After driving through the electrifying storm we finally arrived at the Chai Temple to perform at Peats Ridge. What a great festival - regardless of the weather everyone was suitably chilled! Many thanks to all who braved the mud and rain to see us perform (next time we will remember to take our gumboots!) and Happy New Year!
MALADAY FAMILY FUNDRAISER
It was wonderfully uplifting to be a part of the community fundraiser for Dominique Maladay and her children. At last count, $20 000 had been raised which is remarkable. The Bangalow community really is unique and we feel very grateful to be embraced by such a supportive and spirited town. It was great to open for Ash Grunwald and hear his highly fuelled set. Thanks to Wal, Michael Malloy, Corey and Michael Pelmore for all their efforts in making the evening such a success.
SOLD OUT!
'Our Sweet Ambush' is now sold out. It is only available as downloads through Itunes. We are working our butts off to bring you a new Cd...Any ideas? Let us know!!!
SCARLETT INVITED BACK TO USA!
Scarlett Affection has been invited to return to the International Folk Alliance in Memphis, Tennessee, USA! The dates unfortunately clash with our invitation to perform at the Cobargo Folk Festival here in Australia and we've had to roll the dice! The results are in....Scarlett Affection will stay in Australia for Cobargo and head overseas later in 2009.
SPECIAL NOTE:
Our Sydney show at Bar Me on Thursday 18th December is cancelled. Instead we will be performing alongside Ash Grunwald in support of the Maladay Family at the Bangalow Hotel. Please phone (02) 6687 1314 for more details.
Sydney-siders we are sorry to disappoint..however you can catch us at Peats Ridge Festival on 29th December, 3pm at the Chai Temple Stage. Tickets available from www.peatsridgefestival.com.au
HOME
So it wasn't just 4,758kms! We hit 5000! Home at last! What an amazing tour. Stay tuned...we'll keep you posted when the film footage is up!
COONAMBLE
Soundcheck at the Plaza Theatre
We performed at the Plaza Theatre in Coonamble. What a building! We thank everyone for stepping out in such grisly weather - in particular our special guests all the way from Dubbo - Noni and her delightful family and of course our sensational cousin Jeremy & Anne! Thanks to Sandra, Chris and the lovely Sam Newstead from Outback Arts for having us at her lovely homestead. With the amount of rain we had...we proceeded to get bogged! Very funny morning!
Melia, Sam Newstead and Nerida
Some serious Gulargambone mud!
BOURKE
Henry Lawson once said 'If you've been to Bourke, you've seen Australia.'
The 'back o' Bourke' was a melting pot of people from all over the country and we felt hugely supported and appreciated by all those in the audience at the Old London Bank. Massive thanks to the imaginative Andrew Hull who warmed the crowd with his thought provoking spoken word pieces and then invited us to the stage with the most innovative introduction: 'Naughty Naughton sisters singing for their soda.' Kristy gave a heartfelt thank you to all those who had supported the Arts Council throughout the year and we felt so grateful to hear her words.
Thank you Bourke...we shall return!
NYNGAN
We arrived into Nyngan and it was 42 degrees! Thankfully our lovely room at the Beancounters Guest House was fabulously air conditioned. We had an absolute blast at the Christmas Party. It was so nice to meet everybody! Ian & Richard - you are wonderful, generous and lovely! See you soon!
WILCANNIA
Outside the Art Centre with Paul Brown.
Where else would we stay! Separate bedrooms!!
Wilcannia inspired us. We arrived in the heat of the day to be warmly greeted by Paul Brown. We were even given
separate bedrooms! (We think Paul realised we were spending too much time together and needed a break!) In that heat the only thing to do is swim! So we joined all the school kids down at the pool to refresh and revive. Big thanks to Grace, Gloria, Caitlin and Evelyn for showing us the ropes, racing against us and teaching us how to hold our breath for as long as possible! That evening we performed at the Art Centre to a beautiful and responsive audience. We thank you for inviting us to your town and for inspiring us. Paul and Lyndal your hospitality was so appreciated and we hope to return to Wilcannia soon.
BROKEN HILL
Big thanks to Tim Westcott and Marilyn Harris for making our time in Broken Hill so enjoyable. We performed with the Broken Hill Community Voices Choir at Theatre 44 and met some really talented great people at our workshop. We were even in town for the Annual Christmas Pageant - what fun!
Our host Tim Westcott at the Living Desert; Silverton
Tim took us up to the Living Desert to see the amazing statues and we also visited the Regional Arts Gallery and Silverton. Donkeys, history and the Mundi Mundi Plains made for a fascinating journey to the remote west.
THE GREAT MURRAY RIVER
So we drove to Mildura. We spent the night in Grenfell - birthplace of Henry Lawson - to head into the outback past Hells Gate. Very long, flat, long, did we mention long roads? We passed many harvesters and drove into many swarms of locusts...they really like the grill!
We finally arrived in Mildura and saw our first sign to Broken Hill. That was a very exciting moment here in the Scarlett car!
We then saw the mighty Murray River. We couldn't resist a steamboat excursion through the Lock II and up the river. A very relaxing and educational journey aboard the Rothbury. Tomorrow we head to Broken Hill - so we will keep you posted with all our updates!
Oooh...did you see the fabulous G-String jewells Miss Melia is wearing whilst travelling up the Murray? Made exclusively by Waterfall Glass for our Real, Raw & Regional Tour...don't they look great. We have even written a G-String song...!
MALADAY FAMILY SUPPORT REQUIRED
Photo courtesy of The Northern Star
Michael Maladay of Bangalow died tragically whilst surfing in November this year. He leaves behind his wife Dominique and four young children. His family would greatly appreciate the support of the community during this hard time.
Please join us on Thursday 18th December at 7pm for a very special performance for Michael Maladay. We will join Ash Grunwald at the Bangalow Hotel in support of the Maladay Family. For more information please call the Bangalow Hotel (02) 6687 1314.
ON THE ROAD...
We have hit the road to Broken Hill. We've discovered Gulgong and Mudgee (many thanks to Russell, Kate, Jack & Ruby for hosting us at the farm) and will stop to pick up a spare tyre in Bathurst (it could only be a road trip!) before following the Murray River to Mildura.
See you in Broken Hill...
DUBBO
Melia, Nerida, Clitie Murdoch from NB Management, Sally Roberts from the Milestone Hotel and our lovely cousin Jeremy.
We played at St Brigids Church Hall in Dubbo on Friday night amidst a thunder storm but what a beautiful night it was! Aaron Martin opened for us and he played a stunning set of original tunes under the fairy lights and candelabras, all made possible with the assistance of Clitie Murdoch. A big thanks to our roadie for the evening our cousin Jeremy, the Milestone Hotel and Sally Roberts, Star FM, Dubbo Photo News, The Daily Liberal, ABC Radio, Natalie Bramble Management, Something Borrowed, Noni, and of course St Brigids Church Hall. We had a really dazzling night in Dubbo - massive thanks to all those who were in attendance.
Our next show is in Broken Hill - stay tuned as we head west! To the outback we head...
GLOUCESTER
We arrived into Port Macquarie & spoke with Fiona Wiley on ABC Mid North Coast in preparation for our performance in Gloucester. What a lovely town Gloucester is - and what a community! We were greeted by Sue at A Room With A View with a much needed cup of tea and delicious biccies before we discovered the Senior Citizens Centre. GACCI - Gloucester's Arts Council put on a fabulous and intimate evening. Our sincerest thanks to Gina, Chris, Maureen and Leanne for all your help. The show began with the incredibly talented Jemma Wilkinson who has a beautiful voice. Next on the stage was Alex Leighton - who had us in stitches with his comedy sketch about a 'dumped' teenage boy. They set the scene beautifully and we were delighted they could join us.
Welcome to Gloucester; Our Tour Van!
Melia, Jemma Wilkinson & Nerida post show; Melia, Chris from GACCI & Nerida at the Art Gallery
We really enjoyed our stay in Gloucester and look forward to returning soon. Many thanks to Chris for waking up at the crack of dawn to let us in to the Art Gallery before opening hours. What a great exhibition. Check out the Gloucester Advocate article.
Next stop Dubbo!
MULLUM FESTIVAL
The Drill Hall set the scene for a night of acoustic bliss on Friday 21st. Complete with dancing possums we performed the second show of our tour to an incredibly attentive audience. Our thanks to Gin & Neil, Cameron, Ian, the wonderful Kathryn Jones, the Mullum Folk Club, Moz, Jody and Glenn and to all present - it was a lot of fun! Here's to many more years of the Mullum Music Festival.
THE TOUR HAS BEGUN...
We performed the first show for our Real, Raw & Regional Tour on Wednesday 19th. What a beautiful evening at the Dundurrabin Community Centre and what a community! It just wouldn't have been possible without Malcolm, Glenda, Louise, Helen, Bruce and everyone who braved the storm to join us for what was an incredibly intimate evening. Our deepest thanks to you all and what a great start to the tour! Let's hope we can take some of this rain out West with us!
THE SCARLETT ROAD: A Girls Adventure
Read this weeks interview with Mandy Nolan in The Seven.
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Photos courtesy of Fran Flynn from Frangipani Creative.
MULLUM MUSIC FESTIVAL
We are really excited about our show at the Mullum Music Festival. We will be performing at the Drill Hall on Friday 21st November with GIN. Tickets available now at the Festival Website.
SCARLETT AT SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY
Photo by Jacklyn Wagner
On Friday night we performed at the opening of SCU's Studio 129. Read the Northern Star article by Amanda Sproule. Many thanks to the technical crew, in particular Mic Deacon and Troy Schmidt and congratulations on your new performance space.
SCARLETT ON TV
We were interviewed for Channel 7's news on Friday night. It's certainly the first time our soundcheck has been filmed!
REAL, RAW & REGIONAL DATES RELEASED
The Contemporary Music Touring Program, aims to give all Australians, wherever they live, better access to some of the country's best live music. The Australian Government is proud to be associated with Scarlett Affection.
It is with great excitement we are finally releasing the dates for our upcoming regional tour.
We're heading from Bangalow to Dubbo, Broken Hill to Bourke and many towns in between.
Once we hit the road we'll have daily blogs and video updates...so stay tuned! Please head to our Scarlett Shows page for more details.
EVOLVE
We performed at the inaugural Evolve Festival at Red Devil Park on Saturday 4th October. What a fabulous festival! Thank you to all Evolve staff and volunteers and also to all you lovely folk for joining us at the Meeting Place. We had so much fun performing before we whizzed off to watch the Northern Rivers Symphony Orchestra (a 61 piece orchestra by the way...how they all fit on stage is amazing!) perform the Jurassic Park Theme Song among other musical delights.We can't wait for Evolve 2009!
LATEST FESTIVAL NEWS
It is with exploding excitement we announce that we have been invited to perform at two premier festivals in the closing months of 2008!
Mullum Music Festival 08 alongside Rhombus, Ash Grunwald, The Fumes, Gin and King Tide
20th - 23rd November - Mullumbimby
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Peats Ridge 2008 alongside Salmonella Dub, Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu, John Cleary, Frightened Rabbit just to name a few!
29th December -1st January - Glenworth Valley, NSW
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NOWRA DELIGHTS
We continued our short south coast jaunt by performing at the beautiful and quaint Tea Club in Nowra on Saturday night. We are always drawn to the quirky courtyard which suprises visitors with a stunning stage and fabulous food. We sipped our earl grey, devoured our divine pizzas and performed to a very attentive and lovely audience. Our sincerest thanks to Sonia and all staff and the Tea Club, Ross for doing our sound, the birthday girls (!) and of course each and every one of you for joining us. We look forward to seeing you all again soon.
HOUSE CONCERT HOORAH
On Friday 26th September we took part in the inaugural performance at the Spillane Lounge in Windang and what a success! Jason Rosewarn opened his house for a wonderful night of acoustic music, opening with Gregg, Miffy , Johnny and Jason. Many thanks to Nev, Bev and the family for the fabulous food and yummy cupcakes!
We were absolutely thrilled to meet the Windang crew...what a great town! Thankyou for supporting us and making Friday night so enjoyable. Here's to many more concerts at the Spillane Lounge!
ALL ABOARD FOR THE REAL RAW AND REGIONAL TOUR
The kick off is looming and we are soon to release the dates for our Real, Raw and Regional Tour of Remote NSW and VIC. We will be visiting Lightning Ridge, Bourke, Coonamble, Cobar, White Cliffs, Wilcannia, Broken Hill, Silverton, Mildura, Griffith and Dubbo in a fabulous musical adventure. If you have family or friends out west please let them know - we'd love to meet some new folk and play to new faces. We will keep you posted.
THE VANGUARD
On Tuesday 9th September we played The Vanguard, supporting the beautifully sensitive singer -songwriter Mark Wilkinson. A great room filled with some very lovely people - we had a really fun and revealing evening! Big thanks go of course to the venue, Tim Arney, Jess Chalker and her Roland keyboard, Darren the soundman, Josh the barman, Kirri and Daniel, Joe, Priti, Jason, Dad and Kate and everyone who made the special effort to come down and support us.
Do check out Mark Wilkinson and Jess Chalker - both of these artists have sublime voices and thoughtful poignant songs. It's good stuff.
AHH...THE PIANO...
I believe I am the luckiest girl alive. As part of the 2008 Bangalow classical Music Festival - I was able to perform on the divine Stuart & Sons piano on Thursday. What an incredible evening - a preview to the magnificent music performed over the weekend. Thank you to Paul Dean, Kirsty and the Southern Cross Soloists for inviting us to perform.
SYDNEY HERE WE COME!
We will be appearing at The Vanguard, Newtown on September 9th, supporting the talented singer-songwriter Mark Wilkinson in a stunning Showcase of gorgeous songs. The Vanguard is a luscious, velveteen and sensuous venue (it's just been voted one of the top 20 bars in the world) so please join us for a mesmerising evening of melifluous and marvelous music. Tickets available through moshtix.
YAMBA
We performed alongside Dom Ferry and 10ftswell in Yamba on Saturday 16th August. Many thanks to all who braved the cold to join us in such an intimate and beautiful room. Special thanks to the Smalls, Sharon, Ian, Dom, Phil and of course Geoff.
RICHARD ALLEN
It was our absolute privilege to perform at the Richard Allen Sportsmans Lunch on Friday 8th August. We encourage you to offer your support to Richard, Kylie and Clover by donating to the Richard Allen 14 Fund. For more information please head to Richie's website www.richardallen.com.au
AS WE PROMISED...HERE THEY ARE!
Photographs courtesy of the fabulous Blair Beattie from out Writer's Festival Showcase at the A & I Hall Bangalow on Saturday 26th July.
SYDNEY & WOLLONGONG
As the wind howled100klm per hour we hurtled down the freeway to Wollongong. We performed at the Illawarra Folk Club concert at the City Diggers Club. Chaperoned by the ever so generous Jason and driven by the incredibly talented Johnny - we supported the Wongawilli Band for their Cd Launch. It was lovely to meet new friends and to see those we had met earlier in the year at the 2008 Illawarra Folk Festival.
We then returned to Sydney to perform at the Shack, Narrabeen. What a fabulous venue - the audience is incredibly attentive and warm and we thank you for welcoming us into your room. Sincerest thanks to Kathleen.
FINAL BANGALOW SHOWCASE 2008
Saturday 26th July was a huge success thanks to all the wonderful people who came from far and near to be part of the Scarlett Concert.
Thank you to the Byron Bay Writers Festival who presented the evening, thanks to the Romaniacs who warmed the A and I Hall so beautifully ( and wasn't it a chilly night!) a big thanks to Mel and Angus for their superb singing and the gorgeous Ella Rose and Maya for the post it notes, Nick, Eben for their beautiful playing, Rowie for her company backstage and huge hugs to Karen Howes for her stockings, patience and indefatigable energy and tolerance for pre-show panic.
Michael Malloy deserves an enormously big kiss for helping us make the event so fabulous, thanks to Chris Edmeades who made us look terrific, Blair Beattie who captured the night on his camera, Spell for the stunning jewellery, the Hornery's for the gorgeous lamp, Suzie and Deisha from Ku Promotions for all their hard work in prior to the show, Lou Beaumont for her keen photographer's eye and ability to conjure magic, Mandy Nolan for her support and interview and everyone who graced us with their delightful presence and supported us.
It may have been bitterly cold outside, but in that hall there was a lot of warmth and love and soul.
We thank you from the bottom of our Scarlett Hearts!!
Photos coming soon...we promise.
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!