The Mercurials @ 2006 Darebin Music Feast
the mercurials
with special guest
andy baylor
one show only
northcote town hall
189 high st northcote
sunday 10th september
from 5pm
Tickets $15/10 or $25 with CD
Bookings tel: 9484 9500
The Mercurials are a trio hailing from Melbourne that has been performing since the start of 2004. They draw on a number of musical bases, including blues, folk, rock and classical to produce a sound that is a unique product of the Melbourne musical environment. The group has been described as a “hip chamber group”.
The group is composed of ARIA award winning Andrew Pendlebury on guitar, guitarist/vocalist/songwriter Mark Ferrie and Adi Sappir, an adventurous young cellist and vocalist. Each member brings with them a diverse range of experience and influences to create the Mercurials sound.
Their live repertoire includes original material in addition to interpretations of tunes by artists as diverse as Bob Dylan, Irving Berlin, Jimi Hendrix, Kraftwerk and Neil Young. A feature of the group is the wondrous vocals of Adi Sappir who sings in both English and her native Hebrew.
The group came together in December 2003 to perform at the Ian Potter Gallery in the NGV at Federation Square and have since made several appearances on the Derek Guille Evening program on ABC radio, in addition to the popular ‘Off The Record’ and ‘JVG Radio Method’ programs on 3RRR.
They have won over audiences at the 2004 Adelaide Fringe Festival, the Boite World Music Café in North Fitzroy, the 2006 Port Fairy Folk Festival, the 2006 Mt Beauty Music Muster and a host of music venues and festivals around Melbourne and rural Victoria. The Mercurials released their debut self titled CD in June 2005 and launched it to a sell-out audience at Dizzy’s night club in early July.
The combination of Mark and Andrew, who have played together in various groups on the Melbourne live music scene since the mid 70s, and the exotic new dimension which Adi brings to the mix, has resulted in a unique, magical world class music ensemble with a truly refreshing new sound.
The Mercurials are appearing at a special one-off concert at the Northcote Town Hall on Sunday Sept 10th as part of the 2006 Darebin Music Feast.
The concert will open with a set from the Mercurials and conclude with a set where they will combine their talents with well-known local roots music multi-instrumentalist and vocalist, Andy Baylor. The second set will feature new original music from the Mercurials in addition to their interpretations of some of Andy’s original compositions and other pieces specifically worked up by the ensemble for this performance.
The show promises to be one of the highlights of the 2006 Darebin Music Feast program.
