Emily-Rose & the Wild Things in BELLINGEN + Greg Sheehan

Make your Saturday night vibrant at no. 5 Church street with Emily-Rose and the Wild Things (SYD), featuring a special guest set by local legend Greg Sheehan.

Emily-Rose and the Wild Things exist in a world which dances between jazz, folk, songwriter and experimental, where one finds lyrics of weight and beauty, underpinned by profound but constantly fresh acoustic and electric worlds. 

Headed by acclaimed Sydney based songstress and keys player Emily-Rose Sarkova, her full band will be travelling from Dharawal country to present songs from their debut album ‘Upon These Open Skins’, which has been compared to sounds as diverse as Joni Mitchell, Hiatus Kaiyote, Sam Amidon and Dirty Projectors. 

From performing classical piano in French cathedrals, klezmer accordion across Poland, tango in Buenos Aires and funk keyboards and synths at the infamous Pineapple Lounge, Woodfordia, there isn’t much music Emily-Rose hasn’t explored. You may know her from ARIA nominated group Chaika, soft songwriting duo Little Clouds or improvising solo piano as ‘Slow Streams’. 

Greg Sheehan is one of  the leading figures in Australian Percussion. As a performer, teacher and recording artist, he is significantly represented in Australian music for over 50 years. He has been a major influence on generations of musicians and has literally reshaped the map of RHYTHM… A  passionate visionary who has created a unique system of  mathsmusic called ‘Rhythm Diamonds’ which is now being taught in Music Colleges around the country. Add to this Greg’s own Body Percussion style and reinvention of Tambourine technique!

Greg has toured the world as the drummer/percussionist and composer with the Black Arm Band. Some of the indigenous artists that he also has played with include Kev Carmody, Archie Roach, Tiddas, Stiff Gins, Emma Donovan, Shelly Morris, William Barton, Mark Atkins, Fred Leone, Churaki and Yirrmal Marika.

He has run music workshops at over 30 Indigenous Communities from APY lands, Darwin and thru to Wallaga Lake.

He has performed with the Goanna Band, Sinead O’Conner, Jeff Lang, Cat Empire and Blue King Brown to name but a few…

Festivals include Womadelaide, Womad UK, Womad NZ, Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide, as well as touring Brazil, Singapore, India, Canada, Ireland, England, Indonesia, Taiwan and Indonesia.

‘Astounding Musicianship!’; Jonh Shand. SMH.

‘Time Lord’ Shane Howard.

Doors open at 6pm for delicious dinners and drinks, music starts at 7pm.