Maddi O'Brien & Myki Jay (Lismore Show)
Event description
Join us at the Galaxy Underground for an evening of intimate folk music and storytelling with local songwriter Myki Jay and traveling troubadour Maddi O'Brien.
You can expect a cushioning, warmly lit space and an invitation to lay, listen, unwind, sing and drop in, show up how you want and unwind.
Hot Chai by donation.
Tickets $10 - 20 sliding scale. First Nations free.
Accessibility:
The space is wheelchair accessible with an accessible toilet. Entry is from a sidewalk off Bridgestreet, with parking along Bridge Street and Baillie Street.
Maddi O'Brien
Hailing from the hills of Eastern NSW, Australia, traveling troubadour Maddi O’Brien sings ambient folk and melodious lover blues with a warbling bush twist. Her sultry words of poetry come to life as if your own distant memories...
Leaving Australia with a one-way ticket in her early 20s, she quickly fell into a life of adventure and vagabondage, traversing across Europe, the Middle East and North Africa for several years with eccentric folk from all walks of life. She busked on the streets of the Northern Hemisphere both solo and with other nomadic travellers from the laneways of Northern Italy to the footbridges of South Portugal, to the railway stations of Berlin and the esplanades of Istanbul, learning local folk songs as well as the ballads of the gypsies along the way. The last 12 months saw her on the lineups of; A FESTIVAL CALLED PANAMA, Shambhala In Your Heart (Thailand), Folk On The Lawn (Wales) and Yungaburra Folk Festival. She is currently touring Europe, playing intimate concerts in gardens, bars, galleries and folk festivals from Italy to Wales.
The singer/songwriter has recently debuted her independent album “Deprivation Blues,” a 9-track collection of intimate, husky lullabies that shimmer with dreamy nostalgia, exploring themes from mental health to unrequited love & loss woven with vulnerable lyricism so raw it feels as if a disclosure of secrets, reflecting her own authentic underground.
Myki Jay
Unashamedly queer singer and storytelling Myki Jay (they/them) uses folk music to explore the contemporary folk experience. Connecting with their Irish/Scottish heritage they pull stories of the past into the present and draw parallels between the past, present and the future. Myki Jay’s music is raw, soulful, empowering and inspiring.
Myki’s live shows connect deeply with audiences as they facilitate joyful musical collaborations and storytelling.
Raised in the folk-drenched valleys of Eltham, NSW, Myki’s musical background is a tapestry of the folk tunes that raised them and the jazz music they studied later at university. Jay’s music delicately weaves a picture of activist sentiment that tells stories of overcoming, becoming and unfolding. From outstandingly charismatic to intimate, their silky, heart-felt voice and melodic lines will take you deep inside your heart for a moment of raw story telling.