A fantastic interview with Shane Budini from the much vaunted Australian Electronic Music blog….out September 22
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Firefly tour in full swing
The ‘Firefly’ tour is in full swing at present and I am just over halfway through it having just completed the Central West run. Last weekend was action packed with 3 packed shows and lots of press and radio.
There was a radio and press interview with Marlene from Radio Blue Mountains and the Blue Mts Gazette during the week. There was also a live to air with Mal Rock at 2MG Mudgee on the Friday arvo. Friday night was at Roths Wine Bar Mudgee which had sold out at 5.00pm and I was to be joined there by local Beatles fanatic Harry Gibbons onstage. Together we played 6 Beatles songs much to the delight of the packed house.
Saturday a quick busk outside Mudgee Booknest was followed by a quick reconvening and rehearsal of the infamous percussion group ‘Kings of Congo Congo’. The 3 short sets at Flavours of Mudgee have been legendary since 2011 and we basically form a second line New Orleans style to open the event in spectacular style. This year we were joined by ‘Carmen Miranda’ and her bubble machine which made it very psychedelic surrounded by big bubbles.
Sunday night was at the intimate surrounds of the fabulous ‘Bootlegger bar’ in Katoomba and again another packed house and the night was a great success and I even pulled out ‘Bike’ by Syd Barretts Pink Floyd. I got to meet the best promoter in the Blue Mts , Charity Mirow who got me the gig.
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Firefly single live now!!!
The new single ‘Firefly’ is live now on spotify/youtube
There is a new LP of ‘Music at Night; Selected Ambient Works 1994-2014’ being released November 2022 including 6 reworkings and 6 unreleased songs of which the first single ‘Firefly’ is set for a September 1 RELEASE. The album will also be available as a CD at shows and on Bandcamp as well as the usual streaming platforms
Richard is performing and touring regularly on the South Coast and throughout NSW and plans are also underway for his works to be scored, performed and recorded by the esteemed classical ensemble ‘The Acacia Quartet’ later this year, with applications to several major classical music festivals in the pipeline.
‘Music at Night; Selected Ambient Works’ will be available November 2022 and the first single ‘Firefly’ is available September 1 on Spotify/YouTube/Apple music
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FIREFLY NEW SINGLE OUT SEPTEMBER
Coming in September is the new single ‘Firefly’ from the forthcoming Compilation LP ‘Music at night’ Selected Ambient works 1994-2014
It features a little help from my friends in the forest
It features a little help from my friends in the forest
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NEW EP ‘GLOW BABY’ OUT IN MAY 2022
The new 4 track EP with lead track ‘Glow Baby’ is set to be released in late May 2022 featuring some very special guests and instrumentation…previews coming soon
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New EP Airs and Graces out now
The 6 track EP featuring lead track ‘Kingdom Come’ is available now on Spotify/Youtube/Apple Music and Soundcloud. Already on rotation on local ABC South East
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Kingdom Come on youtube
The new 6 track EP is out on Spotify/Youtube/Apple on Aug 28
Recorded totally at home at an isolated farmhouse in the Central West of NSW, it is a 6 track EP of Electronic pop and soundtrack works.
Listen to a taster here
Just released….a new Vinyl only compilation of Lime Spiders outtakes and rarities from the late 80,s and early 90,s. It includes lots of tracks from the fertile Beethovens Fist sessions which yielded up to 22 songs
Link here to buy and remember its ONLY available on Vinyl…no plans to put it up on Spotify yet
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The Lone Band!!
The Lone drummer has now got some powerful allies who joined him to form a ‘Lone Band’ to fight injustice on the environmental front.
Richard Burgman [SunnyBoys], who now lives in Kingston Canada and Jon Schofield [Paul Kelly] have donned the mask and cape to play guitar and bass respectively
We did an environmental version of the ‘Bad News’ song as originally performed by the ‘Young Ones’ band spinoff for the Forest Embassy.
We are performing live at the ‘National Forest Uprising’ on Parliament House lawn in Canberra at midday on Wed Feb 13 and I am hoping for a live to air or pre recorded spot with Canberra ABC Radio that morning for publicity to play the song acoustically. #NationalForestUprising #EndNativeForestLogging2020
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Illawarra Folk Fest epiphany!!
Ha!!
Only been here a day and just seen myself as featured artist in program. Wondered why there were so many people at Beatles and Folk talk/ show yesterday in the Show Pavilion. Hell they’d even heard about me at registration tent. It went really well…I always gauge how it went by sound guys reaction…very nervous and hot at start and my right hand was a bit shaky until about the 6th song. Found myself able to discourse freely on the subject of Beatles and Folk Music quite easily without a script and even ventured back further with Scarborough Fair into the middle ages. It was an epiphany doing this style of workshop/gig and I will definitely be applying at more festivals with this in mind. I have the points on the board now
After maybe 2-3 hours sleep on the beach in stifling overnight temperatures. Freedom on the beach was amazing and I was playing guitar at 4am at Bulli Beach before venturing in for a surf at 5am with the pre dawn
Damion Stirling from Swingbooty/ Beatmeisters jumped up with us on the Sunday morning gig at 9.30am in the Global Green tent. Small audience after yesterdays bonanza. Only thing is we changed the whole set round and adlibbed It was an experience for sure and pushed me right out of my comfort zone. At one stage we only played songs in 6/8
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