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West End Music Festival
The Inaugural West End Music Festival, an initiative of the Adelaide West End Association, will be held in venues throughout the west end precinct from Thurs Sept 13 to Sunday Sept 16. Various genres of music will be presented in venues that you may not have been to before, but really should try! The funky cocktail bar that is the Elysium, the modern lines of the Dog and Duck, the friendly and arty atmosphere that is Sarah's Cafe @Where Inn are lined up alongside some more familiar names such as the Rocket Bar, Savvy and Fowler's Live. A number of the performances are free, and there are plenty of all ages gigs, with a highlight being the BMX/ Skate comp at City Sk8 . For a comprehensive program, check out www.myspace.com/westendmusicfestival2007.
Big Bodo Band
Amy (vocals), Justin (guitar), Kym (sax)
Influences: Sarah Vaughan, Billie Holiday, Lena Horne, jazz and blues, soul and romance, Joe Pass, Freddie Green, Kate Bush, Ella......
Performing a delectable feast of jazz, rhythm, blues, luxurious lounge, golden favourites, as well as inspired, soulful originals, these musicians will warm your soul and melt your cockles. Sultry songstress Amy Bodossian heads the band with her dramartic showgirlship and powerfully evocative vocals, suported by the beautiful sounds of Justin William's guitar, and Kym Gluyas's soaring saxaphone melodies.
Collectively, these musicians have supported international acts such as Josephine Foster, Julian Wilson, Faun Fables and have performed at the Adelaide Fringe Festival, Clipsal 500, the 2006 South Australian Living Artists Ball, and the 2006 Industrial Relations Worker's Rights Rally.With everything from intimate ballads to bombastic explosions that dare you to dance, you'll adore the smooth sounds and old world energy of the Big Bodo Band.
The Big Bodo Band play the Feast Fundraiser @ The World's End Hotel, Hindley St. on Friday 14.
THE TEXETTES
The Texettes, Terry Bradford and Helen Ellis, are a couple of Aussie "sophisticated urban hillbillies with unique style".
Performing as an acoustic duo their songs have rhythm and melody - voices sometimes and The Texettes music goes beyond genre definition, taking elements from country, pop, rock, blues, electronica and jazz, to create a complimentary genre.
The Texettes latest album release "Fearless", contains twelve original songs. Guitar, piano, accordion, bass and drums (even Hammond organ) underpin and compliment the lush melodies and the duo's passionate and infectious vocals.
The Texettes will be joined by Dixie Dale on harmonica for their performance at Sarah's Cafe @ Where Inn on Friday September 14th.
Headstrong
www.myspace.com/headstrongco
Headstrong Company consists of MC's, Visionz, Vibez (Cheech), Kahs with Johnny Buttons and Cheech on production. Each sharing a passion for making and creating hip-hop music and have individually been designing and refining skills, lyrically and musically for almost a decade.
Having shared the stage with the likes of Brother Ali, Def Wish Cast, Mindfield, Chris Bass (Defenders), Terra Firma, Delta and Staen One, they are no strangers to the live music scene. As a result of their numerous performances they have gained a large following in Adelaide, due to their immense stage presence and dynamic tight sets. 'Welcome to the Company' (late 2007/early 2008) is a highly anticipated EP with absolutely no filler tracks, Headstrong Company's stringent attention to detail has ensured that unless it is 100% dope, it will not be included.
Headstrong play at the Colonel Light Hotel on Light Square on Friday 14 Sept.
'The Fat Man Of Love has lived the life that Tom Waits writes about. He has had the near fatal car crashes, the affairs, the broken marriages, the loves, the heartbreaks, the disappointments, the highs and the blues. The Fat Man, while performing in Canada, Europe and Australia touring with the likes of the Band, the Yardbirds, Golden Earring & the Move, has lived out of a suitcase, in sleazy hotels and motels, using his gravel voice to sing & tell stories about people he has known and larger than life tales of his previous experience. As well as public performances, he has done session work and recorded for radio and television. He has also written, directed a short film about poet Gregory Corso's masterpiece, 'Marriage'. The Fat Man Of Love's Performance features a Cabaret setting, conducive to intimate story telling and relating life's experience, using Adelaide's finest musicians.'
The Fat Man Tips His Hat To Tom Waites is at Caos Cafe in Hindley Street West on Friday Sept 14
Fallen Saints Of Love
Members: Mark Meyer (drums, percussion), Carl Dupree Pink (vocals, acoustic guitar), Nick Panousakis (guitar), Damien Steel Scott (bass and backing vocals)
The Fallen Saints Of Love are best described as a funky bluesy rock/pop outfit. The 4 piece group features some fine young (but mostly a little older!) players producing 80% original material with the remainder drawn from some of the most respected contemporary writers in the business. Individually, The Fallen Saints members have recorded or played as band members with Marcia Hines, Richard Clapton, Moving Pictures, Marc Hunter, Angry Anderson, Grace Knight, Brian Cadd, Troy Cassar Daly, James Blundell, and American acts Stacey Dean Campbell and Trisha Yearwood. About to record their first offering, the band are headed for the festival circuit but want to grow over the next year in the Adelaide pubs, to showcase their songs.
The Fallen Saints... play the Cavern Club on Friday 14 Sept
Illicit Eve
Established in late 2004, Illicit Eve is a talented rock band from Adelaide, S.A. consisting of 2 head banging blondes and a tight rythym section to boot!
Potent riffs, sometimes heavy, sometimes soft, guided by striking polished vocals, and their unique use of harmony proves almost refreshingly revolutionary.
Taking advantage of two vocalists (Emily Smart and Felicity Freeman), Illicit Eve are generating imaginative ideas with both their voices & instruments (Bass/Keys/Percussion/Guitar).
Illicit Eve's highly anticipated debut album Element Eleven arrived in stores in May 2005 and has received airplay Australia wide.
S.A finalists in the 2007 MTV Kickstart your career competition, they performed at the 2005 Adelaide Big Day Outand were the State Winners of the 2004 Jim Beam Campus Band Comp.
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