Media Kit Festival of Small Halls Summer Tour 2019
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MEDIA KIT FESTIVAL OF SMALL HALLS SUMMER TOUR 2019 Event Festival of Small Halls Presenting Line Woodfordia Inc in partnership with Cygnet Folk Festival, Illawarra Folk Festival and Woodford Folk Festival presents Festival of Small Halls Summer Tour 2019 featuring Fru Skagerrak and Liam Gerner Tour Partners Cygnet Folk Festival, Illawarra Folk Festival and Woodford Folk Festival Artists Fru Skagerrak (DEN/NOR/SWE) Liam Gerner (AUS) Regional Partners See Locations Tour Announce Date 8 November 2018 Tickets On Sale 8 November 2018 www.festivalofsmallhalls.com Prices vary by location Web www.festivalofsmallhalls.com Twitter site: https://twitter.com/SmallHallsAUS Handle: @SmallHallsAus #HallsSummer Instagram https://www.instagram.com/smallhallsaus/ MEDIA KIT FESTIVAL OF SMALL HALLS SUMMER TOUR 2019 YouTube http://www.youtube.com/user/festivalofsmallhalls Facebook https://www.facebook.com/festivalofsmallhalls Attachments/Provisions ● Artist biographies ● About Festival of Small Halls ● Locations, local partners ● Media release #1 + Simple Promo Paragraph ● Logo (1) ● Artist Images (3) PUBLICITY CONTACT: Sophia Broese van Groenou, Publicist [email protected] +61 413 897 880 Artist Biographies 3 Fru Skagerrak (DEN/NOR/SWE) 3 Liam Gerner (AUS) 5 Tour Location Details 7 General Promo 8 FROM PREVIOUS ARTISTS 9 FROM OUR PATRONS 11 IN THE MEDIA 11 MEDIA KIT FESTIVAL OF SMALL HALLS SUMMER TOUR 2019 Artist Biographies Fru Skagerrak (DEN/NOR/SWE) Short Biography Fru Skagerrak takes you on a journey through Scandinavia; from lowlands to mountains, from slow airs to roaring polkas, and everything in between. Three master musicians from each of the Scandinavian countries - the result is an explosion of the sounds that exist in Scandinavian traditional music today. Full biography The music of Fru Skagerrak takes you on a journey through Scandinavia; from lowlands to mountains, from slow airs to lively polkas, in major and in minor, and everything in between. Fru Skagerrak- ”Lady Skagerrak” - are three master musicians - one from each Scandinavian country: Maja Kjær Jacobsen from Denmark, Elise Wessel Hildrum from Norway and Anna Lindblad from Sweden. In 2011, these three globetrotting musicians met for the first time at Tønder Festival, Denmark’s biggest Folk Festival, in a roaring session that had engulfed the backstage bar. Through the mayhem of tunes you could feel a certain Scandinavian groove, and in that moment the connection between these three fiddlers was clear. After meeting at Tønder Festival for three consecutive years, Fru Skagerrak finally saw the light of day in August 2014. MEDIA KIT FESTIVAL OF SMALL HALLS SUMMER TOUR 2019 The trio brings together the diverse traditions from each of their homelands, which surround the Skagerrak strait. Through a repertoire of traditional tunes, new compositions, and songs in their respective languages, they express their kinship and love of their shared heritage. The result is an explosion of the sounds that exist in Scandinavian music today. The self-titled debut album was released in May 2016 and their second album “Ankerdram” was released in April 2018. http://fruskagerrak.com https://www.facebook.com/fruskagerrak https://www.instagram.com/fruskagerrak/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDhcBKvZqorgtPMcoWJSYFA "The album brims over with confidence and bravura, and the material and performances to match. There's astonishing power and fire in the unison playing, and even the oddities come out grinning. A definite triumph" - fRoots (UK) "If you manage to sit still while listening [to this album], I will be impressed. Instead, you should shake, not only your behind, but all the people you meet on your way while you listen" - Folkemusikk.no (Norway) “Music that reaches your heart” – GAFFA (Denmark) ★★★★ “Blazin’ fiddle playing” - Flensborg Avis (Germany) ★★★★ “Powerful, energetic, elegant and beautiful.” – Folkworld (Germany) “Their name is like a bridge, and their music comes from the heart of their countries. They draw from the richness of their folk traditions, and build on it with their own pieces.” – Folk Magazin (Germany) “Invigorating beyond measure, this is the kind of record that immediately establishes itself in your mind. And when it ends, you are happy to play it once again. That - ladies and gentlemen - is a rare thing.” - GAFFA (Denmark) ★★★★ You can't pull away from the flowing arrangement of the “Polonaise från Sexdrega”. These three talented musicians show that it's possible to give life to the traditional music without wanting to be modern at any cost. - Le Canard (Belgium) The repertoire is beautiful in its simplicity, at times rhythmical without being frenetic, or sad with a charming, more intimate sweetness. With its airy sound, the album immerses us in a Nordic atmosphere, both ancient and at the same time hard to define in the present. A very beautiful album. - Le Devoir (Québec, Canada) MEDIA KIT FESTIVAL OF SMALL HALLS SUMMER TOUR 2019 Liam Gerner (AUS) Short Biography: Liam’s a 35 year old singer songwriter who’s toured his story songs and played guitar for artists through Europe, USA and Australia including Ryan Bingham, Paul Weller, Jason Isbell, Robbie Fulks and more. He’s released two albums and a book of original songs ‘Ukulele Songs By Kids For Kids’. Full Biography Steeped in blues and country music, Liam Gerner left the Adelaide Hills to try his luck in London. The young guitar slinger quickly made a strong impression and earned a crust opening for Paul Weller, Jason Isbell, Drive by Truckers, Paolo Nutini and many more. Liam then headed to the US, joined Texan country rocker Ryan Bingham’s band and experienced frontline American roots music. Returning to Australia in 2014, Liam released his debut album ‘Land Of No Roads’, a startling collection of original songs he composed while touring with Bingham and cut with some of LA’s finest players and his follow up ‘Liam Gerner and the Sunset Pushers’ (2017). Since then Liam has been touring relentlessly throughout Australia, New Zealand and the USA. Now based in Melbourne, Liam has developed his songwriting, collaborated with local musicians and formed The Sunset Pushers, a band as fluid and soulful as his songs. Liam tours extensively in Australia/New Zealand and is an in-demand guitarist working touring and MEDIA KIT FESTIVAL OF SMALL HALLS SUMMER TOUR 2019 recording with The Eurogliders, Pnau, Pnau & Elton John, records with Empire Of The Sun, and Vika and Linda Bull. “Since returning to Australia, much of my writing has been focussed around my connection to home," says Liam. "That being the conflicting emotions and realities of what it means to be Australian. My blood has been reboiled by listening afresh to Midnight Oil, Archie Roach and The Cruel Sea while my mind's been expanded by the bush poetry of Don Watson, Neil Murray and Banjo Patterson.” The result of all this touring, listening, collaborating and writing is a new album, Liam Gerner and The Sunset Pushers. Recorded in both Melbourne and Malibu, this album finds Liam sweating raw roots rock'n'roll. “What drives me is the storytelling, great musicianship, books, laughing, politics and matters of the heart.” says Liam. “Recently I have got off my solo-donkey and collaborated as much as I can in the writing, recording and gigging process." Liam Gerner and the Sunset Pushers’ he fuses the sound of the outback with that of rowdy Texan bars. Here the hardest working man in Oz rock defiantly comes into his own as a major singer and songwriter. “While touring a few years ago in the US in Ryan Bingham's band I got to meet some heroes in the US," says Liam. "I got to play songs with Jackson Browne in LA, trade licks with Dale Watson in Austin and jam with locals in South Central LA juke joints. I even got to play Johnny Cash’s J200 at Marty Stuart's house and discuss songwriting with Tom T Hall in Nashville. All these experiences helped prepare me for working in the Australian music community. And embracing my US and Australian influences and musical friends has helped shape my new music.” Liam Gerner and The Sunset Pushers was released in June 2017. Liam Gerner and his collaborator Nashville based Luke Moller recorded ‘The Bulletin Debate’ a collection of poems Liam turned to song. The poems were written in 1892 between Henry Lawson and Banjo Patterson, printed weekly in the Bulletin newspaper and reflect their differing opinions about our relationship with the Australian bush. This album will be released in 2018. http://liamgerner.com/ https://www.facebook.com/LiamGerner/ https://twitter.com/liamgerner https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLEiF9V2UwX0eaerJDi5Gdg - “Liam is an extraordinary musician. Both as a songwriter and performer Liam is a force to be reckoned with.” Ryan Bingham MEDIA KIT FESTIVAL OF SMALL HALLS SUMMER TOUR 2019 Tour Location Details Tickets available at Jan-01 Woodfordia, QLD Woodford Folk Festival https://woodfordfolkfestival.com/ Tickets available at www.festivalofsmallhalls.com or at Sticks & Stones, Shells & Bones, Stanley or at Jan-04 Stanley, TAS Stanley Town Hall Lizzy’s This ’n’ That, Smithton Tickets available at www.festivalofsmallhalls.com or at the Wonders of Wynyard Visitor Wynyard Theatre at The Wharf Information Centre. Ph. 03 6443 Jan-05 Wynyard, TAS Hotel 8330 Tickets available at www.festivalofsmallhalls.com or at Ulverstone Visitor Information Centre, 13-15 Alexandra Rd, Jan-06 Sulphur Creek, TAS Sulphur Creek Memorial Hall Ulverstone Tickets available