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The Waifs are an Australian band heralding from WA that are playing a one off performance at Womadelaide Saturday March 8th 2017 at 8pm on the main stage. They have been around since 1992 and I caught them playing at the Gov in Feb 2009. The Waifs have enjoyed a string of tracks that have had success particularly their  2003 Album “up all night”

Jesse Davidson is fairly new to the music scene having got Airplay with Triple J unearthed. Jesse is playing a single show at the Moreton Bay stage 4pm on Sunday. I caught him on a previous tour with the Laneway Festival in 2015

I had the pleasure of being asked to work on the short film by Stinga T “The Protectors” which was shot on a tight 2 day Schedule at Locations at the old Adelaide Gaol and up at Humbug Scrub near One Tree hill. I was taking Still Photographs of the shoot and some Behind the Scenes footage. Great Crew to work with

Here is a short intro to the film from Writer, Director and Actor in the film Thibul Nettle (aka  Stinga T )

South Coast Raw events are held down at Noarlunga Football club and last night 11th November featured 3 local Adelaide bands. Great event put on by the South Coast Raw Crew and only $5 entry and reasonably priced drinks.

First up was Shed Theory

Second band for the night was Chaos Swing

and Finally to Cap the night of was Shirtfront

What an Awesome and long show by The Cure Friday night in Adelaide. I saw them perform live at the same venue last century back early 90s. Robert Smith might be a bit more grey but still has an amazing voice and stage presence, although the voice started to falter near the end of the 3 hour set understandably so after playing a similar length gig the night previous in Melbourne.

Just over 3 weeks now until Womadelaide 2016 Kicks off and boy what a lineup this year. Like every year there are performers you know well and there are others you don’t know so well but you soon discover them. A real mixed bag with some big acts from the 80s and 90s such as The Violent Femmes ( who I saw back in 198? at LeRox in Light square ) and DeLaSoul who had some massive hits in the early 90s.

Then still a good smattering of what some consider the more traditional Womadelaide bands like Seun Kuti and Egypt 80, Angélique Kidjo performing with the ASO as well as Ladysmith Black Mambazo.

To  start the weekend off on Friday night there’s also one of Womads favourites, The Cat Empire  who seem to have performed there more times than I have fingers – ok maybe an exaggeration but I reckon this would be their 4th time in the last 12 or so years. Hopefully someone will look it up and correct me.

St Germain play Sunday night and although I hadn’t heard much of them 4 months ago, a friend of mine was hugely excited when they announced them playing also, so Ive checked out some of their albums and will definitely be watching them. I cant believe I hadnt heard much of their stuff previously.

My list thus far is only touching the surface, there is so much more talent on show this year it’s going to be tough to consume it all in the 4 days. Over the next few weeks I will look indepth at a few more of the performers you can catch at Womadelaide.

For those who want to relive some memories from 2015 Womadelaide you can check out a compilation of Video snippets. It might also give those who havent attended before and thinking about going a taste of the diversity to be found at Womadelaide. There is always something for everyone. You can find the full lineup of artists here

To see some of the Still Photographs from 2015 Acts click HERE

The annual Adelaide Zombie walk has just been run and you can see all the images up here. If you want an unwatermarked High resolution digital copy for personal use they are available from HERE for the affordable price of just $15