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Back in the grooveInterview Katie Noonan

THAT’S ENTERTAINMENTPROUDLY INDEPENDENT WED 18 MAR 2015

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After her mind-blowing 2014 Australian tour, powerhouse vocalist Beth Hart will be returning to Australian shores to turn the art of singing into an out-of-body experience - she is simply world class and boasts A-list collaborations with the likes of Jeff Beck, Slash, Buddy Guy and Joe Bonamassa.

Hart has ridden incredible highs and heart-breaking lows in the past, but these days she’s reaching new career heights including her nomination for a Blues Music Award in the best contemporary blues female artist in 2014 and a Grammy nomination with Joe Bonamassa in 2014 for their album Seesaw, which went number one on the Billboard blues album chart, as did their most recent release Live In Amsterdam.

Her most recent album Bang Bang Boom Boom reached number 3 on the Bill-board blues album chart. Beth is currently working on a new solo album which is set to be released early 2015, so expect to hear some new material at this show.

The thing that struck this humble wag, upon listening to the once Queen of Pop’s 13th record, was the fact that for an album that is supposed to be chock full of club-oriented dance tunes - it is a surprisingly layered, thoughtful and introspective re-cord making Rebel Heart easily Madonna’s most consistent work in years.

There’s no denying that the once-trail-blazing Madonna has become a little passe in recent years with the likes of Lady Gaga, Miley Cyrus and even Peaches shocking or twerking their way down Madonna’s well-worn path. But this time around, you get the sense that this is a fact that Madonna is starting to embrace especially in the title track with the line “I’ve outgrown my past and I’ve shed my skin”.

While not the best album in the cata-logue, Rebel Heart certainly brings a whole new element to the Madonna party and is well worth a listen.

This Tarantino/Grindhouse-esque flick is an absolute thrill ride and one of the last places you’d expect to see Mel Gibson. Gibson stars as The Driver - a criminal who pulls off a heist. His getaway goes south of the border when a car chase lands him in a hard-core Mexican prison community known as “El Pueblito.” His only chance of survival rests with a 10-year-old boy.

While this story has been done to death, this film brings a few interesting tricks to the hackneyed canon. It follows Vlad Tepes (Luke Evans) and his struggle to protect his family and people from Otto-man sultan Mehmed (Dominic Cooper), whose empire has put Vlad’s homeland in danger of being conquered. Vlad is helped by a man (Charles Dance) who grants him the powers to defeat his enemy.

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After spending the last few years beguiling the nation with a string of eclectic and highly-acclaimed projects - Songs That Made Me, Love

Song Circus, Songbook and Southern Skies with Karen Shaupp - Katie Noonan is back in band mode for her latest EP, Peace Is My Drug and the powerhouse singer couldn’t be happier.

“It’s so exciting to be back among the band dynamic again and we certainly can’t wait to kick off the tour,” she told TE.

The new EP, Peace is My Drug (featuring the formidable talents of former Captains bandmates Declan Kelly and Stu Hunter and Melbourne guitarist Ben Edgar), features two new tracks - the titular track based around the Michael Leunig poem Peace (with Leunig writing a second verse specifically for the song) and Cloud of Home along with a few tantalising remixes and will serve as a teaser for the upcoming album.

Noonan said she decided to go down a bit

of a different path for the album - taking to Pledge Music to get it funded and while she said she was reluctant at first to take the album down the crowdfunding route - it proved to be an ultimately rewarding experience.

“It has been brilliant,” she said. “We exceeded our goal in just two days

which, for me, is a huge validation. I was reluctant at first, but I’m really happy with how it turned out.

“My next album feels like a return to me. This is the first truly Katie album with all new material in a long time. All in all, I’m really proud of these songs and so excited to be able to share them.”

Another highlight for Noonan was working with iconic cartoonist and poet Leunig who, she revealed to TE, would be working on a full-length album with her trio Elixir.

“One of the best things about meeting your heroes is when they exceed your expectations and Michael certainly did that,” she said.

“The sign of a great artist is the ability to say volumes in just a few words and there are few people other than Michael who do that so well.”

Contentmentbreeds success

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Since springing into the national consciousness with her outfit George, Noonan certainly hasn’t been an artist to paint herself into a corner - taking on several solo, duo, ensemble and cross-platform projects spanning myriad genres. For Noonan, though, this is all just a part of the lifelong process that is songwriting.

“Any great artist is forever a student of the art form and music is just limitless - so exposing yourself to various challenges,” she said.

“But I’d like to think that, over time I, a little like Michael Leunig, have become a little better at saying more with a lot less.”

Catch Katie Noonan at Lizotte’s on Sunday, March 22.

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EXCHANGE HOTEL: Friday, Tres Hombres; Sunday, Zane Penn.FAMILY HOTEL: Friday, Reg Sinclair.FIVE SAWYERS: Wednesday, Live Sawyers feat. Eddie Garvan & De’May; Friday, DJ Jonathan; Saturday, DJ Matt Meler; Sunday, DJ Jonathan.GATESHEAD TAVERN: Friday, Rock Factor; Sunday, Jaybee Duo.GEORGE TAVERN: Friday, Mick Jones; Satur-day, Sundays Record Duo; Sunday, AdzDrumz.GRAND HOTEL: Tuesday, Jazz.GREAT NORTHERN HOTEL: Thursday, Open Mic Night.GRETA WORKERS CLUB: Friday, Rendezvous.GWANDALAN BOWLING CLUB : Friday, Kara-oke.GUNYAH HOTEL: Friday, Mardmax; Saturday, The Remedy Trio; Sunday, Greg Bryce. HALEKULANI BOWLING CLUB: Saturday, Mali-

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With their divergent and dynamic repertoire The Levymen are sure to make an impression with crowds from pubs to private functions.

Playing a swag of shows over the past four years in four-piece band Igniter, the boys had crowds in venues across the area instantly warming to the powerful and distinctive edge that they gave to a diverse range of perfectly selected tracks.

Now the duo format gives The Levymen a chance to wear “a new hat” and get back to their roots, delivering tasteful acoustic sounds.

The Levymen’s repertoire puts them at the forefront of entertainment choices in Newcastle and the wider Hunter area.

The duo’s song list includes selections from many acclaimed rock and pop artists such as Crowded House, Pete Murray, Matchbox 20, The Waifs, Bernard Fanning and Paul Kelly.

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LIZOTTE’S NEWCASTLE: Wednesday, Bur-lesque Idol; Friday, Kevin Welch, Dustin Welch; Saturday, Steve Poltz; Sunday, Katie Noonan.LONG JETTY HOTEL: Saturday, Gemma; Sun-day, Open Mic with Kate Keighran.MARY ELLEN: Friday, Mark Wells Duo; Satur-day, Novo; Sunday, Troy Kemp.MARYVILLE TAVERN: Friday, Bec Willis; Sun-day, MakaylieMATTARA HOTEL: Friday, Duncan Woods; Saturday, Disco & Karaoke.MAVERICKS ON THE BAY: Friday, Ben Travis; Saturday, Pistol Pete; Sunday, Karen O’Shea.MEREWETHER SURFHOUSE: Sunday, Howard Shearman, Jerome.MJ FINNEGANS: Friday, DJs; Saturday, Misbe-have, DJs.MOONSHADOW CRUISES, Nelson Bay: Friday, Karen O’Shea; Saturday, Kim and Mik.NAGS HEAD HOTEL: Saturday, The Ride Ons.NELSON BAY DIGGERS: Friday, Fusion; Saturday, Jon English - Six is Enough, GenR8; Sunday, Daniel Arvidson.NEWCASTLE CRUISING YACHT CLUB: Sunday, Mick Jones.NEWCASTLE PANTHERS: Friday, Michael Mills.NORAH HEAD SPORTS CLUB: Saturday, Casho.NORTHERN STAR HOTEL: Friday, Royal Key; Saturday, Chikarma.NORTHUMBERLAND HOTEL: Friday, Jim Overend.OCEAN BEACH HOTEL: Friday, Lara.PEDENS, Cessnock: Friday, Dean Dee; Satur-day, Marriah.PIPPI’S AT THE POINT: Friday, Kylie Jane, Freetones Duo; Saturday, Edie Love; Sunday, Lauren Arms.PLOUGH INN: Friday, Darren Rolling Keys.POTTERS BREWERY: Friday, Kellie Cain.PRINCE OF WALES: Friday, Brown Bear and Hooves; Saturday, Jake Davey; Sunday, Hur-rican Party, Jon T.QUEENS WHARF HOTEL: Friday, Howie and Alex; Saturday, Kylie Jane, Jon T; Sunday, Jerome, Matteo Verde.RACECOURSE HOTEL: Saturday, Bec Willis.RAILWAY HOTEL, Cessnock: Saturday, Kristy J.REGAL HOTEL, Kurri: Saturday, The Hepburns.RIVER ROYAL, Morpeth: Friday, Troy Kemp.ROYAL FEDERAL: Saturday, 2GoodReasons.ROYAL HOTEL, Denman: Saturday, Loose Change.ROYAL HOTEL, Singleton: Sunday, Outerphase.

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It’s hard to believe that Spank N the Monkey are turning thirteen years old.

Like any rampaging teenager, this act just doesn’t seem to want to comply.

If you’re used to duos who seem to be a part of the furniture and try hard not to interrupt your evening, you’re in for a shock.

Muzz Roach founded Spank N the Monkey with his then guitarist in the hope of capitalising on the tired duo scene that had developed in the Newcastle area at the turn of the millennium.

The thriving pub rock scene of the 80s and 90s was giving way to inane DJs and do-little soloist and duo acts.

The brief was to create a duo using avail-able sequenced backing files, stripping them back to their fundamental instrument tracks, removing the artificial layers of musi-cal cahootery.

A decade on and Spank N the Monkey is still in massive demand around the Newcas-tle and Hunter music scene.

Few songs are beyond the boys’ ability to cover. Spank N the Monkey specializes in getting a crowd involved and dancing.

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Despite spending 18 months and giving 640 perfor-mances in the cut-throat world of Off-Broadway - to rave reviews - for

Drumstruck creator Warren Lieberman, Australian audiences still trump the New York theatre crowd.

“Our time on Broadway was just incred-ible,” he told TE

“We had the second-longest running show in the period and it’s definitely something that I’m extremely proud of, but the audiences in America are vastly different to Australia. In New York, for example, they’ll come along and enjoy the show and then go home, whereas in Australia, we have fans waiting sitting out the front of our hotel or waiting for us before and after the show - it’s just fantastic.”

The brainchild of Lieberman and director Kathy-Jo Ross, Drumstruck is a heady and unique blend of South African music and culture, ornate sets, dazzling costumes, interweaved with West Afri-

can rhythms and a decidedly communal bent.

“There will be a drum for everyone in the audience and they will be able to play along with what is going on onstage,” Lieberman said.

“This really creates a sense of connect-edness with the cast and with each other - the idea of everyone taking part in a shared, communal experience and learning together - the complete opposite of watching television or going to see a movie - it’s a real endorphin rush and the audience really does help to create the show.”

Since premiering in Johannesburg in 2002, the production has played to sold-out venues around the globe and played in front of the likes of Nelson Mandela, Bill Clinton, Queen Elizabeth and Elton John, although it’s origins were quite humble.

“I saw a friend of mine playing drums at a party and I asked him to come to my house and teach me,” Lieberman said.

“After a while it kind of became a regular thing and more and more people started turning up to learn drums and just play with each other - it got to the point where

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I started getting 200 people in my lounge room every night and the police said it was getting a bit much so, I opened up the first Drum Café [since developed by Lieberman into a global corporate team-building and entertainment program] in 1996 and from there, Drumstruck was born.”

So what is it about the power of rhythm that has played such an integral part in the lives of humans since, well, the dawn of time?

“That’s something I’ve been trying to figure out for 20 years,” Lieberman laughed.

“But, on a sophisticated level, drum-ming produces endorphins in the brain and, on a simple level, it’s about the connection to the heartbeat and to the emotional side of the brain.”

Catch Drumstruck at Wests, New Lamb-ton on Wednesday, April 8 and Cessnock Performing Arts Centre on Thursday, April 9.

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Punkboys tomakeamends

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STEPHEN BISSETpenniless on the streets of Tijuana,” he said.

“From there I ended up in a Mexican jail and all I can say about that is, you don’t do so well as a white boy in a Mexican jail, but thankfully, that’s all over with now - the band is back on track and looking forward to the future.”

For the uninitiated, Guttermouth have been cutting a snotty swathe through the music world since their debut Full Length long player in 1992 with their visceral brand of melodic punk in the vein of Lagwagon and NOFX and, for Adkins, ten albums down the track and it’s still as exciting as it was back in the day.

“It’s just one of those things that’s in the blood for me, punk rock,” he said.

“It’s pretty hard for me to imagine doing anything else.”

As a special treat for Aussie fans, Adkins said the plan was to release some new mate-rial that will be an Australian exclusive.

“Yeah we’re staying with the guys from Bedlam Records and we’ll be spending, like six or seven days in the studio, so there’ll definitely be some new material for you guys and who knows, maybe we’ll get a whole album out of it as well, which would be great.”

Catch Guttermouth at the SmallBallroom on Sunday, April 12.

Despite the fact that their last sojourn Down Under, in 2013, was meant to be their last ever, thanks to some (by their own admis-

sion) less-than-stellar, overly-inebriated performances, US punk stalwarts Gutter-mouth are heading back our way, and frontman Mark Adkins promised to more than make up for the last tour.

“Yeah, man, we’ll be totally taking the bull by the horns on this one - we’ve got some great fans in Australia and we want

to show them a good time,” Adkins told TE.

In the two years since Guttermouth’s last tour, quite a bit of water has flowed under Adkins’ bridge. After giving up music, he found himself destitute and eventually winding up in a Mexican prison.

In a turn that could be ripped straight from the pages of a Hollywood script, Adkins eventually had to borrow money from a corrupt Mexican policeman to call drummer Alex Flamsteed to bail him out.

“Because I was used to playing with the band for so long, I found it hard to relate to that whole 9-5 thing so, to cut a very long story short, I ended up homeless and

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