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Rachelle Coba @ The Understage
Rachelle Coba from the US is appearing at the Understage on the 11th December @ 4pm . She has worked with and toured as a guitarist with artists like Super Chikan , Albert Castiglia , Grady Champion and Ray Drew . In this role , she played countless clubs and festivals , including : Buddy Guy ’ s Legends , B . B . Kings in NYC , and the Chicago Blues Festival . She was also a part of extended tours with artists Johnny Winter and Coco Montoya .
After years of this experience , Rachelle decided to play her own style and front her own band . Since then , she has represented the Wichita and Topeka , Kansas Blues Societies in the International Blues Challenge in Memphis , Tennessee both as a solo act and with a band becoming a semi-finalist in 2013 .
More recently , she has toured extensively in Queensland Australia , the United States Midwest and the Mississippi Delta and she has been a surprise special guest on the Legendary Rhythm and Blues Cruise . Rachelle has played many festivals including Juke Joint , King Biscuit , Riverwalk , and Chautauqua Hills Blues Festivals . She was a featured performer in the Blessissippi Blues film in Clarksdale , Mississippi . She has opened for and jammed with notable blues artists including : Dr . John , A . C . Reed , The Cate Brothers , Karen Lovely , Candye Kane , Earl and Them , Hadden Sayers , Hamilton Loomis , Maria Muldaur , Marcia Ball , TUF , Bobby Keys , Eddie Turner , Iko-Iko , Joe Pitts , Albert Castiglia and Stacy Mitchheart . “ She plays a mean lead line and has a voice that can whip-up an F5 quality storm ” – F5 Magazine
“ Hotter than Georgia Asphalt in the summertime … She rocked and was so incredible she had two standing ovations .” – Liberty Press
“ Ive seen her perform with just a guitar and a microphone , but her stripped-down show is visceral and energetic . She never misses a beat as her groovy but aggressive guitar style contrasts beautifully with her passionate , old school growl .” – Women ’ s Focus Magazine .
Doors open at 4pm - $ 30 pre sale / $ 35 at the door . Tickets through trybooking . com
Kallidad – Kuranda & Atherton
Kallidad combines flamenco , rock and mariachi music into an intoxicating instrumental mix . Together with the band ’ s infamous ‘ Day of the Dead ’ facepaint , the result is a live spectacle that has been drawing audiences across Australia , Asia and Europe , including major festivals such as Splendour in the Grass , and events as diverse as bush doofs , metal gigs and family folk picnics .
Kallidad released their second full length album ‘ The Awakening ’ in mid-2016 and have toured extensively to support the release , which combines their trademark ‘ thrash flamenco ’ sound with branches stretching further into their roots in every direction . The group spent July and August 2016 in Europe , and the back half of the year visiting Japan and Indonesia as well as extensive touring within Australia .
Kuranda : Saturday December 10 from 4.20pm at The Billabong as part of Billabong Beats . For details and full line up visit www . thebillabong . com . au Atherton : Sunday December 11 from 5pm @ The Shed ( McConaghie St , Atherton ). Kallidad loves Atherton , and no trip by the band to Far North Queensland is complete without a Sunday session at the Shed ! Those of you who have been before will know these are concerts full of fun , family and fiesta , and we hope the whole town shows up this time ! Tickets are available on the door . As with previous concerts , the band donates 50 % of the takings back to the Shed , to help fund the community music program . The band is proud to be contribute to the Shed Tablelands Music community in this way .
Kuranda Community Events : Every Thursday : Taekwon-Do and Self Defense 6.30pm at CWA hall Phone 0437 438 196 , Yoga Kuranda Amphitheatre from 9 to 11am . Every Wednesday : Craft & Social Morning at QCWA Hall 9am . Karate from 6.15pm at Koah Hall phone 4093 7380 . Yoga from 6pm at the Kuranda Recreation Centre . Every Saturday : Kuranda Envirocare Tree Planting , see www . envirocare . org . au . 3rd Sundays : Kuranda Film Society 4 to 8pm at the Kuranda Recreation Centre . Every Monday : Kids Aerial Circus at Kuranda Amphitheatre , bookings essential 0424 928 917 , starts 3.30pm . Lots of Fun ! Every Tuesday :
Taekwon-Do and Self Defense 6.30pm at CWA hall Phone 0437 438 196 , Any events missing ? Send them to us , the more the merrier !
Wotta Bout Fish ‘ n ’ Chips
• Locally caught fish
• Fresh made to order
• Gluten free chips
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