If only the walls of some of our venues could talk! Melbourne’s unique and robust live music scene is world renowned. So many great talents have been nurtured in our small venues before making it big on the world stage.
As part of the inaugural Leaps and Bounds Music Festival there will be a series of Q&A sessions with well known musicians and connoisseurs. Paul Stewart, Bob ‘Bongo’ Starkie, Chris Gill and Angie Hart will be looking back and sharing their own stories and insights about the local music scene. These relaxed chats will take place in front of a live audience with a local music journalist asking most of the questions.
PAUL STEWART
Musician, journalist, activist and transplant survivor who was included on the Leaps and Bounds web videos will be offering more colourful stories which particularly focus on the Richmond area. Paul formed the Painters and Dockers in 1982 and is also a member of the Dili Allstars, an Australian and East Timorese reggae and ska band.
In conversation with esteemed Musicologist Bruce Milne:
MONDAY 15TH JULY
The Great Britain Hotel
447 Church Street, Richmond
6.30pm – 8pm
Free Entry
BOB “BONGO” STARKIE
Guitarist from legendary Australian group Skyhooks who ran the Jump Club in Smith Street, Collingwood thirty years ago and continues to play live regularly around Melbourne.
In conversation with Paul Cashmere (Noise 11)
THURSDAY 18TH JULY
Yah Yah’s
99 Smith Street, Fitzroy
6.30pm – 8pm
Free Entry
ANGIE HART
As a teenager Angie performed in pubs around Fitzroy with the band she fronted Frente before they were catapulted in to mainstream success and relocated overseas, which didn’t happen to many Australian indie groups in the early 90s. Angie has continued to work as a musician as well as a writer and is sure to offer a unique perspective on growing up in the inner north.
In conversation:
WEDNESDAY 17TH JULY
The Workers Club,
51 Brunswick Street, Fitzroy
6.30pm – 8pm
Free Entry
CHRIS GILL
Funky community broadcaster with RRR in the Thursday afternoon slot with show ‘Get Down’ and independent record store owner is an aficionado of funk. His store Northside Records has been dealing vinyl for ten years and Gill recently started a record label with the same name as his store which has over the years become the hub of the local soul and funk scene which has was established a couple of decades ago and is only now being given the attention it deserves.
In conversation:
SUNDAY 21ST JULY
Northside Records,
236 Gertrude Street, Fitzroy
6pm – 7pm
Free Entry
The inaugural Leaps and Bounds Music Festival runs from Friday 5 – Sunday 21 July.
View film clips about the musical history of the City of Yarra here: https://vimeo.com/68028263
Check www.leapsandboundsmusicfestival.com for more details and information.
