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THURSDAY 30th AUGUST
POPTARTS @ EUROTRASH BAR
18 CORRS LANE, MELBOURNE
Doors @ 8pm – entry $12 ($10 with Punter Pass)

THE KITES
SOPHIE RAYMOND
KIM DELLAVEDOVA
LIZ BRADLEY

PopTarts is a night of female-fronted pop bands and female songwriters…get it? ..tarts …pop? PopTarts started from an idea by singer/songwriter Amanda Easton and has been running successfully in Sydney at the Empire Hotel, Annandale for over six years. Now, with the blessing of Amanda, PopTarts South will be promoting the same initiative on Thursday nights at Eurotrash Bar, Corrs Lane, Melbourne.

PopTarts this week gets “back to it’s roots” – so to speak with four diverse performers displaying different aspects of folk, blues and roots music – The Kites, Sophie Raymond, Kim Dellavedova and Liz Bradley. PopTarts at Eurotrash – doors at 8pm – entry $12 (or $10 with a Punter Pass).

Band bios

THE KITES

The Kites are a fresh Melbourne-based five piece that combine a strong folk-roots and jazz background with melodic, original pop. The Kites material has been described as ‘elegant little explorations with intimate lyrics and sweet harmonies’ (-Port Fairy Folk Festival Magazine, ‘07).

MEMBERS:
Nicola Strating-gtr/bazouki/fiddle/vox
Corrinn Strating-flute/accordian/vox
Jo Schornikow-keys/vox
Lawrence Folvig- bass
Mirra Seigermann- drums
www.myspace.com/thekitesthekites

SOPHIE RAYMOND

In short: Refreshingly eclectic and soulful acoustic charmer
An invigorating gust of fresh air sweeps you into the world of Sophie Raymond as she tells us “I wanna go / where the folks say hello/Even though they don’t know you” in bouncy album opener “I Wanna Go”.
Sophie Raymond doesn’t like to do things in small doses – not just a mere mortal musician, she’s also a handy animator, director, actor, film maker, and radio broadcaster – and the Melbournite has a knack for marrying myriad styles including folk, Latin swing, jazz, reggae, blues and soulful pop.
Among this albums giant moments is the tender Couch, as Raymond not only demonstrates her wonderful ear for a sweet melody, but her nose for clever lyrics as she lets her fingers do the talking on the six string.
Also keep an ear out for the gentle sway of The Ballad of a Beginning, dreamy Cave, heartfelt Daughter’s Daughter and gypsy-cum-reggae charms of Capitalist Cats.

www.myspace.com/sophieraymond

KIM DELLAVEDOVA

Lovers of great singer songwriters will be delighted with the discovery of Kim Dellavedova’s unique sound. With a dry and haunting voice, Kim draws the listener deeper into her intention, plunging them into a lilting musical world where fragments of her stories and characters unfold. Kim Dellavedova’s musical foundations began in Country Victoria, Australia. The influential soundtrack to her early youth was a musical concoction of her father playing ragtime piano pieces and her brother playing the music 0f Django Reinhart and Robert Johnson on guitar. Tinkering on the piano from an early age and taking classical guitar lessons throughout her early teens fuelled her interest to start making up her own songs and musical pieces. Wanting a change of scene in 1995 Kim left the sandy, bush scrub of her home town and headed to the lush tropics of Kingston, Jamaica as an exchange student. After being accepted into the C.L.A.S.J course offered at the Edna Manely College of Arts in Kingston Kim studied under jazz guitarist Maurice Gordon. Returning to Australia and making Melbourne her musical stomping ground Kim began performing her original songs as a singer/guitarist at local music venues. These beguiling performances swiftly generated a dedicated audience and the respect and support of Melbourne’s musical community. Carl Pannuzzo (drums) and Sime Nugent (Harmonica and guitar) and Kim’s brother Brett Dellavedova (bass) joined Kim’s first band, Kim Dellavedova and the Aunties. This group went on to record Kim’s first C.D release titled ‘Sound’ . While juggling live performances at Australian venues and festivals Kim returned to university to study sound design. Wanting to delve deeper into the art of recording, Kim dedicated the next two years to her work as a sound designer for film/dance and theatre. A decision to begin the pre-production for a second album inspired a move away from the city. Taking a portable recording set up and her guitar for company she effectively disappeared for a summer. Happily trapped in a friends beach holiday house Kim recorded the skeletal bed that in the months to come would evolve into her second record, for want of a better word’. Kim Dellavedova’s City Chariot is completed by the presence of Phil McLeod on double bass, cello and accordion and Phil Collings on drums.

www.myspace.com/citychariot
www.kimdellavedova.com

LIZ BRADLEY

Liz Bradley has been a guitarist/singer/songwriter since her early teens and has always loved her rock music. Her first gig was at fifteen years of age at a bikie party! Worrying stuff! Since then she has played in bands in Australia and in the UK and has, of recent times, been enjoying a solo career, working in and around Melbourne as an acoustic act.
More recently, Liz has teamed up with fellow songwriter Ross Woodhams and together they have produced what can only be described as a rock album. (There are a couple of cool ballads strategically placed in there, though!) Once the album, ‘Open Mind, Open Skies,’ was finished, Liz gathered a group of talented individuals to form her band, Your Roses. The album is being launched on Saturday September 8th, at The Gershwin Room in The Espy and Your Roses will be performing most of the tracks from the album.
If you like girls who rock, you’ll like Liz Bradley!
www.myspace.com/yourroses
www.myspace.com/lizbradleyofficial