Ready and raring to go for LiveTown summer festival November 14, 2008
Posted by tangerinemeg in live event.Tags: Adelaide Hills, folk music, Littlehampton, live music
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LiveTown is back at the new venue Littlehampton Peace Memorial Hall,
93 Main Road Littlehampton, on Friday 5th December, starting 7:30pm
and featuring the welcome return of
Multi-Instrumentalist Andrew Clermont, who wowed us with his musical virtuosity and fun on fiddle, guitar, mandolin and vocals fun in June, with
Montz Matsumoto, sublime 5-String Banjo-Player and singer
Saffron Tribal Bellydance group
with Gurdy Girl Jane Ruckert
and more…with Jam Session
We are hoping to offer a couple of Workshops on Saturday 6th December as a follow-up to this great night, some stall spaces, in Hutchinson Street, Mt Barker … more information very soon.
Write that date. December 6th, into your diary, and we’ll see you there! Bring friends, it’s a good night.
Young Performers at LiveTown, you saw them here first, folks! August 12, 2008
Posted by tangerinemeg in folk, live event, music, singing.Tags: Kate West, Mt Barker, musical evening, Garida, Juronimo, Saffron, Aimee Crathern, Seirian Kitchener
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Greetings LiveTownies!
Hope you are keeping warm. Today I have for you fabulous photos and a summary of the August LiveTown event of last Friday evening. We had 6 acts as follows:
The first two were singers, of folk and jazz (we love you both, but we don’t have a photo from the night):
Kate West (sweet of tone and sweet of nature) folk singer and guitar player. Surely not old enough to be the mother of part of another of our young acts. (See Juronimo, below)
Aimee Crathern, a new talent to LiveTown and destined to be a crowd favourite, with powerful jazz vocals and backed with karaoke, sang with both spirit and maturity. Come back and sing another time, Aimee!
Garida. This multi-instrumental group of four friends played lively folk tunes including jigs and hornpipes, utilising Irish bouzouki, mandolin, flute, recorder, violin, guitar and the “swoonful” (overheard comment) voice of Matthew Lykos.
Paddy on the Irish Bouzouki
Lucy and Jeri
Matthew on guitar
Saffron. To the accompaniment of the hypnotic and fascinating hurdy-gurdy and drums, swirled the lithe, colourfully-dressed women of Saffron. The first of our acts to grace our blog-roll, check out Saffron’s My Space profile! A skilled small dancer also entertained us.
Musicians on hurdy-gurdy and drum
saffron and drummer
small dancer
Sierian, a delightful singer-keyboard player with mostly original songs, had a memorable, haunting vocal style and good (borrowed) keyboard mastery. (That was the keyboard that was borrowed, not the mastery).
Seirian
The big and intricate sound of Jeronimo (Mischa and (Kate’s son) Ishan) prompted an anonymous prediction that “Red Sky” will be their first single on Triple J.
One of our previous event performers mentioned the amazing quality of our sound system and sound technologists. “Just like you’re playing, only louder, you don’t even know it’s there”. Thanks Kiffen and Roley and RKG Speaker Systems.
Thank-you to our beautiful volunteers, including gentle lady of the soup, rolls, coffee and mulled wine: Jenny (the kitchen was a-buzz between acts) and generous photographer: Peter.
We owe thanks for the whole concept including this particular evening to the neverending enthusiasm, organising skills and musical knowledge of Mreya. Good work once again!
I don’t know about you but my world feels richer with real live music in it. Let us know your experience in the comments section below. The more voices the merrier!
August LiveTown program July 24, 2008
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You're Invited
Herewith uploaded flyer for the August LiveTown show. We have a theme of Young Performers.
Friday, August the 8th - write it in your diary, come along, and bring a friend!
Fun Friday folk - once more with feeling! July 17, 2008
Posted by tangerinemeg in folk, live event, music, singing.Tags: live music, Mt Barker, LiveTown, Mt Barker Institute, event review
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Thanks to all who helped with the event last Friday night, including our tireless sound guys, and a special hello to our new volunteers! Another very successful evening of live music combined with a friendly enthusiastic audience.
The night had a lively start provided by Selkies, a Sonya Mellor-led celtic/gypsy string trio, with toe-tapping tunes, and heartfelt compositions.
Following was Dan Burt in his role as “Dapper Dan” who kept up the energy, and raised quite a few laughs with his wonderful music hall style set. It’s amazing what rhymes with Got ‘em and Spot ‘em. All his music is available on CDs, see “Artists” page for more information.
Ladybird Johnson, comprising Jen Watkins and Es McDonald, drew us in with their beautiful harmonies and original award-winning songs along with their great quirky cover of 80s inXS.
Ladybird Johnson enjoying cups of something after their performance, with Mreya (left)
Leigh Marshall and Quentin Ayers topped off the evening with a variety of songs & kept us Staying Young. (Nice cameo from our fearless leader, Mreya, also. Great voice, keep it up).
We had a lovely night, meeting some new friends and reconnecting with established ones. We all enjoyed the (leek and potato or minestrone) soup, great fresh rolls from Brezel bakery, mulled wine (for the over 18s), the warm surrounds of the Mt Barker Institute and most of all the friendly atmosphere.
As soon as we have all the acts for August 8 confirmed we will let you know!!
Dan the one-man band man (say that out loud fast 5 times!) June 30, 2008
Posted by tangerinemeg in live event, music.Tags: accordion, Adelaide Hills, baroque, classical, comedy, dan burt, English folk, jazz, live music, live town, one-man band
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One of our fabulous performers this month (for the July 11 LiveTown event at Mt Barker in the Adelaide Hills) is Dan Burt. Let us tell you a bit about him:
‘Dapper Dan’ is Dan Burt in his concert guise! Dan sings and plays accordion with a selection of great songs from his English West Country and Music Hall repertoire.
A professional Entertainer of some 27 years, Dan is probably best known for his work as Dr. Burt’s ‘One-Man-Band’ or with ‘Dobbin the Wonder Horse’, or maybe as a relief teacher in Hills Primary Schools, but has always been a passionate and practicing musician with roots in English Folk music. He plays accordions and piano, and sings pretty good too! His current repertoire spans Baroque, Classical, Jazz, Folk and Comedy, the latter culminating in two CD albums of 100 year old English Music Hall songs - ‘A Little Bit Of Cucumber’ and ‘The Hole In The Elephant’s Bottom’. These songs still speak across the years to small children up to senior citizens and are in constant demand where ever Dan performs or teaches.
Winter warmer of memorable music with a folky flavour June 30, 2008
Posted by tangerinemeg in folk, live event, music, singing.Tags: Mt Barker, folk, one-man band, folk-rock, jazz, English folk, live town
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Hi there LiveTown-ers!
We have a great show for you in July.
You will notice the change in the cover charge, and the fact that the warming winter consumables are now included. We will have a slightly shorter, showcase-style show, with a folky flavour this month, and jamming for the die-hards (musicians and fans!) later on. Please know that we always welcome constructive feedback.
Review of Inaugural LiveTown Club - 13 June 2008 June 20, 2008
Posted by livetownclub in banjo, live event, music.Tags: Adelaid Hills, Andrew Clermont, banjo, Djilia, fiddle, folk music, guitar, Kate West, live music, Montz Matsumoto, Mt Barker, South Australia, Triptych
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The first LiveTown Club event was a cracker. With approximately 90 people in the audience, soup and crusty rolls, and mulled wine it was set to be a warming evening on a cool winter’s night. The evening was opened by Ros Cameron with a welcome to country. The first musicians were Dave Clarke, Kathy Townsend and Phil who shared some folk-inspired songs about Nepal and South Australia.
Djilia, an eight person all-female strings collective based in Mt Barker, brought alive the sounds of Russian gypsies.
Local performer Kate West, recipient of the Frances Folk Gathering Open Vocal Award 2008, was supported by multi-talented Mt Barker musician, Stephen Stone on mandolin and Matty Salter on superb upright bass.
They played Scottish and Australian folk songs, featuring Kate’s strong sweet vocals and audience sing-along.
Triptych, a three voice a-capella group, sung about climate change in wonderful harmonies.
Headline act Andrew Clermont, multi- instrumentalist extraordinaire, and Montz Matsumoto on 5-string banjo drew rapturous applause from a totally captivated audience. “The brilliant repartee between Andrew and Montz both musically and verbally was outstanding; they are born entertainers..exquisite musicians” reported Rosemary Toogood and this was echoed by other audience members. The audience was captivated by the humour and musicianship of the pair and the many stories within the rich bluegrass textures.
The emphasis of LiveTown Club is Music, Ideas, Community and aims to be a regular gathering of musicians in a fun atmosphere. The events are organised by a collective of volunteers with a passion to bring together creative performers and audience in a lively forum. Acts will range from acoustic solo artists, to stringed instrumental groups and spoken word. We will feature special guests and there will be opportunities for musicians to jam, and for you to dance to escape the winter chill.
The series of LiveTown events will be held monthly, on the second Friday of each month. In July we will be hosting Hills group Ladybird Johnson and wonderful acapella trio Triptych plus more.
If this sounds like your scene, and you would like to perform your music, please contact us.
The next LiveTown is Friday 11 July, 7.30-11pm.
The Institute, Gawler St, Mt Barker.
Cost: $12, $8 concession, performers and children under 12 free.
Bookings and to find out more contact Mreya:
Mob 0427 336 131
mreya@livetownclub.com
www.livetownclub.com
