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Such Is life 2020

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Watling and Bates

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Oct 28 2020

Such Is Life 2020

2020 marks 140 years since Ned Kelly’s last stand and subsequent execution on the 11th of November 1880. Producer and guitarist Thor Phillips and drummer Marcus Schintler deliver a sharp edge of Australian rock to this colonial tale, with Watling…

Sep 30 2020

Geoffrey Bates portrait by Penelope Gilbert-Ng

Aug 8 2020

New single 'Wondering About My Time' from the Small Town Tales album

It's 2020 and the world we knew has been replaced by a flat-pack version with screws loose and several parts missing.

What should you do when your dreams are spent?  Will you be remembered for the things you have not…

Aug 5 2020

Richmond River Independent and ABC Backroads at the Kyogle Bowlo

Celebrating the launch of our new independent local newspaper, the Richmond River Independent, filmed by ABC Backroads for their Kyogle episode. Photo by our local MP Janelle Saffin. 

Jun 26 2020

Back in the studio with Thor Phillips

We're back in the studio with Thor Phillips working on our next album. Can't wait to see where the road will lead us.

 

May 5 2020

New single 'Old Times' from the Small Town Tales album

We've been social isolating for a while now, time to put some spring in our step. Old Times is fitting for our locked-down lives, where we have turned back the clock to discover joys of simpler times. Old Times was…

Mar 15 2020

COVID-19 Restrictions - the ides of March

The global arrival of COVID-19 forced us all off the road. The music industry, like many others, is shifting its feet in the prevailing conditions, so we're hunkering down in Unumgar to work on material for our next album. We'll…

Jan 25 2020

Toyota Fanzone 2020

How exciting to take our place on the famous Toyota Fanzone Stage at the 2020 Tamworth Country Music Festival. Thanks so much Jeannie Kleynhans for this fabulous pic!

 

 

Jan 24 2020

Tamworth Songwriters Association (TSA) Showcase

We greatly enjoyed our afternoon at the TSA Showcase at the Tamworth City Bowling Club!  Many thanks to Kerry Nethery for this wonderful photo with radio legends Ian Crombie (centre) and Mike Stewart (far right), with host Becci Nethery (centre)…

Jan 24 2020

Indie Country Music Australia (ICMA) Awards 2020

A memorable day at the ICMA Awards at the South Tamworth Bowling Club, where we were nominated for Most Popular Duo. Congratulations to Destiny Band Oz for taking out the gong, and many thanks to Gayle O'Neill for this…

Jan 23 2020

Tamworth Country Music Festival 2020

We've made it to our very first Tamworth Country Music Festival. We missed the dust storm but were just in time to see the drought break!  Bring on the rain and the music!!

 

Jan 1 2020

Tamworth Songwriters Association Salute Awards 2020

We are honoured to be finalists for Country Blues Song Of The Year in the 2020 Tamworth Songwriters Association's Salute Awards with In The Dead Of Night from our Small Town Tales album.  The overall winner of the category was…

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