C.W. Stoneking returns to Melbourne with his Primitive Horn Orchestra this November.
The band that have been his long time collaborators, Stephen Grant, James Clark, Grant Arthur & Danny McKenna, will again join C.W. on the road this November, playing songs we know and love from his back catalogue.
C.W. Stoneking
- 6:30pm, Fri 3 November
- Brunswick Ballroom
- Buy tickets here.
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“The Forum felt like a ‘20s dancehall as Stoneking rolled through Good Luck Charm, Get On The Floor, The Zombie and Gon’ Boogaloo all off his latest record,” Rhys McCrae wrote, one of the last times we saw Stoneking live. “Couples grabbed each other’s hands and made their best attempts at swing dancing while the band leader shuffled around on stage wobbling his head to the beat of the drum. After closing on the soulful gospel number Shelter For Me, it wasn’t long before the band were back out for their encore of the ragtime tune Dodo Blues. As he left the stage for good and the lights went up, the real world came back into view and, like a plummeting police box we all crash landed back in the 21st century.”
The Primitive Horn Orchestra first appeared on Stoneking’s album of 2009, Jungle Blues. The album has since been certified gold and the band joined him for extensive touring both internationally and at home.
Stoneking’s most recent release, Gon Boogaloo, came out in 2014 and has since collected a slew of awards (ARIA Award, AIR Award and Music Vic Award) and was praised by many including The Saturday Paper, who called it ‘a masterpiece’.
He spent years touring Australia and overseas, both solo and with a band, but had not been reunited with his Primitive Horn Orchestra since 2012 until their tour together in 2022.
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