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Amanda Palmer ( Dresden Dolls ) in Adelaide

Posted: January 14, 2012 in Adelaide Events
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Amanda Palmer is an interesting person. Most of the Public either seem to  1) Love her work  or 2) Never heard of  her.

The Tickets to the Dresden Dolls surged as the show approached so I was too late to catch the main show, but Amanda Palmer seems to make quite a habit in Adelaide of Playing Free Ninja Shows. So I checked her website on the day prior to her Adelaide show and sure enough there was a Ninja show in the Early Afternoon at the New Tuxedo Cats.

The show was scheduled for 3pm so I got down there about 2:30pm and there was already a line out to Gawler Place. The Doors opened just before 3 and people shuffled in. The venue is still very much a work in progress with construction going on all around. The stage for the show was apparently just assembled a few days earlier. The lighting was sparse amd the backdrop a Reddish curtain.

Amandas show are hard to explain so probably the Video and some photos might make it clearer

Warning : Some language and Adult themes in her Music

Some Photos from the event can be found HERE

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Womadelaide 2012

Posted: November 22, 2011 in Adelaide Events
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Keep those calendars free if you plan to be in Adelaide from Friday 09 March  ->  Monday 12 March as Womadelaide returns to Botanic Park for its 20th Anniversary. Despite the announcement a few months back of  Youssou N’Dour performing in 2012 and subsequent cancellation due to the elections in Senegal there is still a cracker lineup. Full details of who is playing HERE.

One of the artists that I’ve seen at a previous Womadelaide that blew me away is Tinariwen so extremely happy that they are returning to Adelaide. Like always there are other notable acts I’ve heard on CD previously but never seen performing live like Lo’Jo and the Master Drummers of Burundi. Then there are the oddball acts that you just dont know much about but can be real gems. The Ukelele Orchestra of Great Britain is one of the oddities but reading their Bio I think the punters at Womad 2012 will be in for a treat

I’ll hopefully be there again with my cameras to capture some of the magic that is Womadelaide and it’s also great to see local Adelaide ISP Internode become a Major sponsor for the 2012 event. If you are an Internode Customer you will probably either have received or about to receive a special offer that is valid up until 5pm on November 25th for discounted tickets for either a 3day or 4 day pass – Be quick though

Earth Station Saturday

Posted: October 23, 2011 in Adelaide Events, Uncategorized
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Only a Brief update today as I’m running late and need to head back for the final day so I’ll update this post tomorrow.

Got to the event on Saturday nice and early although I’ll have to say that one of the officials at the Belair Station bus pickup area wasn’t being overly helpful, advising the people waiting that he wouldn’t call for another bus until the next train came in  which was 25 mins away. This seemed ludicrous given there were already a handful of people there and more arriving by car and parking near the station all the time. Thankfully a Bus turned up soon after with the bus driver telling us he had been given a schedule but was ignoring it so that people could be picked up. I didn’t get the drivers name but BIG thumbs up to the City of Mitcham bus driver as he drove us to the earthstation entrance with what was almost a full bus ( only 3 seats left ).

Not enough time to do a full band writeup today but honourable mentions to  the Audreys and the Shanghai Chinese Orchestra but I have to say the absolute highlight of the festival so far was the performance by Zakir Hussain and the masters of percussion – absolutely breathtaking percussive rthymns. I’m going to take some extra cash today to pick up a CD. Another big plus to the last act of the night and really the only band I’ve seen that had everyone up on their feet and that was Mista Savona with their blend of Reggae and Ska. They started soon after 9pm on the Karka stage. I left at 10pm and they were cranking up the tempo.

Would have loved to stay but I was feeling pretty bushed after being there for 10 hours and needed to get home to go through the photos and replenish both the camera and my own batteries.

Photos of Saturday at Earthstation 2011

WOMADelaide 2011 Saturday

Posted: March 15, 2011 in Adelaide Events
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The first full day at Womad so a lot more packing in the morning including chairs and food. We arrived fairly early and caught the end of the Creole Choir of Cuba who were really good. I would have liked to have seen more of their performance. I then headed to see the Whitireia performing arts group and despite them only in part costume due to some delays in getting their gear to Adelaide they put on a great performance – marked these guys down to see again in a few days time. Company Ekart were still around with the Giant Chicken o I followed them around for a bit including a visit to the Police Caravan.

Onwards to stage One for Asa who put on a solid performance at the time of the day it was starting to get quite warm. I left before the end to catch the end of the Shaolin Afronauts who despite the name are a local Adelaide band I’ve heard of but never seen. They look like a band worth catching again in the future. 3pm saw the return to stage 2 for ScrapArt Music which is predominantly percussion made from Scrap steel. Great spirited performance and the instruments looked really good and quite unique.

17 Hippies were next on stage 1 and whilst there werent 17 of them it was an interesting mix of tunes.  Yasar Alpence HARAM’DE was next up who were musically very good, but not that great to photograph. Martha Wainwright was next and being a seated show meant that for the most part the photographers stayed pretty low also. With Martha wearing a shortish skirt she made a comment that the photographers were shooting up her dress. With the stage so high there is not a lot of options.

Headed down to stage 3 for Irish Singer Imelda May. She was great and one of my new found artists that I previously knew nothing about. Onto stage 1 next to see Fefe – WOW what energy they had. A definite highlight of the day with the lead singer going into the crowd during one the songs. This band had the crowd absolutely pumping. At 9pm I wound down seeing Leigh Warren and Dancers . It was a seated show but we were allowed to shoot from the front of stage which was the perfect height to rest the camera on the stage. Lighting started off fairly low and was difficult to shoot but got some great shots never the less. I caught the end of  Tanya Tagaq who had an unusual style of throat singing. I’m not sure I’d be rushing out and buying a recording but it was very different.

Final performance of the night was Amadou and Mariam. I had seen these two briefly during the media Launch but now they were on stage with the full band and dressed to impress and impress they did. Some great Rythmns were pumped out and a great way to end the first full day

LINK TO FULL GALLERY FOR SATURDAY ( Click here )

Womadelaide Warm up Night 4th February @Jive

Posted: February 2, 2010 in Adelaide Events
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There’s an ALL Ages Warm up gig being held at Jive – Hindley St this Thursday 8pm ( Doors open at 7:30pm )

Details here

First up at the Warm up Gig is local SA artist Vorn Doolette.  Following on will be Melbourne Cumbia DJ – Saka La Mois playing Latin Influenced DJ Mix

Update : Good Turnout for the event. For those that couldnt make it the photos of VornDoolette and Saka La Mois are up here – Go check them out.

Adelaide Blues Festival

Posted: October 10, 2009 in Adelaide Events
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Yes, I have been a bit slack in updating the blog, but lets get back on track with a few Big events that just hit Adelaide

First up was the annual Adelaide Blues festival – Juke Joint at Queens. This is the second year it has been run and this year extended out over 2 nights  rather than just a single night.

Its a great venue for a show like this with lots of atmosphere. Numbers seemed down on last years 1 day event and I can only put that down to being on a long weekend as the quality of the performers on this years bill was awesome

Friday Night – Cal Williams Junior and Kory Horwood kicked the evening off, followed by Heather Stewart Trio and then Fiona Boyes ( Who I caught at the Guitar Festival last last year ). Mojo Webb was the next act up and after him being pumped up by the MC for the evening – James I was expecting to hear some great Blues and wasnt dissapointed. Definitely the highlight of my Night. It was getting late in the night when the  Jesse Deanne Freeman Trio graced the stage and with my Stamina lacking I stayed for half dozen songs then took off to catch some sleep.

Saturday Night – Met a mate of mine there outside who commented that “This band sounds pretty good ” – walk inside to find the “band” is a Solo musician ( Kirk Special ) who had won the Killing Floor Blues competition. I’m sure we will be seeing more of him in the future. The second act to come on literally blew away the cobwebs in the building. Jackson firebird were a 2 piece “Spiderbait” influenced band. Some interesting percussion sets them apart though with some songs played on a Washboard and Recycling Tub – A very entertaining Duo.  Then there was the Blues vs Hiphop which was a performance designed to show the similarities between the genres and the influence on Blues to modern music. For the most part the excercise worked. Next up we had Mojo Webb back on again – this time with his backing band. Once again a great performance. As an entertainer he certainly knows how to work with the crowd. Final Act for the evening was Dallas Frasca with the long red dreads. I didnt stay right till the end but it was a popular Set with some good crowd interaction.

Lets hope this event continues as this years had a great line up. I do fear though that unless Crowd numbers pick up the future of the event might be in Jeopardy. If you werent there then Why the hell NOT. It was a Great event and well organised, Impressive sound and lighting and the lineup was superb and varied. What more can you ask for ??

Full gallery from the 2 nights is up here

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