Presenting live music to neighbourhoods since 1993
Hello, it's Justin Francis here and I hope life is well as we return to some normality post Corona Virus restrictions. With a moment that stole our Summer It feels surreal to be presenting live music, however we're going to do it anyway. I'm exited to announce music tours from a range of diverse music acts, itching to resume at what they do best, and that is perform live music and create good times on their travels.
Many communities have faced difficult challenges in recent times where we look to bring people together for good morale after being isolated and immobilised within the social distancing laws. With live music being the vehicle to do so, I'm sure we've all contemplated the saying of, 'We don't know what we have until it's gone'. Musicians have been sharing with me their thoughts of having a home life from being in one spot for too long where a balance is good for anyone.
This does create itchy feet, and we all look forward to loading the vans to share some beautiful noise again. We also know that people need to shake of some cobwebs too and it's time to get grooving again. With the opportunity for the world to become more creative, the following musicians and myself look forward to visiting your region sometime in the future. Until then stay safe while having a social life where its back to work in order to help make the world a better place into the future.
Keep On Rocking In The Free World. "Neil Young" ones.
Many communities have faced difficult challenges in recent times where we look to bring people together for good morale after being isolated and immobilised within the social distancing laws. With live music being the vehicle to do so, I'm sure we've all contemplated the saying of, 'We don't know what we have until it's gone'. Musicians have been sharing with me their thoughts of having a home life from being in one spot for too long where a balance is good for anyone.
This does create itchy feet, and we all look forward to loading the vans to share some beautiful noise again. We also know that people need to shake of some cobwebs too and it's time to get grooving again. With the opportunity for the world to become more creative, the following musicians and myself look forward to visiting your region sometime in the future. Until then stay safe while having a social life where its back to work in order to help make the world a better place into the future.
Keep On Rocking In The Free World. "Neil Young" ones.
7/7/2020
Hello groovers and shakers, I hope you are all well and I would like to announce some live music news as Western Australia resumes to life as we kind of once knew it. Chris Matthews and Scott Bassham kick of their ‘West Coast Wayside’ tour taking in fifteen destinations over four weeks from Perth to Kununurra throughout July.
Before they bask in the sunshine back into social freedoms, the tour will kick off at Corney Music HQ on the 9th July, showcasing fellow West Australian acts Marley Wynn, Noah Young, ill Starred Captain & Shaun Corlson. Live streaming is available in Australia from 5:30 pm AWST or 7:30 pm AEST broadcast by Dave Lang of ConsultOZ at https://youtu.be/RoboUvG5qBg
To help share this exciting news more information on the ‘West Coast Wayside’ tour and upcoming Corney Music tours can be found at http://www.corneymusic.com/
Stay Safe and remember to party within distance of one another and enjoy the live music.
Hello groovers and shakers, I hope you are all well and I would like to announce some live music news as Western Australia resumes to life as we kind of once knew it. Chris Matthews and Scott Bassham kick of their ‘West Coast Wayside’ tour taking in fifteen destinations over four weeks from Perth to Kununurra throughout July.
Before they bask in the sunshine back into social freedoms, the tour will kick off at Corney Music HQ on the 9th July, showcasing fellow West Australian acts Marley Wynn, Noah Young, ill Starred Captain & Shaun Corlson. Live streaming is available in Australia from 5:30 pm AWST or 7:30 pm AEST broadcast by Dave Lang of ConsultOZ at https://youtu.be/RoboUvG5qBg
To help share this exciting news more information on the ‘West Coast Wayside’ tour and upcoming Corney Music tours can be found at http://www.corneymusic.com/
Stay Safe and remember to party within distance of one another and enjoy the live music.
CURRENT TOURS
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Much-loved music artists, Chris Matthews and Scott Bassham, return to the open road in a big way this July, on the “West Coast Wayside” tour presented Corney Music. The musicians will tour Western Australia playing a series of limited attendance house concerts and venue performances.
Chris and Scott will be performing both solo and together at the shows, playing their own wide-ranging and exciting original work. No strangers to sharing a stage together, both musicians look forward to reconnecting to their audiences after so long in musical isolation. As Bassham explains, “I think once we recovered from the total shock of our whole industry going over a cliff, with everything cancelled, industry professionals and full time musicians like Chris and myself really had a lot to try and make sense of”. “Chris’s new album “Little Bit Long Way” had just come out, reaching #4 in the Australian Country charts, and #1 in New Zealand too. I’d just come back from the US and was busy playing gigs and preparing my own couple of album releases, and then suddenly...it all stopped!” As true music fans understand, there is nothing like the shared experience of a live show, and Scott and Chris have really missed that environment “We have been performing shows online for people, which are great fun, but I am so looking forward to being able to have a great live sound to present our music to people in the same room! No more iPad speakers!” “You just can’t recreate the live music experience completely on a computer screen.” Matthews reinforces. |
“To me, what we do is all about connection, and there’s no better way of doing that than playing directly to the people. To able to jump back on the stage with one of my best musical mates, and touring my beloved home state….I couldn’t think of a more satisfying and rewarding way to kick things into gear again!”
It is exciting to see the first green shoots of Australia’s vibrant live music scene beginning to return, and Matthews & Bassham could not be any happier.
Seeya on the Wayside!
It is exciting to see the first green shoots of Australia’s vibrant live music scene beginning to return, and Matthews & Bassham could not be any happier.
Seeya on the Wayside!
OUR ARTISTS
SCOTT BASSHAMScott Bassham is a solo guitarist and singer/songwriter, who creates and performs wild-hearted Folk/Roots music with a Rock’n’Roll edge. Scott Bassham is an alt.folk rock artist whose original music transcends and includes deep roots in traditional folk music from around the world.
Known also for his work in folk/Punk/Surfadelic two-piece band, ill-Starred Captain, Scott plots a very different furrow as a solo performer, mixing up timeless, melodic guitar playing with songs of passion, wit and relevance, to create a vibrant and wild-hearted sound that has thrilled audiences around the world. Genre: wild-hearted Folk/Roots music with a Rock’n’Roll edge. Origin: Port Lincoln, South Australia in 1988 Inspired by: Ed Kuepper, Hoodoo Gurus, Cruel Sea, Nick Drake, Bert Jansch, B-52s, Lift to Experience, Johnny Flynn. |
MARLEY WYNN & THE HOFFMENNAfter the uncertainty of the last few months, Marley Wynn (the alter ego of Adrian Hoffmann) is preparing to tour the North-West over July/August/September with The Hoffmenn – Lochlan and Shaun Hoffmann. He has also announced that he is in the middle of recording a new album (to be released at a later date this year) and is itching to showcase songs from it for the first time along with crowd favourites.
Marley Wynn borrows elements from the country ideal and twists them into his own version of pop rock with sounds reminiscent of the melodic waves of Crowded House and the story telling of Paul Kelly or Bob Dylan. “I’ve always tried to stretch the boundaries of how lyrics conventionally fit together.” Wynn says. “I like to keep the songs mysterious enough for the listener to have their own interpretation of what it means to them.” Marley Wynn and the Hoffmenn can’t wait to dust off the cobwebs of uncertainty and look forward to collaborating with new audiences around WA. Nick Findlay of Triple J has stated in the past that Marley Wynn’s songs “conjure up a quintessential Australian imagery.” Genre: Indie, Pop, Rock Origin: Fremantle, Western Australia in 2013 Inspired by: David Bowie, The Triffids, George Harrison & The Go-Betweens. 
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ILL STARRED CAPTAINIll Starred Captain – The band have proved themselves to be one of Australia’s hardest working live acts over the 19 years since they started in Port Lincoln S.A. Singer/Guitarist Scott Bassham and Drummer Justin Francis have never stopped touring and recording since their inception in 2001, and their road has taken them all over Australia and beyond into the rest of the World. The band has maintained a strong ethic of joyful independence, and are about to release their fifth album, “Get Lucid on The Transcendental”. Their music is a vibrant blend of energy and beauty, with strong elements of roots, blues, folk and pure raw Rock n Roll. Ill Starred Captain look forward to a night of wild-hearted music and good times! Genre: Folk/Punk/Surfedelia Origin: Port Lincoln, South Australia in 2000 Inspired by: Johnny Cash, The Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin, The Saints, The Church, Steve Earle Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds & Birthday Party |
SHAUN CORLSONIn more recent years Corlson has been playing guitar in The Polite Society and in various band line-ups with the esteemed likes of Richard Lane (The Stems), Jill Birt and Martyn P. Casey (The Triffids) and Steve Kilbey (The Church). These are names that echo the kind of unique sense of Australia he leans to in his own songs. The year ahead brings the afore mentioned Salvage Diver LP and hopefully a children’s album he’s recorded with Richard Lane. More immediately Corlson plans to put together a physical compilation release of his favourite tunes from the albums available on Bandcamp.
Genre: Indie, Pop, Rock Origin: Fremantle, Western Australia in 2013 |
NOAH YOUNGFremantle based musician churning out blues root’s reggae and folk tunes from the bustling city streets to bush backed rural towns. Noah has brought it all, packed the ute and charted the course. You can be sure to catch him at the local pub, just follow the sound of his suitcase drum machine and wailing harmonica! Noah is currently performing a three-month residency with Voyages Resorts in Uluru N.T.
Genre: Blues Roots Reggae Origin: Fremantle, Western Australia in 2013 Inspired by: John Butler, Matt Corby And, The Imagine Dragons |
CHRIS MATTHEWSMatthews is known to many Australia wide as the resident musician of the stunning East Kimberley El Questro Wilderness Resort – yet Chris spends the remainder of the year playing every pub, club, and festival around Australia, averaging about 200-250 shows a year, every year. And just like every year prior, in 2018 Chris is pretty much permanently back on the road. With a massive 18 shows at the Tamworth Festival over 9 days, a WA tour with 9 time Golden Guitar winner Luke O’Shea in May, and performances at the National Folk Festival, Airlie Beach Festival, Dorrigo Folk and Bluegrass Festival, Wintermoon, and Black Mountain Festival to name just a few, along with a full national tour to every state and territory, he’s not slowing down.
Genre: Country Rock Bluegrass Origin: Kununurra Western Australia Inspired by: John Butler, Jimmy Barnes, The Hoodoo Gurus, Bernard Fanning, Troy Cassar-Daley, Kasey Chambers, and John Farnham |
