LABJACD (pronounced 'lab-jacked') is a 9-piece latin
hip-hop outfit based in Melbourne drawing their
influences from everything from old school hip-hop and
jazz to Cuban salsa and even Andean folk music. The Age
newspaper described the band as "one of the best nights
of live music you're likely to find in Melbourne".
Mia started writing music at 16,
feeling for the qualities she’d long admired in roots
music: “music from the heart,” is the best way she can
describe it, “music that’s trying to be honest. Genuine
music.”
Mia's latest album Parking Lots
was recorded by co-producer Lloyd Barratt and mixed by
internationally acclaimed producer Nick Launay (Lou
Reed, Nick Cave, Silverchair) Parking Lots delves into
raw, impassioned territory. It launches from a rock
solid ground of roots influences, with wild songs of
love, devotion, gratitude and dispossession. There is a
sense from the album’s opener ‘Roll Me Out’ that one is
in assured hands, Mia Dyson has arrived.
Hand picked from the pack by touring circuit staple, Mia Dyson, Liz was
recently secured for a national tour with the Aria award winner. In
addition she has performed glowing supports with other indie
dignitaries such as Jen Cloher & the Endless Sea, Ash Grunwald &
Jess McAvoy, and is now much sort after on the national music
festival cicuit.
Her innate musicality merged with a true storytellers soul, makes
for a truly powerful and unique performance, and leaves the listener
with a feeling of having uncovered an emerging artist of
significance. A passionate advocate of independent music, Liz’s has
recorded and produced “Soon” A truly exceptional independent
release. Amazingly & without label backing, Liz has a ground swell
of interest within the independent and greater music industry, and
in an ocean of mediocre singer/songwriters, Liz is the
quintessential breath of fresh air.
A difficult genre to place, she has seamlessly fused folk, blues,and
bluegrass in the most gentle of recordings that packs dynamite when
the mood calls for it.— Sam Fell, Inpress Magazine
Sime Nugent is considered to be one of Australia’s great
songwriters with one of Australia’s great voices.
In Fourteen years at the coalface of live and
recorded music, Sime has toured nationally and
internationally throughout Australia, Europe and America
and released nine albums. His debut solo album
”Broke and Banned songs of Sime Nugent” is his tenth
release. Originally from Melbourne, Australia; the
son of Irish generational musicians
and writers, Sime has performed with many bands.
"Not quite country, not quite folk, and not quite pop, but an exciting
mutt of all of the above and more." Xpress Mag, WA
South Australia's The Audreys feature the sultry voiced Taasha
Coates, her 4 dapper suited boys and an array of banjos, ukuleles,
guitars, violin, double bass and drums. Their debut album Between
Last Night And Us was released in February 2006 on ABC Roots/Warner
Music Australia to rave reviews, and singles "Oh Honey" and "You and
Steve McQueen" have been heard on the airwaves throughout the
country. The album was released on Canadian label True North Records
in June, and the band spent May, June and July touring Europe and
Canada before returning to do a Triple J presented national tour of
Australia. A favourite at festivals and clubs alike, their shows are
exquisite, enchanting and always unforgettable.
"I've gone a bit country since I met you baby, I used to be so
rock-n'-roll..." Banjo & Violin, The Audreys
Multi Award winning artist Heather Frahn owns one of
Australia's finest voices. She's performed
professionally for almost half her 27 years, starting at
the age of 14.
Now a 2005 Young Citizen of The Year Award Winner
Heather Frahn, fuels her music with a vibrant young
woman's passion and delivers with a deep, dynamic voice
that is undeniably her own. Her earthy music resonates
with audiences combining “voice for the heart, groove
for the body and lyrics for the soul.” She draws on
blues, funk, roots and new folk creating her own sound
best described as “Vocal Driven Acoustic Groove”.
“Like the exciting 1960s E-type Jaguar sports car, South
Australian jazz quintet etypejazz accelerates through
the tracks of its latest CD, Under the Influence, with
flair, charisma and soul. In this seventh CD, recorded
with new vocalist Katrina Ryan, the band has gone to
another level of sophistication… ” Anne Lim, The Weekend
Australian; May 2005
Winners at the past two ‘Australian Live Music Awards’,
etypejazz is one of Australia's hottest commercial
contemporary/ jazz bands. Latest album, UNDER THE
INFLUENCE débuted at #2 on the national jazz charts and
takes the band into a new space being described as
“their hottest release to date”.
Dada Nii has performed at festivals, private functions
and corporate events across Ghana, the UK and Australia.
He has taught stressed business executives to relax to
the soothing rhythms of West Africa, introduced scores
of people to the joy of drumming though his community
classes, and has entertained hundreds of children and
their teachers in his workshops for schools, colleges
and kindergartens.
During his career Dada Nii has worked with some of
Ghana's top musicians including Okyreme Asante, Pat
Thomas and the internationally acclaimed group 'Wulomei'.
He was the lead singer of Ebaahi Sounds for twelve years
and recorded five albums with the group. During this
time he also performed alongside Fleetwood Mac in the
1982 film The Visitor.
Kaurna Plains School is an Aboriginal Reception to Year
12 school. Kaurna language and culture form an important
part of the curriculum, which covers the breadth of the
standard public school program. High school
students use the internet in a unique way to learn
science. This pioneering work in using multimedia
streaming to conduct science lessons has since been made
available to all the schools in the state.
Student achievements include public performances in
traditional song and dance, and exhibition of artwork in
galleries. The school continues to grow and
develop, with the construction of a wetland, and an
additional classroom this year.
INDIGENOUS PERFORMERS MANAGEMENT or IPM is South
Australia’s only owned and operated Aboriginal
performing arts agency. As well as representing several
free-lance artists, the company provides industry advice
in events management, production consultation and are
specialists in the delivery of creative, innovated
cultural and contemporary productions.
NUKANYA is a theatrical representation depicting the
traditional styles of Aboriginal ‘song, music and dance’
.The word is dirived from Ngarrindjeri language group of
the Kurangk (Coorong) and lake regions in South
Australia. When translated it means “to see you later or
again”, a commonly used phrase within the Aboriginal
community around Adelaide.
Las Chicas Bombas performed at last years Peace Festival
and were a firm favourite, especially with the boys….
The got the crowd up and dancing with Cuban salsa,
Dominican merengue and Brazilian Samba.
The group is a part of La Bomba Productions Australia
and this year, the girls will be accompanied with males
dancers also, a total of 8 dancers with a special mix
just for us ranging from Afro-Latino/Brazilian/belly,
plus 2 live percussionists/drummers
Sebastian Carboncini is a performance artist who has
graced the stages locally, nationally and
internationally for the last eleven years in many
formations. He has played at two Adelaide Big Day Out
Festivals, performed at four Adelaide Fringes and one
Adelaide Cabaret Festival and is about to have his ninth
solo photographic art exhibition.
The Elite Accordion Group was re-established in 1984 at
the SAADV. We now have ten regular players, most of whom
have been enthusiastic supporters for the last decade.
The Accordion Group welcomes anyone interested in
joining.
Under the dedicated professionalism of our Musical
Director, Mr Carlo Anzellotti, the group has reached
a high standard of performance. The repertoire consists
of waltzes, polkas, marches, tangos, classical and
general international music.
