Hoodoo Gurus Do A Day On The Green

Hoodoo Gurus seem to be popping up all over the place in the coming months but just about the best place to see them will be at A Day On The Green concert.

The Gurus will be headlining a really interesting bill of Australian artists at the Seppelt Great Western Winery, not far from Ararat in Victoria on Saturday February 13.

Evermore will join the Gurus with The Whitlams’ lead singer Tim Freedman, and indigenous singer/songwriter Dan Sultan to open the show.

Hoodoo Gurus have been  pumping out their high octane brand of garage pop/rock for more than twenty years, with hits like What’s My Scene, Bittersweet, Come Any Time, One Thousand Miles Away, My Girl and Like Wow – Wipeout.

The band were a popular inductee into the ARIA hall of fame in 2007 and in their testimonial were described as “one of the most inventive, lyrically smart and exciting rock ‘n’ roll bands Australia has ever produced…”

The band recently signed a major deal with Sony Music which will see them release their first studio album since 2004 early 2010.

Kiwi brothers Jon, Peter and Dan Hume – better known as Evermore – have sold in excess of 250,000 albums, been nominated for six ARIA Awards and have topped charts with each of their three albums. Following 2004’s debut Dreams and 2006’s Real Life, they unleashed the epic new tunes on Truth Of The World: Welcome To The Show in March and shortly after won the highly sort-after support act slot on Pink’s massive Australian tour.

When he is not out front of the multi award-winning Whitlams, Tim Freedman is very often performing solo accompanied by piano. Tim’s songs like No Aphrodisiac, Fall For You and Blow Up The Pokies resonate beautifully in solo mode.

Dan Sultan is an interesting addition to the bill. His sound can best be described as roots music, equal parts blues, soul and country, and in the past two years he’s performed at nearly every major festival in Australia. His debut album 2006’s Homemade Biscuits displayed his ability to tell evocative stories through his songs and the follow-up album is due in November.

Playing times are:
4.15pm Dan Sultan
5.30pm Tim Freedman
6.45pm Evermore
8.00pm Hoodoo Gurus

TICKETS ON SALE FROM MONDAY OCTOBER 19

Chill Out On Good Friday

Good Friday has always been a difficult day to fill in. No footy, no races, the pubs are shut, the Telethon fairly dreary viewing. Once you’ve paid your religious respects and dropped a few coins in the collection tins it’s a bit of a boring day.

Until now.

Chill City, a joyous celebration of music, food and wine, will be held in
the heart of Melbourne at the Alexandra Gardens on Good Friday, 10 April
2009.

This one day event will deliver the finest collection of blues, roots, soul,
rock, R&B, country and world acts from across the globe with festivities
taking place in one of Melbourne’s most beautiful gardens, in the heart of
the city.

Presented by Justin Stanford, founder of Chill Island and Mario Maccarone,
co-owner of the legendary music venue, the Continental Café, this value for
money event will also offer a lip-smacking, delightfully lingering selection
of the best local food and wines.

Here’s the line-up:

Featuring:

John Butler Trio

Paul Kelly

Betty Harris (USA) with The Bamboos

Ben Kweller (USA)

Easy Star All Stars (USA)

Dan Sultan

Whitely

Mamie Minch (USA)

Tickets: www.chillcity.com.au , Greville
Records 03 9510 3012, Missing Link 03 9670 8208, Polyester Records City 03
9663 8696, Polyester Records Fitzroy 03 9419 5137, The Espy 03 9534 0211 ext
233, The National Hotel, Geelong 03 5221 1211

Kids under 12 admitted free. All patrons under 18 must be accompanied by an
adult.

Now we’ve all got a pretty good idea who John Butler and Paul Kelly are but some of the other names are less familiar.
Best known for her 1963 hit Cry to Me, New Orleans soul singer, Betty
Harris, was mentored by blues chanteuse, Big Maybelle Betty, and comes from
the throaty, gospel tradition of Etta James, Otis Redding and Wilson
Pickett.  In 2004 she made a very welcome comeback to the music scene after
a decade long hiatus.

Betty will take to the stage with Australia’s own masters of deep funk and
super heavy soul, and ‘The best new Deep Funk band in the world today….’
(Adrian Gibson, The Jazz Cafe/Freestyle Records U.K), The Bamboos. The
Bamboos live shows are a non-stop mixtape-style throw-downs that draw the
links between Hip Hop, Soul, Funk and old-school Breaks.

American singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, the ‘stylistically
restless’ Ben Kweller (USA), shifts from indie rock to ballads to anti-folk
to melodic rock, often from song to song, but for his latest and fourth
album, Changing Horses, it’s pure country. The 27-year-old Texan-bred
musician is known for his unforgettable melodies, deeply soulful lyrics and
sensitivity. The CHILL CITY audience is in for a treat.

The Easy Star All Stars (USA) are a funky collective of some of the finest
reggae musicians in the New York area who specialise in covering popular
albums in a reggae and dub style. Their album, Dub Side of the Moon (2003),
the complete reggae re-vision of Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon, is one
of the most successful reggae albums of the 21st century. It has spent over
five years on Billboard’s Top Reggae Chart and Reggae Catalog Chart. In
2006, the band followed up Dub Side with Radiodread, a complete reggae
re-vision of Radiohead’s OK Computer. That record has also been a huge
success, sparking great reviews, and even garnering praise from Radiohead.

Dan Sultan continued his rise to popularity on the Australian music scene in
2008 performing with the likes of Paul Kelly, Kev Carmody, The Waifs and
Missy Higgins. A member of Black Arm Band he shared the stage at The Sydney
Opera House Concert Hall with Archie Roach, Jimmy Little and Shane Howard
amongst other greats. Dan performed his song Roslyn, written about the
stolen generation at the Sorry Day celebrations at Federation Square, a day
to remember for all Australians with the emotion charged audience delivering
a standing ovation.

Rounding out the CHILL CITY line up is Melbourne artist, Whitely, who blends
acoustic flavours with electronic overtones creating songs with hushed,
whimsical tales of love and loss, and the voluptuously voiced Mamie Minch
(USA).