Making the move from their hometown of Byron Bay to the busy artistic streets of Melbourne in order to follow their hearts and pursue their dreams has paid off big time for Blue King Brown. SEAN FRAZER chats to Natalie Pa’apa’a about taking the band’s unique style of urban roots to the world.
You were overseas earlier this year and you played a few festivals, SXSW and the Canadian music week to name a few. How was the response for you guys on the other side of the world? It was really great. The tour we did was basically a showcase tour. We performed at industry showcase events in Toronto, Texas, and even made our way to France. It’s always great to perform in front of a whole heap of people from other countries and spreading the word of Blue King Brown. We were away for three weeks, so it was quite short. We covered a lot of ground and got a lot done. We had a really great response and an awesome
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experience. I just watched the video of you guys collaborating with Gurrumul. How was it working with him? It was great. I loved working with Gurrumul. He is such an incredible artist — he’s one of those unique talents. He’s the kind of singer that you hear just once and fall in love with his sound and his art. We had performed that song [‘Gathu Mawula Revisited’] together at numerous festivals. Gurrumul loves playing with a big band and we’re all a part of the same kind of community. He wanted to play a song with us which was
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