Saturday 24th January, 2009

Babba

Babba

BABBA is the most exciting and musically accurate tribute to ABBA in the world. In a spellbinding performance of all the hits,BABBA takes you on a musical journey that will have you on your feet uncontrollably.

Since 1994 BABBA have performed all over Australia , Asia and New Zealand to sold out audiences and rave reviews. Benny, Bjorn, Agnetha and Frida have returned (with the help of a cryogenic freezer and some cosmetic surgery) to transport you back to the 70s with a show full of humour, great costumes, Swedish accents and fun-filled dancefloor action.

With spine tingling harmonies and a band that will rock your socks off, BABBA is simply the best night out in town.

Saturday 31st January, 2009

Jenny Morris

Christine Anu

Jenny Morris

Jenny Morris was born in New Zealand in 1956. She entered the music business in 1978, when she began performing in the all-girl group The Wide Mouthed Frogs. This was followed in 1980 by the band The Crocodiles, with whom she scored a Top 20 hit in New Zealand with 'Tears'. In February 1981, at the behest of manager Mike Chunn, The Crocodiles moved to Sydney, only to disband in July.

Morris began her solo career by singing the title track for the film Puberty Blues, which was a local box-office success in 1981. A follow-up single in 1982, 'Little By Little', failed to make an impact.

In 1983, Morris formed QED with Rex Goh (ex-Air Supply). The duo's debut single, 'Everywhere I Go', peaked at #19 on the Australian charts in early 1984, but a parent album, "Animal Magic", and two subsequent singles were less successful.

In October 1985, Jenny Morris released 'Get Some Humour', which again failed to chart. She then performed with The Rock Party and in 1986 released 'Everything To Live For', produced by Joe Wissert, Phil Rigger and Phil Beazley.

Morris's next single proved to be her solo breakthrough: 'You're Going To Get Hurt' hit #24 in August 1986, finally establishing her as a serious singer/songwriter.

In July 1987, Morris released her first solo album, Body and Soul, produced by Mark Moffatt and mixed by Tim Kramer. It sold over 70,000 copies in Australia (platinum status), and spawned a number of singles, the biggest of which, 'You I Know' (written by Neil Finn), reached #13 - her biggest hit to date. She won an ARIA for Most Popular Female Performer in 1987 and 1988.

Christine Anu

Anu was born into Cairns toTorres Strait Islander parents who were descended from the indigenous inhabitants of the Saibi and Mabuiag Island. As she was growing up, she lived with her five brothers and sisters and seventeen cousins in one house. When she was 17 she left home and lived in Sydney on her own.

Anu began performing as a dancer and later went on to sing back-up vocals for The Rainmakers, which included Neil Murray of theWarumpi Band. Her first recording was in 1993with "Last Train", dance remake of a Paul Kelly song. The follow-up, "Monkey and the Turtle", was based on a traditional story. After "My Island Home", she released her first album, Stylin' Up which went platinum and also gained her a position as a spokeswoman for Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders.

In 1995, Neil Murray won an Australasian Performing Right Association songwriting award for writing "My Island Home". Christine Anu won an ARIA Award for best female recording artist as well as a Deadly Sounds National Aboriginal & Islander Music Awards Award in 1996 for best female artist.

Black Sorrows

Black Sorrows

Saturday 7th February, 2009

Black Sorrows will be returning for their 3rd festival

So what do I love about making music?

For me, it’s always about the freedom. If I’m making music, I’m not thinking about anything else. I can actually get lost in it.

As a young kid, listening to the jukebox was my salvation. It was the only thing that would get me into another space.

Not only did I know every song on the radio, I knew every song my mother had in her record collection. My mother would sing; it made her happy. She was a big fan of Ray Charles, she loved to sing and dance to his records. My dad hated Ray Charles with his whole heart, he thought he was a shocker. So there was a bit of family conflict there.

I was born in Malta, the third of 10 children. We moved to Australia when I was two. In Port Melbourne, in the 1950s and the start of the ’60s, I first heard rock ‘n’ roll – Hit The Road, Jack, and Frankie Laine.

My father played the tuba, and my brother played the piano accordion – two things I could have done without!

As I kid, I would steal Shadows records. I was the typical Catholic kid: On one shoulder, there was the devil, going, ‘Take it!’. On the other, was an angel, going, ‘What do you think you’re doing?!’

Jane Rutter
P.S. I Love You

Saturday 14th February, 2009

Jane is returning to the Weir for her 10th festival

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Jane Rutter

Concert is called "P.S. I Love You"
Romantic Classical and Popular music for flute,soprano and piano.
Love is in the air!OnValentines day 2009At Mundaring Weir Hotel

works by Saint-Saens, Faure, Schubert, Gershwin, Kreisler, Cole Porter, Rodgers and Hammerstein and more.
Starring Queen of the Flute Jane Rutter
Special guest W.A's Taryn Fiebig ( Eliza inOpera Australia's "My Fair Lady")
with International concert pianist Mark Coughlan

Jane Rutter is one of Australia’s most brilliant and versatile musicians. She is one of the few classical flutists in the world with the ability to cross over into jazz and pop. Jane Rutter has performed in the UK, Europe, USA, South-East Asia, the South Pacific, South America and China. Since 1990, she has been a household name in Australia, appearing on every major television variety and current affairs show, including a 60 Minutes feature. At the 1992 Edinburgh Festival, her one-woman show, Tutti Flutti, was nominated for a Fringe Award. 
Taryn Fiebig - Soprano Taryn graduated from the University of Western Australia with a Bachelor of Music in Cello Performance and then commenced vocal training and went on to the Emerging Performers Programme at the Australian Opera Studio. Taryn also has a particular interest in early music and contemporary music, having performed and recorded with many leading ensembles worldwide including the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra and the English Chamber Orchestra.

David Helfgott

Saturday 21st February, 2009

David Helfgott

David Helfgott was born in Melbourne, Australia, in 1947 to Polish-Jewish parents.  After moving to Perth when he was five, David showed extraordinary pianistic talent.  In his teens, he won the state finals of the ABC Instrumental and Vocal Competition six times, and came to the attention of Daniel Barenboim, Julius Katchen and Talas Vassary.  Isaac Stern was so impressed with David's playing at fourteen that he urged overseas study for the young prodigy.  However, it was not until five years later that David went to London to study at the Royal College of Music with Cyril Smith, who wrote of his young pupil:

Now in his twenty-fourth year back on the concert stage, David continues to tour Europe, Asia, Africa and Australia to great acclaim and is still enjoying performing as much as ever.  He has released three CD's over the past few years, the latest, being available in May.  Called Helfgott Magic, this features many of his favourite works by Rachmaninov, Liszt and Chopin.

David is developing new and appreciative audiences the world over, an artist who has transcended previously-held views of performance and interpretation to touch and inspire whole new generations of music lovers with his special gift.

Kate Cebeberano

Saturday 28th February, 2009

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Kate Ceberano

Kate Ceberano's 17th album So Much Beauty is more than just her latest album, it is also the summation of everything that has made this Australian singer exceptional in the past and makes her exceptional still.

This is where she's come to, thanks in part to where she's been. So Much Beauty might even be the best album Kate has ever made, a remarkable consideration in a career that's seen so much success and variety.

From Kate's point of view she wanted to build on what she had achieved with 2007's platinum selling tribute to 80s music Nine Lime Avenue.

Kate explains: "There's this wonderful relationship between my tour manager, Ben Balfour, and my sound engineer, Steve Scanlon (co-producers) and my musicians, so we kept this really tight confidence amongst ourselves. We set the recording studio up in Steve's home so we could feel as uninhibited and loyal to one another as you do when you're performing live, and tried not to get too tricky with the post-production."

Glenn Shorrock & Daryl Braithwaite

Saturday 21st March, 2009

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Glenn Shorrock & Daryl Braithwaite

With a career spanning over 35 years, Glenn Shorrock is one of the elder statesmen of Australian contemporary show business.
A self-confessed child of rock ‘n’ roll, he began singing in 1962. At the conclusion of 1974, Glenn returned to Melbourne to help form Little River Band as lead singer.

Daryl Braithwaite

In a distinguished career spanning over 25 years, Daryl Braithwaite is undoubtedly one of Australia’s premier entertainers. Respected and admired by his fans and peers alike he has forged a career to be proud of.