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January 6, 2021 in Album Reviews: D Henry Fenton – Loneliest Boy In The World
January 5, 2021 in Live Music Reviews: First Sunday Blues Finds A New Home At Tracy Village
January 4, 2021 in Live Music Reviews: The Rails Rings In The New Year With Local Live Music
November 30, 2020 in Live Music Reviews: Clifton Back Live At The Yess
November 29, 2020 in Live Music Reviews: Crystal Robins Captivates The Darwin Entertainment Centre

Articles by Steve Kelk

D Henry Fenton – Loneliest Boy In The World

January 6, 2021

Sadness, Sung Sweetly D Henry Fenton at the Darwin Railway Club August 2017 D Henry Fenton epitomises the musical journeyman. Originally from Sydney but basing himself in the [...]

The Rails Rings In The New Year With Local Live Music

January 4, 2021

Okay, 2020 is done. Dusted. In the bin where it belongs. Gored Matadors at the Rails New Years Eve 2020 That is not to say that 2021 will automatically be 2020’s [...]

Clifton Back Live At The Yess

November 30, 2020

Darwin rapper Clifton was back at the Happy Yess last Saturday for a post-COVID-19 gig, his only one for 2020 due to the pandemic putting the brakes on several earlier [...]

Crystal Robins Captivates The Darwin Entertainment Centre

November 29, 2020

Emerging Darwin singer-songwriter Crystal Robins was given the honour of opening for Australian music legend Wendy Matthews at the Darwin Entertainment Centre (DEC) last [...]

Leah Flanagan Launches New Album ‘Colour By Number’ At The Rails

November 12, 2020

Leah Flanagan Last Saturday night saw the Darwin Railway Club swoon to the sublime vibes of NT singer-songwriter Leah Flanagan as she launched her new album ‘Colour By [...]

King River Rising Own It With New EP ‘Owe Your Own’

November 12, 2020

Melbourne Reggae Rock outfit with NT roots King River Rising have released their new opus ‘Owe Your Own‘ and yeah boi they nailed it. Simple as that. This [...]

Cabaret Comes To The Railway Club

October 9, 2020

Off The Rails was, well, off the rails! The NEO featuring everybody Foldback did something a little different two weekends ago – we took some snaps at the Darwin [...]

Music, Food & Movies By The Sea – Rachel Rachel & East Journey Cook Up A Treat At The BBQ Sessions

October 7, 2020

2020 might be a year that we would all like to forget, but parts of it are certainly memorable and for the right reasons. Foldback Media NT put on the second of their [...]

Introducing Global Music Match!

August 27, 2020

Colin Lillie – Youtube The NT’s Colin Lillie Connects With Artists Around the World Global Music Match unites 14 Music Export Programs for a world first! [...]

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january, 2021

20jan8:00 pmDaniel ChampagneTotem Theatre, Alice Springs

21jan8:00 pmDaniel Champagne - SOLD OUTTotem Theatre, Alice Springs

23jan1:00 amUnderground @ Smith St SocialSmith St Social

23jan3:00 pmWet Season Jam SessionsGroove Cafe Darwin

23jan7:00 pmDaniel Champagne LIVE at The Railway ClubDarwin Railway Club

24jan7:00 pmDaniel Champagne LIVE at The Railway Club - 2nd ShowDarwin Railway Club

26jan7:00 pmSunset Live Music: Mandy Boots & Phil GiffardEbb and Flow

28jan8:00 pmTex Perkins & Matt WalkerAraluen Arts Centre - Alice Springs

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Tex Perkins has played a key role in Australian music

It’s understandably difficult to pull together a coherent picture of a man whose career has taken in everything from the groundbreaking experimental punktonica of Sydney mid-80s noiseniks Thug to the lilting, dark country of his recent material with the Dark Horses.

From the hard edged pub rock of the Beasts Of Bourbon’s, a snarling slice of filthy pub rock to the evocative soundscapes of The Cruel Sea, whose extraordinary 1991 single ‘This Is Not The Way Home’ placed Perkins’ world-weary growl in a new musical context and heralded the emergence of an entirely original yet archetypically Australian sound.

Then there’s the Tex, Don & Charlie albums, which saw Perk
ins joining forces with the legendary Don Walker, Cold Chisel’s pianist and master songwriter and son of the Clarence Valley, and Charlie Owen, previously Australia’s best kept musical secret.

Now is Tex’s exciting new (and long over due) collaboration with Matt Walker (a great artist in his own right) for duo shows. It’s a blues swamp-groove kinda thing that’s a little reminiscent of some of the things in Tex’s back catalogue. Many new originals inhabit the setlist, but see them now while they still have to flesh out the set with a few Cruel Sea covers!

“Tex has the swagger, presence and indomitable attitude that comes from years of fronting some of Australia’s most intense and spirited rock’n’roll bands. His take-no-prisoners approach to performance comes with the sensibility of an artist committed to the subtle (and often unsubtle) nuances of his craft. Throw in an astonishing voice full of power and depth, mix it with a dry and sardonic sense of humour and what emerges is the reason there is only one Tex Perkins”.
(Stuart Coupe)

PERFORMANCES:
28th January @ 8pm

TICKETS:
www.araluenartscentre.nt.gov.au/whats-on

Time

(Thursday) 8:00 pm

Location

Araluen Arts Centre

61 Larapinta Dr, Araluen

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29jan8:00 pmDouble Gin & Tonic Connie B with Shellie Morris & Toni ChildsDarwin Entertainment Centre

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Connie B returns to the Centre with two world-renowned, award-winning singer-songwriters, Shellie Morris and Toni Childs. Connie B (Constantina Bush) is Australia’s premier Indigenous showgirl with a voice that has charmed audiences from the Sydney Opera House to Katherine, telling tales woven together with a wit that spares no one.

Inspired by Artback NT’s On the Couch with Connie B series that saw Emma Rowe as the first to ‘jump on the couch’ in September 2020, audiences will have another chance to dig deeper into the music and lives of Connie B’s guests…live and in person!

Connie B’s performance repertoire runs from Motown-style music all the way through to pop and her tunes are always accompanied by tongue-in-cheek comedy. You will never see Connie B in the same room as Kamahi Djordon King who was one of the first graduates of the Aboriginal Centre for the Performing Arts in 2000, who has since performed and toured with the Malthouse Theatre Company, ILBIJERRI Theatre Company, Finucane and Smith variety shows, and Yothu Yindi and the Treaty Project. Connie B has been performing since 2008, appearing at VIPAA Awards, Speigeltents, Darwin Festival and Sydney Festival.

Shellie Morris is poignant, knowledgeable and full of humour. Her illustrious career has balanced being one of Australia’s most celebrated singer-songwriters with her unwavering commitment to healing through music within communities. While she has been in the spotlight for many years with her involvement with Black Arm Band, Deadly Awards, ARIA nominations, Music Australia Award, NAIDOC Award, G.R. Burarrawanga Memorial Award and Australian of the Year Award, by and large, Shellie works on the ground reaffirming the identity of all those blessed to work with her.

Toni Childs – yes, that’s right – the American singer-songwriter best known for her songs ‘Don’t Walk Away’, ‘I’ve Got to Go Now’ and the Emmy-winning ‘Because You’re Beautiful’ will be adding her wisdom, warmth and music to the stage.

Your host will disarm you, encouraging you to laugh and cry with Shellie Morris and Toni Childs as you soak up their music.

Enjoy your Double Gin and Tonic!

TICKETS AND SHOW INFO
https://bit.ly/Double-Gin-Tonic

Time

(Friday) 8:00 pm

Location

Darwin Entertainment Centre

93 Mitchell Street, Darwin, Northern Territory 0800

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30jan1:00 amUnderground @ Smith St SocialSmith St Social

30jan3:00 pmWet Season Jam SessionsGroove Cafe Darwin

30jan7:00 pmTex Perkins & Matt Walker LiveDarwin Entertainment Centre

more

Event Details

Tex Perkins has played a key role in Australian music!

It’s understandably difficult to pull together a coherent picture of a man whose career has taken in everything from the groundbreaking experimental punktonica of Sydney mid-80s noiseniks Thug to the lilting, dark country of his recent material with the Dark Horses.

From the hard edged pub rock of the Beasts Of Bourbon’s, a snarling slice of filthy pub rock to the evocative soundscapes of The Cruel Sea, whose extraordinary 1991 single ‘This Is Not The Way Home’ placed Perkins’ world-weary growl in a new musical context and heralded the emergence of an entirely original yet archetypically Australian sound.

Then there’s the Tex, Don & Charlie albums, which saw Perkins joining forces with the legendary Don Walker, Cold Chisel’s pianist and master songwriter and son of the Clarence Valley, and Charlie Owen, previously Australia’s best kept musical secret.

Now is Tex’s exciting new (and long over due) collaboration with Matt Walker (a great artist in his own right) for duo shows. It’s a blues swamp-groove kinda thing that’s a little reminiscent of some of the things in Tex’s back catalogue. Many new originals inhabit the setlist, but see them now while they still have to flesh out the set with a few Cruel Sea covers!

“Tex has the swagger, presence and indomitable attitude that comes from years of fronting some of Australia’s most intense and spirited rock’n’roll bands. His take-no-prisoners approach to performance comes with the sensibility of an artist committed to the subtle (and often unsubtle) nuances of his craft. Throw in an astonishing voice full of power and depth, mix it with a dry and sardonic sense of humour and what emerges is the reason there is only one Tex Perkins”.
(Stuart Coupe)

PERFORMANCES:
30th January @ 8:30pm

TICKETS:
www.yourcentre.com.au/#!/events

Time

(Saturday) 7:00 pm

Location

Darwin Entertainment Centre

93 Mitchell Street, Darwin, Northern Territory 0800

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