UMBL Music are proud to present Queen Porter Stomp in Bellingen on the 14th Nov with special guest support Jayden Kitchen Waters. They are jumping in a caravan and heading north up the East Coast of Australia. Launching the new album, “Beat of My Kind” and touring to Bellingen for the first time in mid-November. This band conjures up a unique kind of mangrove swamp magic, drawing on the serpentine and muddy currents of the Hawkesbury River, Their sound swirls somewhere between a raucous New Orleans street parade and the haze of a late-night folk festival. In a feet-stomping, skirt-twirling, dance floor frenzy, Queen Porter Stomp send you a blaze of horns and a swinging rhythm section with a banjo sharp enough to cut through a moonless night – all held together front and centre by Crystal Barreca’s honey like voice.
At the Bellingen Memorial Hall on the 14th November at 7:30pm and the Wauchope Seniors Hall at 2pm on Sunday the 15th November – this excellent act has played to appreciative audiences from Woodford to Falls Festival. Queen Porter Stomp have built a reputation for music that celebrates brass-soaked swing and river-born rhythm. At the heart of this celebration is songwriting rich with sweet harmonies that uniquely captures the ebb and flow of love and life on the river, peppered with the grit and bustle of Sydney’s Inner West.
QPS are touring the new album “Beat of My Kind” which has been 7 years in the making. A culmination of all their adventures and a fusion of styles. Formed in 2015 from the embers of the Crystal Barreca Band, QPS bring an energy to the stage that is both joyful and seductive and pays homage to influences such as Norah Jones, Sierra Ferrell and Tuba Skinny.
The fabulous swamp jazz folk 6 piece is made up by
Crystal Barreca – vocals, guitar, ukulele
Louise Horwood – trumpet, vocals (Missy Higgins, Sirens Big Band)
Rose Foster – trombone, vocals (Sirens Big Band, Divergence Big Band)
Alex Masso – drums (The Vampires)
Julian Curwin – banjo (Tango Saloon, The Golden Strangers)
Matt Lamb – Double Bass (UB3, Ska Collective)
UMBL Music are presenting the Bellingen show and tickets are only $35, $25 for concession presale ($15 more on the door), $15 for youth and free for under 12s. Ticket link: trybooking.com/DQLVZ
