ENTERTAINMENT
BYRON BADLANDS
LAUNCH THE PERFECT LOSER
VOCALIST KRISTINA KELMAN
works as an internationally respected music educator at the Queensland University of Technology. Kristina as selected many great standard tunes The Northern Rivers Big Band for your enjoyment including will be appearing in concert at Nice Work if You Can Get It by George Gershwin, It Don’t Mean the Ballina RSL this Sunday. Thing by Duke Ellington, Fever, Band leader Royden Ainsworth and Hoagy Charmichael’s Georhas chosen some great tunes gia on My Mind. starting with the theme from Male vocalist Kristian Keogh Star Wars, followed by many has some of the best sevenof the very best foot-tapping ties and eighties tunes for moments in jazz history, you including I’m Your Man by including George Gershwin’s Strike Up the Band, American Leonard Cohen, Me and Mrs Patrol by Glenn Miller, a great Jones by Billy Paul, You’ve Got arrangement of jazz-rock from a Friend from Carole King and Gordon Goodwin, The Jazz Crazy Love by Van Morrison. Police, and Doin’ Basie’s Thing, The band members are very Love for Sale by Cole Porter, happy to perform these excitplus some beautiful arrangements such as Fool on a Hill by ing and memorable melodies for you, as they are examples the Beatles. of the best music created in Jazz vocalist Kristina Kelman the 20th century. It is a real will be performing with the pleasure to experience the big band. Kristina is from sound of a large big band perBrisbane and has performed forming the best arrangements around Australia and Asia, ever produced. Europe and the USA with At the Ballina RSL from 1pm many artists including Don on Sunday. Tickets are $15.00 Burrows, Tommy Tycho and at Ballina RSL Box Office. Phone the Qld Symphony Orchestra. 6686 2544, online at www.balKristina has her own quartet in Brisbane,and performs with linarsl.com.au/entertainment/ bookings/ or at the Club on various corporate bands, has the day. recorded several albums, and
BIG BAND FOR BALLINA
BYRON BAY’S ROCK AND ROLL KINGPINS THE BADLANDS HAVE PUT THE FINAL TOUCHES TO THEIR HIGHLY ANTICIPATED NEW EP PERFECT LOSER. Pozible campaign we would not have been able to put together physical copies and release our EP.
The EP release marks the first successful attempt that the band have had to materialise their muchloved sound, having become one of Byron Bay’s most well-loved live bands over the past three years.
What is it about your sound that you wanted to capture during the recording process?
Tommy Flint spoke with The Echo ahead of their Byron launch.
In previous years we have focused most of our energies into our live Why did you decide to crowdfund shows, and in doing so our live sound your first release? grew while we found it difficult to Because our budget was blown in the capture this in the studio. It was important to us to create an EP that first half of production. embodied the sound that we create when we play live. What freedom did this give you?
What is the essence of the Badlands live show?
Crowdfunding our EP enabled us to put together a well-rounded package we believed the tracks deserved. We had unfortunately used all of our funds during the recording process and without the much-appreciated support of our fanbase through our
A powerful take-off… From the launch you can expect some new songs, some new life to our favourites and hopefully some good times!
What did you want to capture while recording your EP? We wanted to catch a true representation of where we where musically as a band at the that moment.
The essence of a Badlands show is four mates doing what they love most. What should we expect from our launch?
The Badlands play The Hotel Great Northern on Saturday.
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