Nice solo showing coming up at Rhythm of the Bay Festival at Harrigans Drift Inn in sunny Queensland, Saturday 5th November.
Stoked to be sharing the stage with Pete Murray, Josh Pyke, and Nattali Rize [Blue King Brown].
Tickets are on sale HERE from 22nd July via Ticketmaster.
‘Sly Boots’ is the third single from our new album ‘SIERRA-KILO-ALPHA’, which was named in Rolling Stone’s ’50 Best Albums of 2016 So Far’.
Its Felix the Cat meets Monty Python on a Melbourne summer evening in Fitzroy. We’re just havin fun in the clip, which is exactly what we do on stage.
We worked with the Jacobsonson production team for filming/editing and Morgan Quinn for the cartoon characters. All filming was made up quick and on the spot, with a respect to the cartoons and animations that were part of our childhood.
The concept came from a short animation that Morgan (Rudekat) had done, we rang him and he said “skoopidorama. I’m flat chat and have to go away… but it sounds like fun… I’ll do it. What’s the Deadline?”
…We got it out before MSO hit the Main Stage at Splendour In The Grass and then head over to the UK in August, for 9 shows! The UK tour is in support of the new album release via Proper Music UK and will take in shows at London’s The Garage, Boomtown Fair, Kaya World Music Festival, and Edinburgh Fringe Festival (for 6 nights).
See you on the dance floor somewhere… Skavoovie!
GIVE AWAY!!
To celebrate the release of the new single, our good friends at iWorld Australia are offering another cool prize to win – A HolySmoke bundle that includes 1x Black Newnest Bluetooth Speaker (Normally $299.95) and 1x Black Motif Headphones (normally $49.95).
Simply head to our Facebook page to enter the comp:
https://www.facebook.com/MelbourneSkaOrchestra/
Hey folks, if you happen to be in New Caledonia next week, here is a run of gigs I’m doing with Pete (sax) and Dorian (trumpet/guitar) from MSO/Bustamento.
We’re collaborating with 3 great musicians from here as part of a musical exchange development initiative. The whole vibe is more of a Funk exploration with reggae undertones.
Playing some unreleased tunes and songs from my Solo, Bomba, MSO and Bustamento catalogue.
Looking like all gigs are going to be packed and lots of fun. Bless!
Exciting News!
I’m headed out to Belgrave, VIC this weekend to the Sooki Lounge for a night of good vibes, good food and a heady mixture of Reggae, Mento, and Calypso.
Also stoked to have the excellent Ben Kelly in support from from 9pm!
