At Tintenbar Up Front this Friday night, you get 5 of the best acts from the past year, plus TWO BANDS TO DANCE TO! Start with a delicious Indian banquet, and your night is complete. Ben Wilson and the Jobseekers Brodie and The Button Collective.
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December is the time of staff parties and end-of-year get togethers, so it's difficult for Bev Singh to know how many to cater for. We do not want to waste food. To ensure you get fed, if you are definitely coming you must book. Email tintenbarupfront@gmail.com with the number of diners and your name. We will reserve food for you in your name. Brodie and the Button Collective will end the usual evening of entertainment with toe tapping, hip shaking tunes for dancing. An evening of Indian food, variety acts and gypsy dance music.
Begin the evening from 6.45 with Bev Singh's Indian banquet. Vindaloo lamb Dhal Fried rice with vegetables $15 for a large plate including samosa Samosas, yoghurt and sambals The regular entertainment features some of our favourite acts of the last year: singer-songwriter James Webb, exquisite singer-guitarist Liora Claff, long-time a cappella favourites, The Acapelicans, the irresistible Fry Babies and Cythara (harp, violin and guitar) Then push back the chairs cos you will want to dance to The Button Collective. The Buttons have had a big year, winning the local National Campus Band Competition, appearing at Splendour In The Grass and Lismore Lantern Parade and have recently recorded an album. Having been to TUF before, they have graciously agreed to appear again, before an extensive East Coast tour and a gig at the Byron Falls festival. The Button Collective is an exciting gypsy folk band, borrowing elements from traditional folk-dance bands of Ireland and central Europe, spiced with the spirit of the fast-paced bluegrass from America, and all with a very personal and intimate delivery. The Button Collective incorporates accordion, mandolin, fiddle, banjo, harmonica, double bass, drums, and rich, multi-layered vocal harmonies. Bring your spare buttons, because you will probably pop a few! https://www.facebook.com/buttoncollective Entry $10 / $5 Proceeds to Camp Quality, Northern Rivers A team of amazing performers, front of house, caterers, lighting and sound people combined on Saturday night to create Lennox Homegrown, an extravaganza of varied musical entertainment. Thanks to the support of the community, $4875 was raised to help Club Lennox open the doors of the old Bowlo next month. Amateur music is a power for good, as well as being enjoyable. Thanks to everyone involved. Hope to see you for the last TUF of the year on December 13. Details to follow soon. Pictured are The Travelling Elderberries, clowning it up. They were a fave of the audience. More pics in the gallery. Tintenbar Up Front comes to the Lennox Head Community Centre Saturday November 23 to help raise funds for Club Lennox.
Among the 11 acts, there will be a huge variety of entertainment, from singer songwriters, to an a cappella group, a harp/violin/guitar trio, amazing blues music, loopy stuff and serious. There are loads of fabulous amateur musicians as well as professionals. Blues supremo Jamie Lockhart will be there as well as Horace Bevan and Johnny Gift from The Black Stars band. Come have fun, have a feed, be thoroughly entertained and support Club Lennox. Check the poster for more details. Last Friday night's entertainment went from the serious and sublime to the sublimely ridiculous. Bev Singh's Indian food was devoured with delight. Avard De Leeuw sang folk songs with a superbly warm bass voice and delicate guitar. His son and nephew from Holland ably assisted with percussion, guitar and vocals. James Webb wove wonderful stories with voice and guitar of love gone wrong, love lost, love rekindled, love found. Tony Koellner, always the wag with a poem, told one of "Peter, the pedalling bum pincher" and his sticky end. As well as another humorous verse. Stitches. Sunrise Sessions started with with a beautiful rendition of Fever, ended with a singalong of Dusty's "I Only Want To Be With You", and in between were an old folk tune, "Keep Your Eyes On The Prize" and "Proud And Humble." Great blend of finely played instruments, percussion, and powerful vocals. After cakes, coffee and chat, Peter Lino built up layers of sounds (vocals mostly) using a loop machine. He got the audience singing to "Proud Mary", sang "Pale Blue Eyes" in honour of Lou Reed, and finished with a version of The Verve's "Bittersweet Symphony." The Elderberries, outrageous as usual, and resplendent in an array of wigs and garb amused us all with a story about curry: "Burning Ring Of Fire"; observations of the work road workers on the Bangalow bypass do (none?); as well as Bangalow's theme song: "My Sweet Pork". Liora Claff was sublime. Her first song, was a Hebrew tune from the 12th century. She changed tone with a mischievous version of the jazz standard "Peel Me a Grape", and concluded with a Bessie Smith blues. Wonderful vocals and delicate finger picked classical guitar left the audience wanting more. Good News! Liora is on the bill for our December show. The entertainment was brought to a close with Greg Pimm playing more of his evocative, ethereal guitar and vocal songs. Pictures in the Gallery. Last show for the year is December 13, and we will finish the evening with dancing to award winning local young band, The Button Collective. (Folky, acoustic, fun...) Tintenbar Up Front Friday night, November 8! You start the evening from 6:45 with delicious curry dishes: chicken, vegetable with fresh coriander or dhal. All are served with a samosa, rice and accompaniments for just $15. Then from 7:30 great entertainment. 7.30 Avard de Leuw Guitar, vocals, percussion 7.45 Bailey Southon Vocalist 8.00 Tony Koellner Performance poet 8.15. James Webb Singer / songwriter. Guitar, vocals 8:30 Break 8.45 Sunrise Sessions + Helen Guitars, mandolin, vocals. 9.00 Repete Performance Various instruments, vocals 9.15 The Elderberries Acoustic guitars, bass, vocals 9.30 Liora Claff Guitar and vocals. Folk, jazz, world.. 9.45 Gregory Pimm Acoustic guitar and vocals. Look forward to seeing you there. Peter Lino and the TUF team. Bev Singh brings her legendary Indian cooking to Tintenbar Up Front Friday November 8. Butter Chicken, Vegetable Curry with fresh coriander Dahl Each dish will come with rice, sambals (chutneys, pickles and breads) and one of her famous samosas. We would like food to be available at TUF, but it is only viable if the audience supports it. What a great way to start the weekend: a delicious curry, and fabulous entertainment. Acts feature a return of The Elderberries, an entertaining group of roguish gentlemen. James Webb is a newbie, and a singer songwriter with a recent album. There are lots more. Check the program. Food served from 6:45. Entertainment begins at 7:30 Charity of the month: Vinnies NSW Bushfire Appeal. Tintenbar Up Front was one year old on Friday October 11. To begin the evening, young vocalist Bailey Southon wowed the audience with fine versions of modern songs. Accompanied in turn on guitar, piano and a backing track, he displayed fine control and power. Then followed Brendo Wheeler, also singing recent tunes, but accompanying himself on acoustic electric guitar. He received plenty of cheers, not only from his family and friends. Nick Wheeler, engaging as usual, took the floor next, singing well known classics and got the crowd joining him on an Eagles tune. Greg Pimm, laid back guitar and vocals, sang more of his repertoire of bushranger and convict ballads mixed up with a Dire Straits tune. After the break, Bernadette Mcwhinnie on harp and Helen Pollock on guitar played sublime renditions of old folk tunes. Peter Lino, Defing Gravity and inspired by the Ballina Country music festival, sang three humorous songs with a country feel. Now regulars Sam Sabine (vocals and piano) and Ebony Stibbard (guitar and vocals) blended voices and instruments beautifully. Another terrific performance from them, greeted with enthusiastic applause. To finish the evening we had energetic blues standards from Dale Gilmore playing slide on a National resonator guitar, and providing percussion with a stomp box. Dale displayed fine musicianship. Another great night of entertainment, and $300 was raised for the UNHCR Syrian Crisis Appeal. Check out the photos of the evening, or the program for November 8. Performers, there are still spots available. After more than 80 performances, $4000 raised for charity and lots of entertained audience members, Tintenbar Up Front will begin its second year. Come and help us celebrate our first anniversary. Check out the fabulous line up. |
AuthorPeter Lino, amateur muso, Archives
November 2016
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