Mardi Lumsden and the Rising Seas
First, kudos to this amazing band for their residency at the Brisbane Powerhouse. It is such an amazing opportunity to play this venue every Friday for a month. And seriously, who wouldn't want to come to the unique beauty that is the Powerhouse for a drink after work on a Friday evening. Um... pick me!
I have always loved the genuine charm that this band flaunts without even trying. It's simply beautiful. During this residency Mardi explained that they are going to mix things up quite a bit. This show, they played with a full contingency of band members, however next week we were told it would just be Pennay on Banjo and melodica, Mardi on guitars from the regular line up, but they would be joined by a string quartet as well as a flugelhorn player. I am very curious to see this. I shall have to try and make it. But... tonight. They played a whole bunch of the songs that we know and love, as well as quite a few new ones. I am liking the new material that Mardi is putting out. It incorporates her unique style and band instrumentation, yet is moving in new directions also.
I do hope to make it to another Friday night show, this would be a very good thing indeed.
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