The Crooked Fiddle Band have announced some tour dates for October and November on the back of their debut album, Overgrown Tales, recorded in Chicago with legendary engineer Steve Albini (Nirvana, The Pixies, Joanna Newsom, Gogol Bordello, PJ Harvey).
Australia’s ‘chainsaw folk’ vigilantes blew away audiences in the UK and Europe, appearing there for the first time. The band were picked up by both a German and a UK agent on the strength of the reviews and shows there, and are now set to hit the road to play to home audiences once again.
Driven by the beautiful and furious fiddling of Jess Randall, and underpinned by a rhythm section featuring Gordon Wallace (bouzouki, guitar, banjo, mandolin), Mark Stevens (double bass, Appalachian dulcimer, charango) and Joe Gould (drum kit, hand percussion, garbage bin, vocals) The Crooked Fiddle Band sound blasts, rocks and grooves to the point of dementia, whipping listeners into a joyous frenzy. Combining stunning musicianship with a rhythm and energy aimed straight at romantic hearts and dancing feet, The Crooked Fiddle Band intertwine folk traditions with modern evolutions and have impressed all who have encountered them.
The Crooked Fiddle Band October/November 2011 Tour Dates
Saturday – 1st October
Dragon Dreaming Festival, ACT
Friday – 7th October
The Palais, Hepburn Springs, VIC
Saturday – 8th October
East Brunswick Club, Melbourne (w/ Barons of Tang + Flap!), VIC
Sunday – 9th October
The National, Geelong, VIC
Friday – 14th October
The Brisbane Hotel, Hobart, TAS
Saturday – 15th October
Westbury Week, TAS
Sunday – 16th October
Irish Murphy’s, Launceston, TAS
Friday – 21st October
Support for Jonathan Boulet at “The Standard” / Kinsellas, Sydney, NSW
Saturday – 22nd October
The Milton Theatre with HAT FITZ and Cara, NSW
Sunday – 23rd October
The White Eagle Polish Club, Canberra (w/ Mr Fibby), ACT
Friday – 28th October
Ex-Services Club, Mullumbimby, NSW
Saturday – 29th October
River Festival, Bellingen, NSW
Friday – 4th November
The Factory, Marrickville (w/ Barons of Tang + Kira Puru and The Bruise), NSW
Saturday – 5th November
Bitter and Twisted Festival, Maitland – daytime, NSW
The Cambridge Hotel, Newcastle (w/ Kira Puru + Barons of Tang) – evening, NSW
Saturday – 12th November
Katoomba RSL, NSW
Friday – 9th December
Joe’s Waterhole, Eumundi, QLD
Saturday – 10th December
The Joynt, Brisbane, Qld
