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Andrea Marr

Multi-Award Winning Blues Vocalist and Songwriter
Owner/Director of Andrea Marr Music School

Andrea Marr is a multi-award winning Melbourne based blues and soul singer/songwriter. Previous bands include Andrea Marr Band 1999-2017 Andrea Marr & The Funky Hitmen 2012-2018. Currently Andrea performs as part of The McNaMarr Project and Urban Praise Gospel Choir. Andrea is also a vocal coach and has run her own music school in Melbourne Australia since 1996.
2020 Blues Music Victoria Hall of fame
Nominee
2019 Winner - Vic/Tas Blues Awards Album
Of The Year (McNaMarr Project Holla
& Moan)
2019 Winner - Vic/Tas Blues Awards Song
Of The Year (McNaMarr Project - Holla
& Moan)
2019 Semi Finalist International Blues
Challenge Memphis TN
(McNaMarr Project)
2019 Blues Music Victoria Hall of fame
Nominee
2018 Winner - Blues Performer Of The Year
(McNaMarr Project)
2017 #1 Album Australian Blues and Roots
Airplay Charts (Andrea Marr - Natural)
2017 #1 Album Roots Music Report Soul
Album Charts USA
2017 #1 Album Roots Music Report R&B
Album Charts USA
2013 Semi Finalist International Blues
Challenge Memphis TN (Andrea Marr
Band)
2012 Blues Performer Of The Year (Andrea
Marr Band)
2009 Australian Blues Music Award Female
Artist of The Year (Andrea Marr - Little
Sister Got Soul)
2009 Vic/Tas Blues Award - Female Artist Of
The Year (Andrea Marr - Little Sister
Got Soul)
2005 Blues Performer Of The Year (Andrea
Marr Band)
2002 Vic/Tas Blues Award - Female Artist Of
The Year
Discography:
2018 Holla and Moan The McNaMarr Project
2017 Natural - Andrea Marr (with the Funky
Hitmen)
2014 Live at the MBAS House Of Blues
Andrea Marr Band
2009 Little Sister Got Soul - Andrea Marr
2005 Watch Me Work It - Andrea Marr
2002 Sassified - Andrea Marr
1997 Inheritance - Andrea Marr

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Molly Jean Morrison

Wearing her heart on her sleeve and dusting off trinkets she thought she had long forgotten about, Molly Jean is ready to share her tales of woe and whimsy. When asked 'What style of music do you play?', she sheepishly answers 'Is country/blues/show tunes/murder ballads a style?'

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KINGS VENGEANCE

King’s Vengeance are a heavy rock 3-piece hailing from Melbourne, Australia. With influences drawing from the classic rock, blues and heavy metal acts of the 60’s to today, their sound is a unique fusion of hard-hitting riffs, spirited lyrics and incendiary musicianship.

The band's debut single, "Down," was released on August 06 2021, with a music video for the song released on August 13.

Members
Dimitri Stathopoulos – Vocals/Guitar
Chris Stathopoulos – Drums
Ernesto Calderon – Bass

Deadnecks

Deadnecks are a Grateful Dead Tribute band from Melbourne, Australia.
With soaring guitar solos, three part vocal harmonies and tight improvisation. Deadnecks specialise in their own style of psychedelic folk country blues jams.

Tims tout and The Hoodoo Men

The Hoodoo Men deliver powerhouse and soulful blues at its best.

Singer, songwriter & drummer, Tim Stout is backed by Leigh Vial on bass to complete a solid rhythm section, and Jim Laing on ripping blues guitar.

The Hoodoomen album – Found The Blues – reached top 10 on the 2020 Australian blues charts. Tim and the Hoodoomen have featured at many of Melbourne’s leading blues clubs and venues.

The Hoodoo Men have been reimagined by Tim Stout the singing drummer and songwriter driving the ship ,with an independent album Found the Blues and joined by Jim Laing on Guitar and Leigh Vial on bass , they have found a big powerful blues sound guaranteed to please , get feet and hips moving and they are not to be missed.

The Caledonian Castaways

The Caledonian Castaways are a group of ex-pat Scot musicians from Melbourne. They perform their own songs of Scotland influenced by the blues and roots of the many bands they play with.

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Tillerman Pete

roots and blues infused.

With a blend of stomping slide guitar and acoustic story telling, Tillerman Pete draws on elements of the Blues, indie rock and folky fingerpicking to create a colourful take on life.

Kee'ahn

With a name coming from the Wik people, meaning to dance, to sing, to play, Kee’ahn aims to honour her name and Ancestors through her soulful music that weaves lush melodies and words reminiscent of heartbreak and healing. Kee’ahn released her debut single ‘Better Things’ on May 28, 2020. Kee’ahn was awarded the Archie Roach Foundation Award at the 2020 National Indigenous Music Awards.

Kee’ahn is a proud Kuku Yalanji, Jirrbal, Zenadh Kes song woman who has recently ventured from her home town in North Queensland, to pursue her dream in the Kulin Nation (Melbourne, Australia). With a name coming from the Wik people, meaning to dance, to sing, to play - Kee’ahn aims to honour her name and Ancestors through her soulful music that weaves lush melodies and words reminiscent of heartbreak and healing.

At 23 years of age, Kee’ahn already has an impressive number of performance credits to her name including: featuring at BIGSOUND2020, St Kilda Festival, Yirramboi First Nations Festival and at the Laneway Festival 2019 alongside Courtney Barnett, Cry Club, Jungle Cuffs, and Thelma Plum; as a feature artist with HOMELANDS at the National Woodford and Cygnet Folk Festivals; and with DRMNGNOW at Golden Plains, St Kilda Festival, Splendour In The Grass Forum and Dark Mofo.

2020 sees Kee’ahn in the studio working on her first EP ‘In Full Bloom’ after releasing her debut single ‘Better Things’ on May 28, 2020.

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Catherine Britt & Lachlan Bryan

The first offering from The Pleasures (Catherine Britt and Lachlan Bryan’s new outfit) is “The Beginning of the End”. Americana twang meets dirty rock n roll on this sassy single with its themes of mischief and recklessness - the perfect antidote for these austere times. Britt and Bryan’s perfectly matched vocals holler over a stomping, swaggering band, leaving us in no doubt that The Pleasures have come out swinging!

A 70s-psychedelia inspired music video accompanies the single, and it’s filled with the energy and intensity you can expect at The Pleasures’ upcoming live shows.

While Catherine and Lachlan already have established careers, this collaboration which began with a late-night sms exchange, quickly ascended into a feverish fortnight of writing and recording. The project represents a significant stylistic shift for both artists. Their debut album is already in the can and is set for release later in 2022.

“Lachlan and I have always clicked in life and in song” explains Catherine, “and we’ve always had an unspoken understanding and respect for one another. These songs came so easy - they flowed out of us like a raging stream. I just want more honest, real music in the world, and I couldn’t think of a better person to make it with!”

“I don’t think know anyone else who feels and understands country music the way Catherine does”, says Lachlan. “She sounds authentic because she is authentic. When she opens her mouth and sings you can hear the neon lights buzzing, you can taste the tequila and you can barely see for the cloud of smoke. It’s all that stuff that people try and fake – they try and put in on – but it’s like she was just born with it”.

“The Beginning of the End” was released January 21 2022 through Beverley Hillbilly Records via MGM Distribution.

The Pleasures will play their first shows in February at the following venues:

Wednesday 9th February – The Grant Junction Hotel – Maitland NSW

Thursday 10th February - Lazybones Lounge – Marrickville NSW

Wednesday 16th February – Ziggy Pops – St Kilda VIC

Thursday 17th February – Brass Monkey Cronulla NSW

A rescheduled show in April at the Welders Dog in Tamworth for

Tamworth Country Music Festival will be announced soon.

Brewster Brothers

John & Rick Brewster go back to their roots to bring you their unique style that reflects and embodies all of their influences.

From Rick’s early classical piano playing and subsequent soaring lead guitar solos to John’s young teenage years holed up in his bedroom engrossed with The Beatles, Dylan, The Band and the like – music that inspired them to become musicians and songwriters who have played to millions of people worldwide over their 45 year career in the music industry.

Now, in December 2020, Rick & John will present three exclusive shows for fans in Tasmania as they play the best of their repertoire which spans their entire musical career including Angels classics,Bob Dylan and their own original Brewster Brothers songs.