Little Clouds, Broken Creek & Laura Altman at Peppermint Grove Studios

It's a beautiful summer afternoon Peppermint Grove Studio concert! If the weather is fine, BYO swimmers for a dip in the pool. Little Clouds is celebrating the release of their debut studio album 'Quiet Life', Broken Creek are travelling from rural Victoria to celebrate the release of their new single 'Broken Tapes' and Laura Altman will give a rare performance of her own songs. Our concerts are BYO drinks and snacks to share and are limited to 40 tickets.

Little Clouds are Emily-Rose Sarkova and Nick Henderson, singing about the small fluffy feel-good things, allowing thoughts to drift and time to float. Their lyrics are deep wells, inspired by the intricate arrangements and deft songwriting of artists like Sufjan Stevens, Joni Mitchell, Norah Jones, The Magic Lantern and Andy Shauf.

Emily-Rose Sarkova and Nick Henderson are South Sydney locals, based on Dharawal Country, and this concert will be the Sydney celebration of their debut studio album release Quiet Life.

Fans have described Quiet Life as ‘a warm hug’, ‘stunning’, ‘so beautiful’, ‘a masterpiece’ and ‘the perfect Australian summer album for 2024’. 

Little Clouds move between their multi-instrumentalist personalities of guitar, bass, banjo, piano, keys, synths, accordion and vocals. It is intimate. It is real. Journeys will be had. 

If one requires some hard hitting musical facts about these two musicians, you might like to know that they are Conservatorium graduates who have played with award winning and very diverse musicians such as Art Music Award finalists Emily-Rose and The Wild Things, ARIA nominated Chaika, jazz legend Mike Nock, world renowned Australian Brandenburg Orchestra, Elio Villafranca, Arcing Wires, Monsieur Camembert, Duo Ramirez Satorre and Chris Cody Octet.

Broken Creek weave compelling musical re-imaginings of Australiana for banjo, guitar, fiddle and voice that tell stories of outsiders from Australia’s past and present. 

Named for the creek Erin grew up near, ‘Broken Creek’ signals a love of traditional folk music with an adventurous musical bent to “break” with the conventional. 

Recorded in Erin’s grandmother's hundred year old farmhouse, Broken Creek’s upcoming album ‘Yeah Nah’ features songs about small-town Australia, original tunes inspired by the land and subversive re-imaginings of traditional Australian songs, folklore and tunes that challenge the narrative of Australian cultural history.

Erin and Lachlan Heycox grew up in regional border towns along the Murray River steeped in bush bands and balladeers. After moving to Melbourne to study music and history, they performed in a melting pot of different musical projects including sea shanties, avant garde orchestras, and improvised theatrical soundtracks. 

Laura Altman 

Laura Altman is known widely as a clarinetist, improviser and composer. She is based in Sydney, living and working predominantly on Gadigal and Wangal country.

Laura has been an important voice in the Sydney improvised and exploratory music scene for over 15 years. Her collaborations with Australian and international musicians have seen her perform across the country and around the world, and feature on multiple recordings, notably with trio Great Waitress. She is a long-standing member of Sydney improvisation collective Splinter Orchestra and style-free exponents Prophets. 

What many don't know about Laura is that she is also a writer of gentle, thoughtfully crafted songs, which we are so looking forward to hearing in this rare set of voice and guitar.