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anhattan-based gypsy punks Gogol Bordello have been doing their thing for 14 years now and on this, their sixth studio album, they show no signs of losing any of the unabashed exuberance and unpretentious punk energy for which they are synonymous. With a sound that is rooted in a punk rock aesthetic but tempered with manic Gypsy overtones, this album bounces along at a rollicking pace and offers up equal measure of sing-along moments with some accordion-soaked Gypsy groove. While they are definitely not trying to break any new ground this time around, some truly lush production really gives a spit polish to the Golgol sound. Standouts include the politically charged opener, ‘We Rise Again’, and the subtle ‘Amen.’ It’s hard to think of another band outside of The Pogues that manage to marry the world of music and punk, almost effortlessly.
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so sensibility-wise or aesthetically but more in terms of a spirit or energy – there is a spirit in the record that reminds me of ‘Memories and Dust.’” As is always the case with Josh Pyke records, ‘The Beginning and the End of Everything’ is an intensely personal work. It sees Pyke deal his own mortality and personal legacy, brought about by that most challenging of human endeavours, parenthood. “Anyone will tell you that becoming a parent is intense but it’s all the other stuff that it brings up like what sort of person do you want to be, what sort of legacy do you want to leave, how do you achieve that and what does it actually mean for you and how it
manifests in your day-to-day behaviours and your relationships with the world and creatively,” Pyke explains. “I’m writing songs to clarify my position on aspects of my life, my morality and my own goals and sort of putting reminders in my songs for myself that I want to behave in a certain way or achieve certain things. “People say music is a soundtrack to your life and my music is a soundtrack to my own life but, the thing I love about art and music is that you can interpret it in so many different ways. “When I studied art history and theory when I briefly attended uni, it actually used to bug me that you’d have these art historians saying, ‘This squiggle here is obviously meant to relate to the seventeenth century attitude towards women and hierarchy,’ and I’m going, ‘Is that actually true and what does the artist say about that?’” “Now, years later, being a songwriter and having work out there in the public and having people tell me their interpretation of a lyric, I totally disagree with my younger self.” “As soon as I write a song and I put it out there in the world, they’re not mine anymore. They’re just things that exist and have a life of their own and you have to let them go. That’s part of the stuff I’ve been dealing with as a father and also as a creative person who’s creating something and then letting it go, you have to let it do it’s thing.” Catch Josh Pyke performing will a full band at the Small Ballroom on Thursday, August 22.
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Fresh off the back of a massive 90-date US tour, which included a guest stint on iconic daytime soap, ‘The Bold and the Beautiful’, the girls just can’t wait to perform for their legions of Australian fans. “I am so excited to be touring Australia with Celtic Woman in September,” Celtic Woman member and Brian McFadden’s sister, Susan McFadden, said. “I was in Australia for promo with the girls last year and it was so amazing getting to meet our Australian fans. I can’t wait to perform in such a beautiful country in such fantastic venues.” Named the number one Billboard World Artist for the seventh time last year, Celtic Woman combines the talents of four gifted Irish women – vocalists, McFadden, Chloe Agnew, Lisa Lambe and violinist Mairead Nesbitt – whose dazzling performances combine the sounds and sensibility of Traditional Irish music with memorable original compositions and contemporary pop standards. The upcoming tour promises and exciting new stage production and the return of such enduring fan favourites as ‘You Raise Me Up’ and ‘Orinoco Flow’. Formed in 2004 by David Downes (former musical director of ‘Riverdance’), Celtic Woman was originally created for a one-off stage show recorded for release. The self-titled CD and DVD quickly climbed to the top of the Billboard world music chart and stayed there for a recordsetting 81 weeks – bested only by their follow-up ,‘Celtic Woman: A Christmas Celebration’. Singing songs of love, hope, loss and inspiration, Celtic Woman celebrates the emotional resonance of Ireland’s centuries-old musical and cultural heritage while taking advantage of the limitless options of state-of-the-art production.The result is a truly a breathtaking musical and theatrical experience. Celtic Woman will perform at the Newcastle Entertainment Centre on Friday, September 20. Tickets are available through Ticketek. TE is giving you the chance to win a double gold pass to see Celtic Woman. To enter, email your name and contact details to editorial@newcastlepost. com.au with ‘Celtic Woman’ in the subject line by no later than 5pm on Tuesday, August 8. Winners will be notified by phone.
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hile he is perhaps best known to the majority of Australians, as the mutton-chopped singer who, thanks to brilliant renditions of such rockers as the Stones’ ‘Sympathy for the Devil’ and Sam and Dave’s ‘Hold On, I’m Comin’ on season two of hit TV show, ‘The Voice’, Simon Meli is also the frontman of rock and soul revivalists The Widowbirds, who are set to blow the doors off the Cambridge when they hit town next week. While Meli’s profile had been raised quite considerably since ‘The Voice’, The Widowbirds had already been pricking up quite a few ears both here and abroad – not least for their barnstormirng live show, but also for their muscular debut album, ‘Shenandoah’. “Yeah, for the indie market, the album has done really, really well – we’re all really proud of it,” Meli told TE. Produced by Noiseworks guitarist Steve Balbi, ‘Shenandoah’ is all about lapsteels, dobros, a gritty southern aesthetic and that ever-present and brilliantly mesmerising Hammond organ and boogie piano. With influences coming from the likes of
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without setting your mouth on fire. Our favourite mains were the Almond Chicken and the Pineapple Fried Rice. I’m that person who goes to steakhouse and orders chicken, so to impress me, it has to be fantastic and the Almond Chicken certainly was. Crunchy yet succulent, I could have easily enjoyed another plate. Pineapple Fried Rice was something I had not tried before, and it makes standard fried rice seem dull in comparison – the generous pieces of pineapple give the rice a pizzazz I have never experienced. Finally, desert. You may think you’re fuller than a stuffed chook, but if you skip the deep fried ice cream, you will most certainly regret it.
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fter three years in the pipeline, the wait is finally over for Sydney-based folk-popster Sam Buckingham’s second long player, ‘I’m A Bird’. Buckingham offers up twelve tracks of subtly-sweet folk-pop on ‘I’m A Bird’, which is tempered by her engaging and unpretentious vocals. Speaking to TE, Buckingham said that she was glad to finally be able to see the light at the end of quite a long tunnel. “Yeah, it’s such a nice feeling to have the album out there – it’s been three years in the making, it was quite a long process but it’s definitely been worth it.” Buckingham, who has released three EPs – ‘Fragile Heart’, ‘Gravity’, ‘My Own Horse’ and one album, ‘Daydreamer’ – said that her latest long-player was her most fully-realised work to date. “It’s a very thought-out album,” she said. “It was pieced together over quite a bit of time and I ended up with around 50 songs that were culled down to the final twelve that ended up on the album. “Because the songs were written over
that three-year period, I did kind of worry that the album wouldn’t make sense but, I think that because the songs are all written based on my own experiences and perspectives, it’s kind of a chronicling of three years of my life.” Buckingham reunited with producer Paul McKercher (Sarah Blasko, Pete Murray, You Am I), who she worked with on the ‘Fragile Heart’ EP and she said that there was no-one else she would’ve rather worked with. “We had created a very good working relationship previously and that helped enormously. We both had a very clear idea of what we wanted and how we wanted to achieve it. Paul is also just amazing to watch in the studio.” While most artists will take the tried and tested pub circuit route, Buckingham has taken a different approach. She prefers to take her music to the people directly, playing in the houses of fans. “The house parties are just such a rewarding experience and so important to me,” she said. “You tend to build up quite an intimate connection with people when they welcome you into their homes.” Catch Sam Buckingham when she plays at the Royal Exchange Theatre on Saturday, August 10.
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