival and Edinburgh Fringe Festival.
Ning Feng, John Chen to perform in Byron Bay
August 10, 2008
What happens when you combine the talents of the youngest ever winner of the Sydney International Piano Competition with those of a young violinist who has been awarded the Paganini Prize in Italy, and been the only person in the 200-year history of the London Royal Academy of Music to ever be awarded 100% for an examination performance?
You get an evening of superb and sublime music presented by two of the world’s rising stars.
Ning Feng (violin) and John Chen (piano) will perform a program of sonatas through the ages. From Mozart and Beethoven, 200 years of musical history will be covered.
Police praise behaviour of Byron’s Splendour festival patrons
August 4, 2008
Police have praised the behaviour of revellers at a major music event at the weekend.
More than 17,500 people attended the two-day Splendour in the Grass Festival at Belongil Fields, just outside Byron Bay.
Tweed/Byron Local Area Command launched an operation targeting anti-social and criminal behaviour to ensure the safety and security of the event; however, despite the large influx of visitors to the town, officers detected a relatively small number of offences.
“Police have worked hand in glove with event organisers to ensure festival-goers could have a good time in a safe and secure environment,” Inspector Owen King said.
Toni Childs to perform at Mullumbimby Civic Hall
August 1, 2008
TONI CHILDS
Friday 26th September
Mullumbimby Civic Hall
Doors open @ 7.30pm
Show @ 8pm
Tickets $40 pre-sold / $45 at the door: on sale from Barebones Bangalow; Mullumbimby Bookshop; Murwillumbah Music; All Music and Vision: Ballina, Lismore and Byron Bay.
Inquiries: kupromo@bigpond.net.au or http://www.kupromotions.com.au/
Music samples: http://www.myspace.com/thetonichilds
Emmy Award winner Toni Childs will perform at the Mullumbimby Civic Hallon Friday, September 26.
Childs has a new album, Keep the Faith, and is set to embark on an Australina tour.
Twenty years after exploding onto our pop-rock consciousness with her critically acclaimed, platinum selling debut album Union, Toni is back with fresh pop ballads which are set to unite old fans and magnetise new audiences.
Diana Anaid to perform at Kids in Community Awards night
July 30, 2008
The Kids in Community Awards Night on Tuesday 5 August will feature a performance by Diana Anaid, one of Australia’s most admired and respected original indie musicians.
Diana has shared stages with John Butler, Xavier Rudd and Pete Murray as well as Grinspoon and Powderfinger.
Fans adore the rags-to-riches rocker, best known for her uncompromising lyrics, voice and energetic live shows.
“While Kids in Community supports and encourages young people to help others as well as helping themselves, Diana has herself overcome a life of obstacles and challenges, enduring homelessness, abuse and poverty to become one of Australia’s favourite musician’s with a voice that lifts her listeners to beautiful heights of self-empowerment,” Kids in Community secretary Maria Kelly said.
The Song Company to perform in Ballina on August 8
July 19, 2008
Vocal ensemble The Song Company will perform for one night only in Ballina on Friday, August 8.
In Ballina they will perform their Waltzing Matilda program – a concert of Australia’s best-loved songs, in a chronological historical context, from Waltzing Matilda and The Ballad of Eureka from our humble beginnings, right down to Down Under and True Blue from the 1980s.
FRIDAY, 8 AUGUST, 7.30PM
ST MARY’S ANGLICAN CHURCH, BALLINA
TICKETS: ADULT $35, CONCESSION $30, STUDENT $17
ABC CENTRE, RIVER ST, BALLINA
DYMOCKS, MOLESWORTH ST, LISMORE.
Opera at The Channon is on July 27
July 17, 2008
The hills will be alive with the sound of Puccini and Gershwin on Sunday, July 27, at Coronation Park, The Channon, when the village again hosts the annual Opera at The Channon.
The opera is from 1.30pm until dusk and will feature young performers from Opera Queensland’s Young Artist Program being accompanied by Jillian Stoll and compere Geoffrey Ashenden.
This annual fund-raiser is presented by Lismore Rotary Clubs.
To order your opera and bus tickets, contact Joanne at Westpac Life Saver Rescue Helicopter on 6627 4444 or online.
Simon Tedeschi to perform at Byron Bay
July 12, 2008
Local music fans are in for a special treat when Simon Tedeschi performs at the Byron Bay Community Centre on Sunday, July 20.
Tedeschi is described as a hugely talented, energetic and versatile artist.
He performed his first Mozart piano concerto in the Sydney Opera House at the age of 9.
Now at 26 and touring on the International circuit, Simon Tedeschi will present a Steinway concert featuring works by Jelly Roll Morton, Rachmaninoff, Beethoven, Debussy, Dave Brubeck and Fats Waller.
As Roving Ambassador for the Australian Children’s Music Foundation he has worked a great deal with street kids in Cambodia and is currently residing in the US.
Simon has performed for the United Nations, the Dalai Lama and given piano recitals with Slava Grigoryan, Jazz Violinist Ian Cooper and some of the world’s top Symphony Orchestras. Read more
Another big break for Very Unique Existence
July 9, 2008
This Thursday 10th of July at 10am the Mayor of Brisbane, Campbell Newman, will announce Byron Bay band Very Unique Existence’s single Looking Down as the theme song for Brisbane’s Greenfest 2008 to be held on October 10th at South Bank.
Just after the announcement Very Unique Existence will play it live to the media launch attendees, Channel 7, Channel Ten and Fuel TV, along with other press, at the Cultural Forecourt in the South Bank mall Brisbane.
Marshall & The Fro - 2008 Byron Blues Festival
July 6, 2008
Being a fairly cool and wet Sunday afternoon I decided it was time to find another local video online. My search allowed me to stumble across some footage of a local band called Marshall & the Fro that really is starting to develop a strong reputation Australia wide.
Comprised of Marshall O’Kell on Guitar, Slide guitar, & Vocals, Nick Ohlson on Bass and Jacob Mann on Drums, Marshall and the Fro have played down the house at the East Coast blues and roots Festival these past two years and look to have a pretty busy itinerary for the rest of this year.
