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ALL YOUR NORTH COAST ENTERTAINMENT ISSUE# 33.32 JANUARY 16 – 22, 2019
Queen Anne of Comedy
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YOUR COLLECTIVE WAKE UP CALL
SOUTHWEST FLUID GROOVERS BLUE CHILD COLLECTIVE ARE SET TO TAKE THEIR NEWEST OFFERING WAKE UP TO THE SOUND AROUND THE COUNTRY AS A 5-PIECE. THE PRODUCT OF POSITIVE COLLABORATION BETWEEN FRONTMAN DAN WHITE, KIWI DARLING EMJAY ANGENI, SAX MAN LINDSAY BAKER, AND MANY MUSICIANS FROM THE WIDER COLLECTIVE, WAKE UP TO THE SOUND IS AN ALBUM SPANNING COUNTRIES, CULTURES, AND COMMUNITIES. Featuring Bobby Alu on drums/ percussion, Ken Allars (Caravana Sun) on trumpet/keys, OJ Newcomb (Band of Frequencies/THUMP) on bass, and Angela Iimura on BVs, plus special features from Sol Carroll (Band of Frequencies/Afro Dizzi act) on vocals, and Taro Terahara on bansuri, the album is truly a collective effort exemplifying what can be achieved through human connection. Dan White spoke with The Echo. Tell me a little about the inspiration for the album. Wake Up to the Sound explores the concept of what we like to call ‘soundscaping’ – intentionally shaping, moulding, and creating your world using your thoughts, words, and actions. It’s about waking up to the realisation that we exist as part of a universe made up of energy vibrating at different frequencies, and how we all have the ability to effect change through our favourite art forms and daily life. How does living in Margaret River influence your sound? Do you find that the place where you live has a kind of vibe that permeates your sound at all?
One hundred per cent. I think you can always hear the environment in a song; it’s the context, the underlying story, that contributes to a tune, same as history. Margs is pretty mellow – we’re pretty much as far southwest as you can get in Australia – and I feel like you can hear the wildness of WA in a lot of the music coming out of here. I’m big on surfing, free-diving, and all things ocean based (especially on this beautiful coastline), and you can definitely hear that in our music. Listen to our single Dive from last year about underwater freefall. How has exposure on Triple J’s Roots & All increased your following? It’s always good to get out there on the airwaves – the more the better. Nkechi has a great audience and we’ve definitely seen more listeners as a result of her spinning our tracks on her show. You have been nominated for Best Regional Act in WA. Is it a struggle to find your way in a market that is usually quite city centric – or are things changing? It’s ironic, but unless you’re a regional act who visits the city regularly to perform
(we do half a dozen a year) then you don’t exist, so we like to keep a balance. We’ve attracted an awesomely loyal following around much of regional Australia and never want to lose sight of our roots in that respect. It’s a constantly changing landscape, and we’re forging our own path. How have your years of touring influenced this album? Much of it was written while touring our last album around Australia, and you can hear songs from all around the country (and farther afield) on it as a result – the Great Ocean Road, Ningaloo Reef, and India to name a few. All those years have made us better musicians and brought us many of the insights you can hear on the record. What should we expect for your Byron show? A mad Saturday night of feelgood funk and folk with a five-piece band at The Rails! We’ve got local lad Manoa opening up the night too, so get down early! At the Rails on Saturday at 7pm. Free.
Anne Edmonds is one of Australia’s most exciting standup, character, and banjo-playing comedians. Since bursting onto the scene in 2010 she has brought her exquisitely incisive characters, songs, and worldview to clubs and comedy festivals around Australia and all over the world. After a sold-out season and a prestigious peer award win at the 2015 Melbourne International Comedy Festival, Anne took her show You Know What I’m Like to London’s Soho Theatre in January 2016. She toured her 2016 Barry-nominated show That’s Eddotainment around Australia, stole the show in ABC TV’s Fancy Boy, and won the 2016 MICF Director’s Choice Award with the True Australian Patriots. No Offence, None Taken saw her nominated again for the Barry Award in 2017, and she followed it up with a successful run at the Edinburgh Fringe and a return to London’s Soho Theatre. Anne is also a familiar face on Aussie TV with appearances on The Project, Have you Been Paying Attention? and Hughesy We Have a Problem. Anne is coming to the Brunswick Picture House to premiere her new one-hour festival show before she hits the festival circuit. We found out a little bit more about what makes Anne tick… Every morning when I get up… I promise myself I’m not going on social media and five minutes later I’m scrolling away. If Donald Trump and I were locked in an elevator… I would get back firmly against the wall and try to defend my front. One of my worst habits… is sucking my thumb! I can’t stop even though I’m an adult. Something most people don’t know about me is… I suck my thumb. But the game is now up. My mother always told me… Don’t have children! Bit mean really. When I get drunk I have a habit of… karaoke! When it comes to undies I prefer the ones… that don’t ride up! I am amazed by all the girls with their bathers up their bums at the beach here. Doesn’t it hurt? Ouchies. People who shit me most are those who… walk slowly or are racist. My perfect Sunday includes… reading my book, eating whatever I want, and maybe start drinking gin at 3pm instead of 5pm. When I cook… I make a lot of mess and get angry and want it to end. When I was a kid I thought… you could sit on clouds, like a spongy seat. My parents were disappointed… Yes, they were. Oh well. Being a comedian is a bit like… Being the class clown for your whole life. When you come to my show… you’ll laugh for an hour and walk away feeling good because you have your life so much more together then me. Catch Anne on Friday at the Brunswick Picture House at 9pm & Saturday at 7pm. Tix can be purchased at brunswickpicturehouse.com.
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