Australian Traveller
A short break in Victoria s hidden Goldfields towns 28 June 2021 . BY Imogen Eveson
A rich art, music and epicurean culture adds another layer of interest to the compelling old Goldfields towns of Castlemaine, Maldon and their surrounds.
On a sunny Sunday evening in early autumn it’s hard to imagine many places I’d rather be than at the Theatre Royal in Castlemaine. There’s a band playing in its rambling back garden (home to Love Shack Brewing Co.), casting all-round good vibes to a laid-back audience of friends and young families.
The Art Deco facade at the Theatre Royal
Julia Stone performs live from Old Castlemaine Gaol in Victoria
Julia Stone has shared a new live-streamed performance filmed at a historical (and non-operational) prison in Australia.
From Old Castlemaine Gaol in Victoria, Stone and her band opened the performance by reprising her cover of The National‘s ‘Bloodbuzz Ohio’. The singer-songwriter released a studio version of her rendition on 2012 album ‘By the Horns’.
Among other songs from her back catalogue, Stone also played the four singles that have been released thus far from her forthcoming album ‘Sixty Summers’, which arrives in April. Those songs were ‘Dance’, ‘Unreal’, ‘Break’ and ‘We All Have’, her recent collaboration with The National frontman Matt Berninger.