Recent Gigs

Hey there!

Over the last few weeks I’ve played a number of solo shows in Shepparton at the Yahoo Bar and The Workshop (Melbourne). I particularly enjoyed opening for ‘The Wild Women Show with Kelly Auty‘ at the Shepparton Arts Festival on the 14th March. This was held at Westside Performing Arts Centre, Mooroopna (over the bridge from my hometown Shepparton). Let me say that Kelly and her band were fantastic, and lots of fun to hang with backstage.

I must admit that stepping on stage to perform to a seated audience in the theatre type setting was a little daunting at first. I’m used to people buying drinks and making some noise, but there was none. All eyes were on the stage and I was thinking that perhaps I could have prepared a little something to say. Perhaps, I’ll keep that in mind for next time.  Before my final song ‘Wings of your Love’ I took the opportunity to talk about the need for us being more open to strangers and reaching out to our community. Although most of us weren’t affected by the bushfires directly (not to downplay this tragedy), each of us have spot fires in our lives and need the support of each other, possibly more now than ever. This topic is becoming ever more closer to my heart and I look forward to being actively involved in community building projects in the future.

Thanks to Kurt (Kelly’s Bass player) who put me onto Richard Thompson and John Martyn. I’ve been Listening to John Matyn’s ‘Solid air’ and ‘Bless the Weather’ albums. I highly recommend them, and any Nick Drake who I’ve only just discovered also.