Saturday 26th July will be our last local showcase for 2008.
As we will soon be heading off for our Scarlett Affection: Real, Raw & Regional Tour - Saturday 26th July will be your last chance to see us perform our own Scarlett Soiree. We would love you to join us as it will be a very special evening and we would really appreciate your support. Tickets are $30 and are selling fast so get yours now at Barebones Artspace Bangalow 02 6687 1393 and at Jetset Byron Bay 02 6685 6554.
HEARTS & SCARVES... Scarlett on Tour!
Once we played the first two shows of our tour (Cronulla & Sydney) we hit the road south to Canberra. As soon as waved goodbye to Sydney the temperature dropped once again, the rain started and the wind...oh the wind!
We had a competition to see who would see snow first...and as we descended upon Canberra there it was...a dusting of snow on the surrounding mountains.
Our first port of call was to ABC Canberra...it was midday and here is proof that it was ONLY 6 degrees!
We arrived early (extraordinarily) to our interview with Adam Shirley at ABC 666 Canberra. We had a great chat and performed 'This Time' & 'Tri-Colour Hair'. Many thanks to the team at ABC for inviting us.
We drove directly to Parliament House to pay our respects to the Hon. Peter Garrett...by this stage the chill had reached deep within us...it was freezing!
We then drove to Mawson for the third show of our Hearts & Scarves Tour at the Folkus Room. (It was actually lightly snowing at this point!) Many thanks to all who shared what turned out to be a very special evening for us gals! We're not sure if we were jinxed... (earlier we had discovered a problem with MY guitar which required technical support) but electricity decided it was not needed on this particular occasion. Three songs in we started experiencing very weird surges coming through the system, loud electrical bangs and cracks were deafening...poor Kevin at the sound desk was doing everything within his power to fix the problem...and then...the mixing desk blew up! Thanks to the quick thinking of Bill Arnett (Folkus Room) he invited us to sit amongst the audience and continue the show acoustically.
What could have been an absolute disaster of a night actually turned into one of the most special evenings we have ever known. Thank you to everyone in the room who despite the fabulous Serbian dance party next door listened to our songs in their rawest form. There was an incredible energy in the room... created by everyone in it so thank you for sharing such a special night with us. Special thanks to Bill, Kevin & James (Folkus Room) and extra special thanks to Karina & Mike - you guys are very special. p.s. we were given some incredible earrings...they are stunning...check out Veruca Star Designs
The tour wouldn't be complete without a night time drive in the country where we of course (accidently) hit a wombat (it was a little bit like dodgem cars there were so many!) we promise the wombat was fine (he sort of just bounced off) and thankfully the car was also okay! We are home safe & sound now...so thank you all for supporting the Hearts & Scarves Tour. The tour continues into Queensland with the following dates:
Mad Arse Folk Club
Thursday/17/July 9:00PM
at the Muddy Farmer Hotel
Annerley, QLD
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Upfront Club
Friday/18/July 7:30PM
Maleny, QLD
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SANDRINGHAM SYDNEY
We always love discovering new venues and the upstairs at the Sandringham was a great find! We had such an enjoyable evening- many thanks to J on sound, Joanna Leigh & Elisha Keen. Jason and John - thank you for joining us and of course big thanks to Priti & Sara!
SOLD OUT BRASS MONKEY
So we finally made it to Sydney where we performed the first show of our Hearts & Scarves Tour. It was a sell out show! It was an absolute pleasure to perform with Ruby Slippers - they were very inspiring. Sydneysiders...keep an ear out for this beautiful, eclectic and hugely enjoyable six-piece. Our thanks to Katie and the band and also Jad and Anthony.
HEARTS & SCARVES ON TOUR...
Here we are on our way to Sydney to perform the first show of our Hearts & Scarves - Scarlett Affection Warm & Woolly Winter Tour. The further south we travel the lower our temperature gauge dips. It's currently 8 degrees. We are so close to Sydney now...clear skies and great driving conditions.We are heading to the Brass Monkey Cronulla to perform with Ruby Slippers. For a show near you head to our Scarlett Shows page. Thanks for sending in your hilarious messages. We love reading your gorgeous words while we are on the road..so keep sending them in!
TICKETS SELLING FAST FOR BANGALOW SHOWCASE
Tickets are selling fast for our Bangalow showcase presented by the Byron Bay Writers Festival. We really can't wait to perform in our hometown -with grand pianos, suprises and fabulous frocks...! Tickets are $30 and available at Jetset Byron Bay, Barebones Artspace Bangalow or by contacting the Byron Bay Writers Festival. or Jetset on 02 6685 6262.
CLARE BOWDITCH
What an absolute privilege to perform alongside Clare Bowditch on Thursday night. It was an incredible evening - Clare is incredibly inspiring and beautiful. If you have not yet seen Clare on her Winter Secrets Tour 08 - head to her website for details. Our sincerest thanks to Lisa, Tim, Stuart and of course Clare.
THE BASEMENT
Tuesday was our first show at the Basement, Sydney. It was a beautiful night - thank you to all who came along. Our thanks to our fellow performers, the Basement staff, Chris (fabulous sound engineer), Kate (who was lovely enough to film the night for us - check out YouTube soon..) and of course to John Chesher not only lending his beautiful Rainsong guitar to us but also for presenting such a great night and supporting live and original music.
Melia was extremely envious of the beautiful Steinway grand piano that Nerida played - what a treat! We recorded the evening so we can't wait to upload some tracks 'Live from the Basement'.
SCARLETT MEET CLARE BOWDITCH
The phone rang...hello?
It was Lunatic Entertainment calling to let us know that we have been selected to perform with Clare Bowdtich on Thursday 3rd July at the Bangalow A & I Hall for her Winter Secrets Tour 08...
SCARLETT ON iTUNES
Yes...you heard it here first. We are finally available on iTunes! We'd love you to write a review for the album, so please head to iTunes and tell all your friends! Scarlett Affection have gone digital!
THE SOUNDLOUNGE, GOLD COAST
It was an absolute pleasure to open for Stephen Cummings at the SoundLounge last Friday. We always love performing there. Many thanks to Josh & Josh, Ben, Rob and Stephen for having us. To everyone who was there...thank you for braving the storm to hear us play - we will try and bring the sunshine next time!
THREE WORLDS
We performed at the intimate and delightful Pizza Patch at Three Worlds Live. What an incredibly inspiring evening. Peter Miller opened proceedings beautifully, followed by the moving and mesmerising Loren. Many thanks to Natalie, Chris, Loren, Peter, Candy and to all our new friends on the Gold Coast. We look forward to seeing you again soon.
FEATURE ARTICLE
Please head to the Northern Star to read Friday 13th's article. Melia successfully flooded the house ( long story, see www.myspace.com/scarlettaffection for the dark, dank details.) Many thanks to the Hornerys for giving us a shower, tea, cake and hairdryer!
CD BABY
We are thrilled to announce that our Cd 'Our Sweet Ambush' is now available through Cd Baby. You can listen to the tracks, review the album and of course purchase the record. Click HERE to check it out.
LATEST GIG PHOTOS
Here are some photographs from our show at the Vanguard on June 5th courtesy of Gregg Stevens. Many thanks for sending them through.
SCARLETT ON THE SOUTHSIDE
We performed at the Brass Monkey, Cronulla on Friday night supporting Freetown (extraordinary saxaphone) and Move Trees with their epic and moving songs. What a gorgeous venue - imagine a cosy, intimate vibe complete with sparkly blue vinyl booths, great food and the friendliest staff. (Thanks Glenn & Jad) We can't wait to return on 9th July with Ruby Slippers. Extra special thanks to John Chesher from Forever Better Music for the generous loan of his beautiful RainSong Guitar.
SCARLETT AFFECTION @ THE VANGUARD
We were delighted to see our Sydney friends once more on Thursday night when we performed at the Vanguard in Newtown.What a lovely evening. Our thanks go out to Jeff Cashen who was kind enough to lend us his Maton guitar (as devastatingly Melia's guitar was severely damaged on our flight to Sydney). Many thanks to all for coming along to the show - and we look forward to seeing you at the Basement on July 1st!
Photo courtesy of Gregg Stevens
SCARLETT AFFECTION RECEIVE TRAX TOURING GRANT
We are thrilled to announce that we have received a TRAX Touring Grant for 2008, an Australian Government Initiative for the Contemporary Music Touring Program. For us this means a 10 show tour in late August/September, from Bangalow to Bourke, Broken Hill to Bulli, inspiring the communities of regional and remote Australia through our live shows and workshops.We are planning to visit Dorrigo, Tamworth, Mudgee, Gulgong, Bourke, Broken Hill, Mildura, Wodonga, Braidwood and Bulli – so we’d love you to spread the word. We are really excited!
NEW SONG 'You & Me'
Head to our Scarlett Sounds page to hear one of our new tracks 'You & Me'. We'd love to hear what you think so please email us through your thoughts.
SCARLETT AT THE BASEMENT
As Australia's premier music venue, it has been our goal to perform at the Basement, Sydney. Tuesday July 1st we will take to the stage - and we can't wait! We will be joined by Luke Escombe, Ferguson Elliot and David Griggs as part of an acoustic collective.
DAVID HELFGOTT & FEHVA
The FEHVA Launch at the Bangalow A and I Hall was a moving and uplifting evening. Meeting David Helfgott and experiencing his performance was spellbinding. Almost two decades ago, David performed at our primary school in Sydney and a photograph was taken of Melia sitting on the piano stool with David after his concert. We showed him this picture and he was kind enough to sign it! Amidst the warm crowd and the fabulous art, we felt wonderfully at home within this strong and supportive community.
ABC RADIO GOLD COAST & BEYOND
We played live to air and had a great chat with Nadia Sunde at ABC Gold Coast. Presenter Nadia made us feel incredibly welcome and it was great to chat about our songwriting and travels. Thanks to the ABC as always for their continual support and thanks to everyone who tuned in!
SCARLETT & SOUNDLOUNGE
We love to play at the Gold Coast's own SoundLounge - it was a thrill as always. We performed alongside women in docs. Many thanks to the SoundLounge crew and also to the girls for inviting us to perform with them. Big thanks to those of you who braved the wet weather to join us - as always it was an absolute treat to play for you.
BLUEHOUSE & SCARLETT AFFECTION IN THE CHURCH
We opened for Bluehouse at the Bangalow Church Hall and what a fabulous evening it was! Jacqui and Bernadette are astonishing performers, utterly hilarious and with an onstage dynamic that is hugely entertaining. We felt very privileged indeed to open the night for these two women. And the support in the room was palpable. Thank you so much to everyone who came along and took part in the occasion. Particular thanks goes to Suzie Mylecharane from Ku Promotions, Adam Biggs who did some remarkable things with the sound and Coffee Oasis who provided some very good chai tea. And what a gorgeous Church Hall!
BREAKING NEWS:
'Denouement' from our record Our Sweet Ambush has won an Honorary Award in the 9th Annual Great American Song Contest!
JOE'S WATERHOLE:
Abby Dobson has an incredible voice and we were lucky enough to open for her on Sunday. Ms Dobson performed with the ever so talented Simon Burke on keys in what became a very intimate, lovely and respectful evening - so many thanks to Abby and the crew at Joe's Waterhole for making it such a special night.
BANGALOW LIMOUSINES:
We are lucky enough to be in the Bangalow Limousines commercial! These are our favourites from the shoot courtesy of local photographer Lisa Sharpe. Keep your ear to the radio and your eyes on the telly to hear or see us. In the meantime, if you need a ride...call Bangalow Limousines (our limo was SO comfortable...seriously!)
THE AUSTRALIAN MAGAZINE
We were featured in the Weekend Australian Magazine 'Foreword' Saturday 15th & 16th March - very exciting!
CD NOW AVAILABLE ONLINE
Our record 'Our Sweet Ambush' is now available online through MusicPlug. We are thrilled!
NEW SONG
Head to our Scarlett Sounds page to hear one of our latest tracks 'This Time', recorded live on ABC 702 with Richard Glover. Send us an email as we'd love to know what you think.
INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY
We performed in Lismore for International Women's Day on Friday. It was incredibly inspiring to hear local women share their story. We were thrilled to be involved in the global celebration. Head to www.internationalwomensday.com for more information.
SCARLETT'S SONGWRITING SABBATICAL
At this time of year, it seems the creative juices are flowing. We like to take a little time out and treat ourselves to a series of songwriting sabbaticals.
This is the first of many we have planned for 2008. We'll let you know how it goes...
NORPA 2008
We performed at the NORPA 2008 Season Launch in Lismore and also at the Byron Bay launch. It was so fabulously theatrical! The divine grand piano at the Byron Bay community centre was an absolute treat!
Here we are post show with Julian Louis, NORPA's Artistic Director.
THE VANGUARD
We performed at The Vanguard and we had an absolute blast. Massive thanks go out to all our friends old and new, family, colleagues and cohorts who came along to support our Sydney show. Special thanks to Darren who worked his magic at the sound desk and to John Cass and the crew at the venue.
It was just delightful to see all those lovely faces in the audience and to re-acquaint ourselves with friends from long ago - what a treat!
Thanks to Caroline the band, who played also.
Thank you to everyone who was present for making our evening so special. We can't wait to do it all again soon!
SCARLETT AFFECTION UNPLUGGED
We performed live to air on ABC 702 Sydney on last Monday with Richard Glover - we played one of our new tracks 'This Time'. Many thanks to all at ABC and to those who tuned in! Head to to our Scarlett Sounds page to listen.
IT'S TRUE
Yes. You guessed it, we hinted at it...Nerida has FINALLY moved out! It's only taken about 20 years! Exciting changes abound within the Scarlett House...
SCARLETT ON TV
We performed on State Focus last Sunday 17th on Southern Cross Ten. Thanks to all who managed to wake up early enough to see us!
Our debut television appearance aired in QLD on Sunday 10th - we hope you enjoyed the show!
TRIPLE J
REQUEST SCARLETT AFFECTION
One of our favourite tracks - SCANDINAVIAN BITCH WAITRESS - is being played on Triple J! We are really excited! Please help keep us on the airwaves by REQUESTING SCARLETT AFFECTION or by clicking below...
MALENY UPFRONT CLUB
Many thanks to all who headed to our sold out show at the Upfront Club - we always love playing there.
If you missed the show - Danny Rose filmed it for us, so head to YouTube to check it out!
WELCOME TO THE 2008 ILLAWARRA FOLK FESTIVAL!
We have just returned from a fabulous trip to Bulli where we performed at the Illawarra Folk Festival! We performed alongside some incredible artists & Australian folk legends. We played four shows & met inspiring people at each show. Many thanks to all our new friends & also to the festival organisers - we are looking forward to next year!