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Live Music Roundup – Thursday 29, 2015

Latest News

NEFA says Forestry Corp are ignoring legal protections for gliders

The North East Forest Alliance is calling on the Environment Protection Authority to issue an immediate Stop Work Order for logging in Styx River State Forest, near Armidale on the Northern Tablelands.

Other News

Main Arm road meeting this Thursday

It has been over two years since the 2022 floods and residents of Main Arm have been dealing with third world road conditions ever since. Now Byron Shire Council has agreed to ‘enter Middle Earth’ as one resident put it, and they have invited Main Arm residents to join them at Kohinur Hall this Thursday.

Housing roundtable held in Lismore 

Member for Lismore, Janelle Saffin MP hosted a Northern Rivers housing roundtable in this week.

Interview with Sean Turnell and Ma Thida ahead of their May event for Byron Writers Festival

Sean Turnell, author of An Unlikely Prisoner, and Ma Thida, activist and author of A-Maze, join together for an intimate conversation with Mick O’Regan about their time in Myanmar’s notorious Insein Prison.

New knife laws for NSW

The NSW government has announced a package of reforms to target possession of knives, particularly among young people, with the intention of reducing knife crime and boosting community safety.

Northern Rivers post-flood PTSD trial featuring MDMA approved

More than 200 people with post-traumatic stress disorder as a result of the 2022 Northern Rivers floods and landslides are to receive support through a clinical trial.

Composting for a Better World!

International Compost Awareness Week is here, and we asked our local organic champions Santos Organics whether there was any point in composting our organics and using compost to create a healthier soil, or whether we should just dig a huge hole somewhere in the shire and let everyone throw their stuff in. On balance, they came down in favour of composting:

The-Vanns-

Sunday to Sunday

Jimmy Vann, Lachlan Jones and Tom Switlek are The Vanns – they have just released their new single Sunday To Sunday. Recorded and produced by Nathan Sheehy this single has all the catchy pop rock elements of a classic Vanns tune, a jump up and down, shout out loud, sing it to your mates killer.

Hailing from the New South Wales town of Kiama, The Vanns deliver an infectious salty mash of earthy pop and indie rock.

The Sunday To Sunday tour will take in over 25 shows and span from the Sunshine Coast of Queensland to Perth in WA, including Victoria, Tasmania, South Australia and NSW.

Come and say g’day to the boys this Friday at the Hotel Great Northern.

Allensworth-profile

For what it’s worth

Southern California Rock and Soul favourites Allensworth return to Byron Bay this spring as part of the Mullum Festival lineup and to promote a new EP titled Slow Fade. Byron Bay has become a second home to the band’s frontman/songwriter Jamie Allensworth and percussionist/vocalist Tony Mash since their first Australian tour in 2010. For the few that haven’t heard of Allensworth it’s all about FeelGood music, soulful grooves and infectious tunes.

Catch Allensworth as a 5-piece this weekend – Thursday, 7pm at the Byron Bay Treehouse and Sunday, 4pm at the Beach Hotel.

ATribeCalledRed

Calling all Red Tribes

A Tribe Called Red will be heading to Australia to perform for the first time an extensive run of shows throughout the east coast including headline dates as well as Australian Music Week, The Sydney Opera House’s Homeground.

A Tribe Called Red aims to challenge stereotypes about indigenous people by using video segments taken from pop culture (movies, cartoons) in order to poke fun of the racist imagery.

They not only mix tradition with contemporary art via music and video, but also their dancer who mixes b-boy style with traditional hoop dancing.

Famous for their experimental blend of instrumental hip-hop, reggae, electronic music and elements of First Nations traditional drumming and chanting, A Tribe Called Red are producing a truly unique sound that’s impacting the global electronic scene and urban club culture.

NORPA presents A Tribe Called Red on Saturday November 28 at Lismore City Hall.


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