Ewingsdale local Bobby Alu has had six overseas tours this year spreading his hammock music around the world through Canada, USA, Netherlands, Germany and Switzerland. He believes, ‘This music is best served at sunset, to all ages.’ Sunday, 30 November, Bobby and his band alongside friends Animal Ventura and Marta Kalani will be doing an all ages, family-friendly show at Ottway Backyard – the open-air carpark of the Ottway store in Lawson Street, Byron Bay. Doors open at 4pm, followed by three great artists sharing their songs, all done and dusted by 8pm. Limited tickets available.
Bobby said to his manager for this Australian tour, ‘I’ll only do the show if we can make it all ages and at sunset.’ The ten-date tour around Australia has been selling out, so secure your tickets for this final show of the ‘Take it Easy My Brother’ tour.
If you ask Australian/Samoan singer, ukulele strummer and drummer Bobby Alu what his music sounds like, he’ll tell you how he hopes it makes you feel: like you have your favourite drink in hand, sipping as the sun sets on a warm evening that’s laden with the promise of adventure. In an ideal world, he’d follow summer around the earth in his endless quest to nail that feeling in his songs that ride the groove spectrum from Polynesian folk, through roots, reggae, harmony-laden soul to tropical pop.
With a reputation as a world-class performer – touring as Xavier Rudd’s percussionist for five years, OKA’s drummer for five years and supporting the likes of Xavier, John Butler Trio and Trevor Hall across North America and Europe – Bobby’s most recent album Keep It Tropical debuted at #3 on the ARIA Australian Albums Chart. It’s primarily a mission statement: take naps, be generous, go on adventures, have gratitude, enjoy the little things, strive to be better, don’t be so serious, love, laugh a lot, eat the odd donut, swim in the ocean, enjoy the sunshine and warmth.
Sunday – all ages, family-friendly show at Ottway Backyard, Lawson Street, Byron Bay.
Doors at 4pm, followed by three great artists sharing their songs, all done and dusted by 8pm. Limited tickets available.
Tickets: bobbyalu.com.
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