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Interview with Charles Walker and Leo Black of The Dynamites

by Lauren Sherritt

US funk masters The Dynamites featuring Charles Walker are in Australia delivering their unrelenting barrage of stripped-down, rhythmic R&B, funk and swinging soul!

Lauren Sherritt chats with singer Charles Walker and guitarist Leo Black and delves deeper into the soul of the band.

LS: You’ve been to Australia before, you played here last year?

Charles: Yeah we were there last year. This will be our third time.

Leo: Our first time was last April, then we came over for New Year and here we come again.

LS: And is Australia a country you like to tour in?

Charles: Oh yeah, very much so. We have a great time there and people really enjoy the music. It makes for a great tour.
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Take Five With… Jai Sparks | The Strums

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The Strums launch their debut EP @ The Beetle Bar, Brisbane on November 25th and they’ve lined up some of their oldest friends who coincidentally play in a few of the coolest rock n roll bands in Brisbane – The Mercy Beat, Bang Bang Boss Kelly, Get William – to help them celebrate… There might even be some sneaky DJ sets between the bands.

Take Five With… The Strums vocals/guitarist Jai Sparks

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Take Five With… Christian Tryhorn | Transvaal Diamond Syndicate

Its been an amazing year for Transvaal Diamond Syndicate (TDS)… inclusion in Australia’s premier Blues and Roots Festival, Byron Bay Bluesfest 2011, completion of their ‘Sins of the Blessed – East Coast Tour’ – some 35 dates over 2 months which sees the band travel from Cairns all the way down to Sydney, pretty much stopping at every city in between – as well as a number of confirmed festival dates and key support slots.

Life Music Media invites you to take five with… Christian Tryhorn | Transvaal Diamond Syndicate
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Interview with Danielle Spencer – Hopeful, Excited and Ready

Interview by Stuart Blythe
Australian singer/songwriter Danielle Spencer, currently on her “The Alone & Together” tour with Steve Balbi, is set to release her 6 track acoustic EP on November 18th (2011).

Danielle Spencer chats with Life Music Media.

You’ve been in the studio recently to record acoustic remakes of tracks from your first album ‘White Monkey’. How did this come about?
When I got back out on the road and starting playing some shows last year there were a lot of requests for tracks from my debut album ‘White Monkey’ and so we started playing them live and then people starting asking where they could buy them. The album was released in 2001 through EMI and is now deleted and largely unavailable, so I decided to record a 6 track acoustic EP which is available for sale at all the shows and online from November 18.
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Interview with Robbie Guertin | Clap Your Hands Say Yeah

by Stuart Blythe
With CLAP YOUR HANDS SAY YEAH set to grace our shores in November (2011) to play at Harvest Festival and a number of headline shows, Life Music Media caught up with Robbie Guertin (guitar, keyboard, backing vocals) about their new album, festivals and touring.

For fans who have not yet heard your new album “Hysterical”, tell us a little bit about the it. How has the creative process for the “Hysterical” album compared to that of the first two?
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Take Five With… Brodie-Ann Wright & Beau Badinski – Felinedown

  Brodie-Ann Wright (Vocals) & Beau Badinski (Electronics) of Brisbane based Electro-pop rockers Felinedown, just back from their national tour in support of their power-packed EP Trap Rebaited, answer a few quick fire questions for Life Music Media

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Take Five With… Bev Killick

Bev’s life has become all about boobs since she landed a role in the much-aired Berlei Ad for the Uplifting Tour of Australia and was asked to perform as a Bosum Buddy of Busting Out! Of course she accepted the Busting Out! offer and has now toured for the last 4 years in Australia, New Zealand and the UK and Edinburgh Festival. Bev is also doing solo stand up shows around the nation.

Take Five With… Bev Killick

Tell us a bit about your current show ::
I am currently back into Stand Up after touring extensively with Busting Out! I’m enjoying the freedom of expression.

:: Who is your favourite comedian? ::
Joan Rivers,she doesn’t censor herself and is my hero for that reason. I adore her!!!

:: Where do you find inspiration? ::
Life around me. You never know when a good bit or routine pops out of the blue. On a tram,on holiday,taking kids to school,talking with mates.

:: What is your favourite type of heckler? ::
The one that shuts up after you’ve made the perfect comeback.

:: What is the most memorable production or performance you have seen – something that really inspired you? ::
In the early days of my career I would sit and watch Live Stand Up around Melbourne and Sydney. I love a good live stand up show. Inspirational people to me back then were Vince Sorrenti, Judith Lucy, Rachel Berger, Pommy Johnson, Fred Lang, Darren Sanders.. to name a few.

:: Name a comic that you’d really love to support / tour with ::
Wayne Brady I have supported before,and would love to again. Joan Rivers would be a dream come true.

:: When you were younger you wanted to be ::
A Clown…….nothing else. I even told my Careers advisor that at highschool. I was called to the Principal’s office. They thought I was being a smart alec.

:: The best boredom buster is ::
Gardening. I love it. And I’ve been playing Words with Friends lately. It’s good when you’re on the road.

:: Biggest influence ::
Live Stand Up

:: Favourite website ::
Facebook…..an anything where you book a good holiday.

:: Favourite band? ::
The Jacksons

:: Favourite album? ::
Trini Lopez

:: Favourite food? ::
Homemade comfort cooking eaten with family and friends. Slow food.

:: Favourite drink? ::
At present a Sauvignon Blanc.

:: Favourite place? ::
Ghent, Belgium. Broome comes a close second.

:: Favourite season? ::
Late Spring.

:: Favourite book ::
Shantaram

:: Favourite film ::
The Color Purple

:: Your biggest aspirations ::
To be recognised as an actor as well as a comedian. To be cast in a Film or series.

:: Best piece of advice you’ve received ::
Be friends with everyone. You never know who you’re shaking hands with.

What’s next for Bev Killick?
Off on a working holiday on a P and O Cruise with my son. LA in November 2011 with Busting Out!

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Take Five With… Felicity Ward

– Pepa Wolfe
Take Five With… Felicity Ward

Felicity Ward is very honest. Painfully, brilliantly, hilariously honest.

Familiar to television audiences from her work on The Ronny Johns Half Hour and regular guest spots on the ABC’s Spicks and Specks and Channel 7’s Thank God You’re Here, the comedian is about to bring her self-depreciating, disarmingly charming self to Brisbane in her new show, Honestly.

Writing from Hong Kong, where she is currently touring with the Melbourne Comedy Festival Roadshow, Ward gave Life Music Media a brief taste of what is to come.
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Take Five With… Simone Romaniuk

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Take Five With… Simone Romaniuk

One of David Williamson’s most celebrated plays, The Removalists, is set to make a return to the Brisbane stage as one of the QTC’s education performances. An examination of police corruption, domestic violence and sexism in 1970s Australia, this new production begs the question, “How far have we really come?”

Working to recreate the look and feel of those times is production designer Simone Romaniuk, an Affiliate Artist with the QTC this year. A graduate of both NIDA and the Queensland College of Art, and with credits that span film, television and especially theatre, including the STC, Pacific Opera and Sydney Dance Company among others, Romaniuk took a break from the slightly abstract set and retro furnishings of The Removalists to share some insight with Life Music Media.
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Take Five With… Kat Henry | Interview

By – Pepa Wolfe

Take Five With… Kat Henry

Questions of family and loyalty crushed against the palpable spectre of hate crime and social violence; the QTC production of Orphans is currently receiving rave reviews. With an award-winning script by London playwright Dennis Kelly and in the hands of an exhilarating ensemble, this intense thriller is astounding Brisbane audience’s night after night.

At the helm of this visceral piece is director Kat Henry, who recently directed The Ugly One for indie company 23rd productions at Metro Arts. From within the swell of the Orphans experience, the NIDA graduate and Artistic Director of Stella Elektrika shared her thoughts with Life Music Media.
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Take Five With… Toby Francis | Interview

By: Pepa Wolfe
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Take Five With… Toby Francis

Toby Francis is making waves. Winner of the Annual Cabaret Showcase in Sydney last year and hot off the heels of an appearance at the Adelaide Cabaret Festival, the irrepressible young star brings his edgy rock cabaret show Bloklahoma! to Brisbane. Life Music Media takes a quick peek at the man behind the buzz.
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Take Five With… Gillian Cosgriff | Interview

by: Pepa Wolfe
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Take Five With… Gillian Cosgriff

After a great reception at the Adelaide Cabaret Festival, shiny WAAPA graduate and singer-songwriter with a penchant for quirky comedy, Gillian Cosgriff is excited to be returning to Brisbane with her own special brand of cabaret in Waitressing, and Other Things I Do Well. Fresh from an ash cloud-imposed cross-country tweet-fest and quite possibly about to do another, Cosgriff took the time to chat with Life Music Media.
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Take Five With… Jason Klarwein | Interview

By: Pepa Wolfe
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Take Five With… Jason Klarwein

Would you sell your soul for youth, fame, power and love? Michael Gow’s adaptation of the classic tale of Dr. Faustus, the man who sold his soul to the devil, is currently conjuring praise as it plays Brisbane Powerhouse. Presented by the Queensland Theatre Company, together with Bell Shakespeare, the twisted journey is imagined through a mix of live action, video and music – from German arias to death metal, and brought to torturous life by a wonderful cast.
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Take Five With… Mitchell Butel

By: Pepa Wolfe
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      Take Five With… Mitchell Butel

While the Adelaide Cabaret Festival is currently celebrating a stellar year, Brisbane’s not about to miss all the fun, with QPAC presenting some equally smokin’ cabaret on this side of the ash cloud. 12 Acts of Cabaret features a delicious mix of artists, with international acts, Aussie stars and some of the hottest new names in cabaret.

Saturday night will see the enchanting Mitchell Butel grace the stage at the Cremorne in his show Killing Time. With an extensive career in theatre, film and television, touring in grand scale productions like Dusty, the provocative puppetry of Avenue Q, and performing for Opera Australia, Butel is about to get intimate, as only cabaret can.

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