ED KUEPPER RESTRUNG with Queensland Symphony Orchestra 25-03-17 Tivoli, Brisbane

It was a very happy and restained Ed that took to the stage
with the Queensland Symphony Orchestra last night to
put on one of the most memorable Ed shows Ive seen
and Ive seen a lot.

From the opening rendition of Ghost Gum from the last cab to
Darwin, to the entire Lost Cites album, to the small selection
of older Ed tunes it was beautiful and moving experience

This should be recorded properly it was fantastic, the arrangments,
the 40 members of the orchestra and the very animated conductor
Richard Davis made for a unconventional but unforgetable evening

Heres the setlist from the night
Ghost Gum [from Last Cab to Darwin soundtrack]
Pavane
Friends with the Leader
Free passage to Mars
[It's ] Never too late
What can I leave you
The Ruins
Fever Dream
Some said...
Queen of the Vale [as in V.A.L.E]
Honey Steel's Gold
Collapse Board
The way I made feel
Horse under water
Electrical Storm

The Rough Guide to Australian Aboriginal Music - Various Artists

Well its been 8 years now since this blog began
and its that time of year I post my annual invasion day post
This year Ive notice the movement for changing the date has
transitioned to the mainstream and gaining momentum perhaps
we will change this incredibly bad taste day for a more inclusive
one. In the meantime heres some tracks to play and remember what
January is really about.

  Track List

1. Dusty Legune & Campbell Allenbar: Saltwater (2:17)
2. ListenRuby Hunter: Kurongk Boy, Kurongk Girl (3:33)
3. ListenArchie Roach: Native Born (3:59)
4. ListenTjapukai Dancers: Tjapukai Sunset (2:09)
5. ListenRimijmara: Wonga Initiation Song (1:41)
6. ListenMark Atkins: Bullima (4:31)
7. ListenWaak Waak Jungi: Kava Song (5:49)
8. ListenJimmy Murray: Drag Net (1:17)
9. ListenTjupukai Dancers: Heart Of My People (6:05)
10. ListenChristine Anu: Sik O (3:11)
11. ListenArnhem Land: Nyindi-Yindi (3:44)
12. ListenGapu: Celebration (4:44)
13. ListenAlan Maralung: Bushfire (3:30)
14. ListenDavid Page: Black (11:54)

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Tex Perkins, Far from Folsom,Brisbane 19-11-16 — at Boggo Road Gaol.

Featuring Tex Perkins and The Tennessee Four with Rachael Tidd
this show was the last of the tour which saw tex and co perform across
the country in some of Australia's best known prisons.
And what a show it was of course Tex has done a number of these
Johnny Cash shows and he's pretty good at it,
This was pure theater and the outlaw prison theme
ran through the night with much special referencing to both Cash
and the only prison in Australia in which he played not only once but twice