Gadflys @ Murrah Hall

Canberra band, the Gadflys (… of course they are. All 4 permanent members of the band grew up and went to school in Canberra), return to Murrah Hall one of their favourite stamping grounds since the band was formed 40 years ago when The road was dirt and hairy people turned up from everywhere and danced the night away. A career highlight for the band was a 4 year stint on Good News Week as the house band which bought them to a wider audience and gave them an enviable platform to perform their original music in a broad range of styles ranging from skiffle to flat out rock. 

Notable for their use of clarinet, double bass and violin and fronted by brothers Phil and Mick Moriarty the Gadflys have been out wowing audiences from Eden to Edinburgh since mix-tapes were popular and pub rock was king.

A new album, Love & Despair in 2020, saw them return gloriously to form with trademark tribal rhythms and cool bass lines, gorgeous clarinet figures flung up like water sculptures and vocal stylings ranging from the swampily gritty to a smooth croon, worthy of any sharkskin-suited lounge lizard. 

With guest Gemma Clare on cello the Gadflys will be taking us on a journey that meanders through sonic landscapes far-flung and familiar. Musical magpies indeed!