Music at The MiTCH feat. Frank Sultana w/ support from Steph Grace
Description
After his historic January 2023 Memphis International Blues Challenge win, Frank Sultana, the globe-trotting Australian bluesman continues to build his reputation as a powerful, authentic blues singer, multi instrumentalist and songwriter.
In the last 2 years he has collected 5 Sydney Blues Society Music Blues Awards for Best Songwriter (2023/2024) Best Traditional Blues , Artists Choice and Artist of the Year
Whether is solo or fronting the Frank Sultana Blues Band, he is an exciting , raw performer. His ‘Ghosts of Sun’ album, recorded at the famed Sun Studio in Memphis just days after his IBC win spent 6 months in the Australian Blues Roots Radio Airplay Charts
His new 2024 album, ‘Have Band Will Travel’, released in September and recorded with Stan Mobbs on bass, Dan Sullivan on harp and Adrian Herbert on drums is currently in the top 10 after peaking at #2
In August 2023 he joined forces with the only other Australian winners of the prestigious Memphis International Blues Challenge Fiona Boyes (2003) and Jimi Hocking (2005) and they performed across Victoria and NSW to packed houses, and have subsequently been invited to perform at the 2025 Byron Bay Bluesfest
One woman, one guitar, one incredible voice. Australian performer Steph Grace is proof that some of the best music comes from the purest ingredients.
That’s what European crowds took away when they witnessed Steph supporting English artist Passenger on his 2019 summer tour: 6000+ crowd arenas spellbound by the power of her pure, honest and rousing folk-soul storytelling.
After a decade mastering her craft in the pubs and streets of Europe and Australia, the Sydney-born artist relocated to Europe in 2018 to team up in the studio with Chris Vallejo (Passenger, Kate Noonan, Empire Of The Sun). With Vallejo at the helm, Steph collaborated with Josh Schuberth, (Ben Folds; Josh Pyke), and Jon Solo (Angus & Julia Stone), and will release fresh material in 2019, following acclaimed 2016 release ‘Concentrate’.
The new songs, like her performance style, came naturally: “I rented a small apartment in someone’s backyard on the beach at (Sydney’s) Narrabeen and took my guitar, recording equipment and enough supplies for a week. Sometimes I just read books or went to the beach but mostly I buried myself in music.”
As a 100% independent artist – without label or management representation – the fact that Steph tours and performs at such an elite level is further testament to her raretalents and hard-working ethic.
Some musicians entertain; others transform – Steph manages both, radiating effortless charm, charismatic depth and a storyteller’s warmth, with the magnetism to command the tone of any room, from a 50-cap club to a 6,000-strong arena.
With headline shows and summer festival bookings locked in throughout Europe and beyond, Steph is an independent artist on the cusp. And it all comes down to that incredible voice – as well as the soul behind it.
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