2022 Music Festival
12pm Til 8pm Saturday the 30th Of April 2022
Line-Up
Blues Roulette
With humble beginnings at Melbourne venue ‘The Catfish’, the popularity of Blues Roulette and the nature of those ‘one night only’ performances have resulted in appearances at festivals and venues across the country, special themed events, national tours and CD recordings.
As an artist, primarily on Bass Guitar, Ben has performed and/or recorded with the likes of Dan Sultan, Lloyd Spiegel, Jeff Lang and Irish Mythen.
Through Roulette, Ben has become a sought-after promoter and agent. His credits include tours for Geoff Achison, the Kings and Queens East Coast tour and The Three Gringos among others.
Expanding on his industry skills, he is currently producing albums for Australian blues artists and facilitating their branding and merchandise concepts.
BLUES ROUTETTE LINE UP
JESSE VALACH, GUITAR
ROD PAIN, VOCALS AND HARP
ISEULA HINGANO, VOCALS
BEN WICKS, BASS
JOHNNY TESORIERO, DRUMS
MICHAEL J SHANNON, HAMMOND ORGAN
WEBSITE: https://bluesroulette.com/
VIDEO: https://youtu.be/ZgSqxKADAk8
Rambal
Rambal are a soul, funk, and blues band based in Melbourne, Australia. Previously called the Justin Yap Band, the group garnered national attention with their 2016 and 2018 releases ‘Let Love’ and ‘Live in Newcastle’, winning them Group of the Year at the 2017 Australian Blues Music Awards and a #1 spot on the Australian Blues Charts in 2017.
The band draw influences from the sounds of Muscle Shoals, New Orleans, and 70’s soul. In 2019 the band was renamed Rambal, adding the talents of Eva Reyne, Sam Watts, and Jordan Pereira to the line-up. Rambal have since taken an a more focused approached to their music, placing a higher priority on their original material, continuing forward with socially conscious songs, and grooving harder than ever before.
WEBSITE: https://rambalband.com/
VIDEO: https://www.instagram.com/tv/CZD4o9CMiSP/embed/?autoplay=1
Bourne, Neal, Jury & McKenna
Shannon Bourne - Guitar, voice.
Shannon is a master guitarist. Expect the unexpected, be amazed and blown away.
Starting with blues legend Chris Wilson, he has since written and performed with so
many of Australia's most acclaimed (ARIA award winning) and international
musicians, The guitar is the thing to make your heart sing but beware the sting!
Tim Neal - Hammond organ, piano, alto saxophone.
Tim is known as a flamboyant and creative musician and has recorded over 40 CD's
for both Australian and international artists. Always inventive, sometimes
unpredictable, he has a licence to excite and he's gonna exercise the right.
Danny McKenna - Drums/percussion.
Danny brings expressive performance to every show. He tours and records with Jeff
Lang and Mia Dyson, performs with Benny Walker, Magic Mountain Band, and
Dyson/Stringer/Cloher. His international tours include - Ben Caplan, Marlon Williams,
Gallie and Norwegian dark pop songstress Zia. The drums get the thumbs.
Wayne Jury - Voice, guitar, percussion.
Wayne learned from an early age that playing music was the best job on the planet.
He's done a lot of singing in one lifetime with Australian and international artists
across many genres. To sing is the thing, for the joy it can bring.
Listen up good people
The Three Kings
Officially formed in 2011 by Ian Collard (vocals, guitar, harmonica), Benny Peters (vocals and guitar), and Jason Liu Soon (drums), Three
Kings' self-titled debut album took out the award for best blues CD in The Age Victorian music awards only a fortnight after release.
The album entered the Australian Blues and Roots Airplay Chart at number two before shooting up to 6rst place.
Three Kings' hard-hitting greasy blues style takes you on a dangerous joy ride through the back roads end Juke joints of American music history, combining the sounds of artists like Kid Thomas, John Lea Hooker, Slim Harpo and Jerry McCain with their own original spin.
