When Loretta Miller isn’t going full Rock n’ Roll diva with her band JAZZ PARTY or singing rich harmonies with her Family band The Dusty Millers, she likes to slow the music down a little and go for some subtlety and sweetness. Loretta and Her Boyfriends play their own brand of swinging Blues and spooky Ballads, taking songs and influence from the greats like Dinah Washington, Patsy Cline and Julie London - women with soul and attitude. Backed by a band of accomplished and handsome musical boyfriends, Loretta commands the stage as one of the most powerful and dynamic vocalists in Australia.
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Melbourne sisters Charm of Finches and their band perform intricate folk-pop with seamless blood harmonies, celebrating the release of their anticipated fourth album ‘Marlinchen in the Snow’. With songs simultaneously graceful and darkly bewitching; the sisters, Mabel and Ivy, toured extensively in UK/Europe in 2022/23 and recorded the album in rural Nova Scotia, Canada with acclaimed producer Daniel Ledwell. Inspired by the frozen beauty of the landscape in which it was created, the album reflects on the sisters’ transient life on the road, themes of belonging, home, and the fragility of relationships. They were the 2021 Music Victoria Best Folk Act and were nominated twice for the prestigious Australian Music Prize. Special guest Riley Catherall will open the night with his “beautifully constructed and immaculately delivered” songs. Riley has built a credible status as one of the country’s most promising songwriters through his poetic sincerity and alluring live shows.
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