Words by Benjamin Lamb
Spinifex Gum will perform as part of Live at the Bowl on Friday January 8.
Spinifex Gum began as a musical collaboration between The Cat Empire’s Ollie McGill and Felix Riebl with the Marliya Choir. Following an invitation to Western Australia’s Pilbara region and an encounter with a group of wonderful vocalists, Spinifex Gum was born.
“I was invited to go the Pilbara and meet this group of young singers, who would go on to become the Marliya Choir, and front Spinifex Gum,” Riebl says.
In a year where there’s been so little on the live music front, 2021 is going to start with a bang when Spinifex Gum take the stage as a part of the Sidney Myer Music Bowl’s ‘Live at the Bowl’ concert series. This run of shows has materialised as part of a joint effort from Arts Centre Melbourne and the City of Melbourne to rejuvenate the local live music industry.
It’s the hyper-real colours that first grab you. The East Kimberley’s red dirt - or pindan - contrasts sharply against deep-blue skies. As if that’s not enough dazzle to make you reach for the sunglasses, wet season rains have sparked wild emerald-green growth.
That’s the big picture. Zero in and the details are just as alluring: cruise the Ord River with Triple J Tours and you’ll spot long-legged jacanas (water birds) high-stepping from one lily pad to the next, and half-submerged logs that turn out to be freshies (freshwater crocodiles). Above, sea eagles wheel through the air as they look for a fish-shaped snack. At sunset, the silhouetted bulge of a boab tree inspires another snap.
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Live At The Bowl are APRA Award winning Australian duo,
Busby Marou.
Missy’s concert will be part of the
Live at the Bowl concert series which sees Melbourne’s Sidney Myer Music Bowl host a three-month-long festival featuring an all-local program of music, comedy, family-friendly events and more.
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Sampa The Great, Hannah Gadsby and more announced for epic outdoor performance series Sampa The Great
Live at the Bowl will feature live music, comedy, festivals and more.
As part of the Victorian government’s roadmap to recovery in collaboration with City of Melbourne and Arts Centre Melbourne, a massive program of open-air performances is coming to Sidney Myer Music Bowl this summer.
Titled Live at the Bowl, the mammoth performance series aims to help revive the creative, events and hospitality sectors with COVID-safe events celebrating Melbourne’s incredible music and arts communities.
Taking place across the summer months, the first Live at the Bowl lineup announcement has arrived and it is a bloody doozy. Featuring live music, comedy, festivals and more, you can expect performances from the likes of Sampa The Great, Human Nature, Running Touch, Busby Marou, Daryl Braithwaite, Hannah Gadsby, Zoë Coombs Marr, Missy Higgins, Northeast Party