Brisbane’s dirty-soul heroes Blues Arcadia are hitting the Eastern Australian highways and byways in support of track ‘Two Wrongs (Don’t Make it Right)’ the latest cut from their critically acclaimed Carnival of Fools album.
The ‘Two Wrongs Tour’ features a video release and shows kicking off this March in Melbourne, Sydney and the NSW coast – culminating in home-state dates in Queensland in April.
The video for the new track was shot on a 38-degree day in the band’s backyard at Mini Mecca in Brisbane, a retro-custom car garage specialising in the restoration of vintage Mini Coopers. Sweating it out between car hoists amidst the clutter of engine parts was a unique performance experience captured by local filmmaker Geoff McLeod, who has documented the band since their formation four years ago.
Blues Arcadia draw from influences as rich and diverse as The Meters, Robben Ford, Ronnie Earl, Parliament-Funkadelic and Big Mama Thornton, and create a sound that is part jazz, blues and funk fortified with a dash of dark and dirty soul. ‘Two Wrongs (Don’t Make it Right)’ is no exception: a funky-ass face-slapper of rolling snare hits and Rhodes keyboard stabs dancing around the final moments of a romantic relationship in terminal decline.
Blues Arcadia have been three-time Australian Blues Music Award winners and Australian Roots Music Award nominees and have played festivals around the country including Woodford Folk Festival, Thredbo Blues, Blues on Broadbeach and Mornington Peninsula Blues Festival and many more.
TOUR DATES
Saturday, 7 March
Kiama Jazz and Blues Festival
www.kiamajazzandbluesfestival.com.au
Thursday, 19 March
The Welcome Swallow, Brunswick, VIC
8pm
Free
Friday, 20 March
Fyrefly, St Kilda, VIC
with Geoff Achison
8pm
from $25.50
bit.ly/GeoffAchison-FyreflyStKilda
Saturday, 21 March
The Blues Train, Queenscliff, VIC
www.thebluestrain.com.au
Sunday, 22 March
Warrandyte Festival, Warrandyte, VIC
warrandytefestival.org
Friday, 3 April
The Seaview Tavern, Woolgoolga, NSW
8pm
Free
Saturday, 4 April
The Harrington Hotel, Harrington, NSW
8pm
Free
Sunday, 5 April
Bellingen Brewing Co, Bellingen, NSW
4pm
$20
bit.ly/BluesArcadia-BellingenBrewing
Saturday, 18 April
The Butchers Brew Bar, Dulwich Hill NSW
8pm
$15
www.butchersbrewbar.com.au
Sunday, 19 April
The Towradgi Beach Hotel, Towradgi, NSW
3pm
Free
Friday, 24 April
The Imperial Hotel, Eumundi, QLD
with special guest Ezra Lee
7:30pm
$20 presale $25 door
bit.ly/BluesArcadia-ImperialHotelEumundi
Saturday, 25 April
Doo-Bop Jazz Bar, Brisbane, QLD
with special guest Ezra Lee
7pm
$25
bit.ly/BluesArcadia-DooBopJazzBar
Sunday, 26 April
The Wallaby Hotel, Mudgeeraba, QLD
with special guest Ezra Lee
4pm
$20 presale $25 door
bit.ly/BluesArcadia-WallabyHotel
