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Fun Bomb to Rock the Caravan
An explosion of vibrant music will hit the Caravan Music Club on Friday 10th February when Gleny Rae’s Eucalypso debuts their Caribbean big band sound.
Gleny Rae had a big year in 2011, occupying the “lefty” seat on the hugely successful SBS social experiment Go Back To Where You Came From, as well as touring southern USA with her western swing trio.
She has also been developing a solid following at home in Newcastle with an 8 piece Calypso/ska band Eucalypso, featuring a three piece horn section and her regular band maestros Dougie Bull and Roy Payne. The result is pure unadulterated danceable joy, featuring traditional songs from calypsonians Lord Kitchener, Harry Belafonte, Mighty Sparrow and the Roaring Lion. The horns dance and tease over the cheeky congas, while the lyrics play with subversive political commentary and sexual innuendo. Gleny Rae adds original material based on traditional forms with her own special brand of Aussie-calypso real life themes, such as over regulation, school yard irritations and loaned power tools.
Eucalypso will be joined on the night by Melbourne’s glam-country supergroup The Junes, featuring Sarah Carroll, Suzannah Espie and Chris Tabone. The Junes will shake your country peaches and serve them up with sweetened creamy vocals and tasty swing. Since the band exists within an interstate paradigm, with Gleny Rae and Dougie Bull (Newcastle), Melbourne appearances are all too infrequent. The Junes will also be performing at the 2012 Port Fairy Folk Festival.
Eucalypso + The Junes $20
Caravan Music Club: www.caravanmusic.com.au
Friday 10th February
Sundeck Hotel, Perisher Snowy Mountains of Music Festival 2011
See us live at the Sundeck Hotel, Perisher Snowy Mountains of Music Festival 2011.
Part 1-http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_J3-hGdvVw
part 2-http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=riyzIXhfiL4
part 3-http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipYjbuAoZNM
part 4-http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZW3U38NTLE
part 5-http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YrsOCSJJh20
Checkout our Youtube channel here:
http://www.youtube.com/user/GlenyRae?feature=mhee
USA here we come!
Gleny Rae Virus and her Tamworth Playboys have been selected to perform at the 2011 Americana Music Association Festival, whose board members include the likes of Rodnell Crowell, Raul Malo and Buddy Miller. We will play at the famous Station Inn on Saturday 15th October, the venue we have so longed dreamed about watching DVDs such as The Timejumpers Live at the Station. This will be a grand opportunity to meet members of the Americana music industry, and finally try some of that famous weak American beer! Also on our journey, we will meet up with Mike and Katie from Truckstop Honeymoon and maybe record some new tracks in their studio. We have secured a number of “showcase” opportunities over there, including the Harvest Festival in Ozark, Arkansas, some groovy venues in Austin and New Orleans. We will also attend the Blackpot Cooking Festival in Lafayette, run by the wonderful Red Stick Ramblers who inspired us so when they toured Australia in 2009! Keep an eye on facebook for regular updates and photos, this will be the trip of a lifetime! And I might even get to meet Robert Plant at the AMA festival!
Melbourne CD launch Sat 6th August!
We’re launching our new album in Melbourne before we head off to the USA in October. Beyond Horizontal. Featuring the delightful musicianship of her two main ‘playboys’ – Dougie Bull (double bass) and Roy Payne (guitar and labsteel). The album toys with traditional forms of western swing, bluegrass, gypsy jazz and rockabilly. The result is a collection of songs heavily influenced by the 40′s and 50′s. Americana genres, but with a distinctly Australian narrative slant. CD available here from Vitamin Records.