Caitlyn Shadbolt

Caitlyn Shadbolt, the girl from Gympie has been lauded by many as ‘one to watch’.

A finalist in the sixth season of The ‘X Factor’ Australia (2014), Caitlyn secured a recording deal with ABC MUSIC and released her debut album, Songs On My Sleeve (May 2017). Upon release, the album hit #1 on the ARIA Country Album chart. The first single, ‘My Break Up Anthem’, held the #1 National Country Airplay Chart for over 8 consecutive weeks and became the 2nd most played song on Country Radio (held out of the top spot by Sam Hunt’s monster hit 'Body Like A Backroad’). Caitlyn was recognised for her achievements by winning the CMC Award for Best New Artist, along with a nomination for Female Artist of the Year.

2020 saw Caitlyn release her sophomore album ‘Stages’ with hit singles including ‘Edge of the Earth’ & ‘Bones’. The album was co-produced by Stuart Stuart and Caitlyn herself, with all vocals and acoustic guitar being recorded in her make-shift home studio during lock down.

This year, Caitlyn embarks on an even bigger creative project – recording and producing her third record with partner Matt Smith in their newly built studio.

The Angels

Legendary Australian pub-rock outfit, The Angels, have enjoyed a career that has spanned over forty years, after they were spotted in a dingy Adelaide (Australia) pub by AC/DC’s Angus Young and Bon Scott.

Dragon Festival

Dragon, Purveyors of Antipodean anthems since 1973.

We never stop moving.

Eurogliders

The EUROGLIDERS story begins in 1981, in Perth, Australia……the most isolated city in the world.

Within a decade of forming, EUROGLIDERS had recorded four albums, enjoyed a multitude of chart topping singles and been awarded a swag of awards from around the globe, for both music and video. But EUROGLIDERS truly began as a love story between a songwriter and a singer, both of whom had their own bands.

Today, some 25 years later, the relationship between that singer and that songwriter may have changed but the love of performing and their long enduring friendship continues every night on stage.

Let’s go back a bit. Grace Knight and Bernie Lynch met in Perth. Grace was lead singer for a band named 'Lumiere’; and Bernie, lead singer for 'Living Single'.

They met, fell in love and Grace took over the lead singing role for 'Living Single'. They changed their name to EUROGLIDERS and suddenly everything changed……..their lives would never be the same.

The songs that Bernie wrote now took on a life of their own in Grace’s hands. Crowds doubled, then tripled, recordings were made, played on radio and record companies arrived at the sleepy, sun drenched hamlet of Perth with cheque books in hand, ready to sign the act.

With Grace Knight, the 'manic ballerina', and Bernie Lynch on vocals and guitar, their performances were a rallying cry of anthems that audiences sung along with till their lungs were bursting. Songs like 'Heaven', 'We Will Together', 'Can't Wait To See You', 'Absolutely' and 'The City of Soul' became the songs of a young Australian generation. Life was a long dizzying ride to the top of the charts and ten Top Ten charting singles and albums were the result.

The next decade saw EUROGLIDERS travel the world, charting in countries like Japan and America. 'Heaven' was a top five hit on the Billboard USA charts and the band won numerous Countdown and MTV awards. A darling of MTV, EUROGLIDERS performed 'live' on MTV's New Year’s Eve party in New York, broadcast to over 65 million people.

Grace Knight and Bernie Lynch have continued, in the years after the Eighties, to engage people in their lives.........Grace Knight has forged an entirely new and separate career, acting in the award winning TV mini-series 'Come in Spinner' and recording many award winning jazz albums. Grace is considered to be one of the foremost singers in Australia. In addition to collecting an ARIA award in 1993 for the Platinum certified album, Come In Spinner, she’s one of only a handful of people to be nominated for ARIA awards in three separate decades. Bernie Lynch continued writing music for theatre and forged, with Collette Dinnigan, a fashion empire that continues to win innovative awards.

But the much needed break from EUROGLIDERS would not last long. An album of entirely new songs was released in 2006, a national tour performed and it was obvious that the magic was still there.

In 2015, EUROGLIDERS released a new CD titled 'Don't Eat The Daisies', comprised of both new songs and re-workings of some of the classic EUROGLIDERS’ hits, including 'We Will Together' and 'Heaven'.

The new songs talk of love, of rebirth and of finding ones sense of self and so, nothing’s changed really, has it? A review of the album 'Groove' in 1989 commented that EUROGLIDERS’ songs “look at what happens when two people fall for each other.....the good times, the transcendent moments, the children, the separation and the aftermath'.................”.

2016 sees the release of Fragile, Grace’s latest solo project comprising of twelve new songs penned by Bernie Lynch. In a departure from jazz, Fragile consists of blues, soul and even folk tracks. Fragile has already received rave reviews.

In November 2017 Eurogliders were inducted into the WA Music Hall Of Fame.

Grace Knight and Bernie Lynch may not be married anymore but their love for each other and the smiling warmth seen on stage every night are a shining example of the sheer joy that only music can provide.

Mi-Sex

Celebrate 45 years of the timeless classic LP Graffiti Crimes and see Mi-Sex Live. Coming to a bar, stadium, or speakeasy near you. Check Events for dates.

Chocolate Starfish

Chocolate Starfish were an Australian rock music group based in Melbourne, Australia, releasing a number of hits in the early 1990s, before disbanding in 1998. The original line up featured Craig Harnath ( Kids in the Kitchen) , Brett Kingman ( James Rayne), John Justin (Himself) and Bruce Pawsey (Kate Ceberano) and was born from the desparate cover band scene of the early 1990s. Scottish frontman Adam Hootsman emigrated to Melbourne from the scottish village of Shepparton, in the outter hebrides. He remained as the only original member until the bands demise. They reached their peak with Mountain, released in 1994 which became a top 5 hit in the Australian charts (and a translated version reached top 10 in Croatia). They also had top 5 success in the same year with their cover of Carly Simon's You're So Vain. They were produced by Pseudo Echo front man Brian Canham. Drummer Darren Danielson later formed a band with Brian Canham called Brill, which released one self titled album independently. When Canham re-formed Pseudo Echo in 1999, he recruited Danielson to play drums.

SHANE HOWARD - GOANNA

Shane Howard is a prolific Australian songwriter, admired and respected for his integrity and commitment to music.

For 40 years Shane Howard's songs have mapped an Australian landscape. From the dry desert landscape where he penned his anthemic ‘Solid Rock’ to the Wild Rivers of Tasmania ‘Let the Franklin Flow’ he’s created a uniquely Australian voice and traversed a vast landscape in his travels.

His songs champion the cause of the common man, the environment and the injustices endured by Australia’s Aboriginal people.

After 30 years of singing, writing and journeying the globe, from campfires to concert halls, he has consolidated his voice to become an important addition to the evolving folklore of modern song.

Caitlyn Shadbolt

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