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State: New South Wales
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Monday, November 09, 2009 


Hi folks,

Thanks for tuning in as usual. The end of the year is nigh and it'll be over before we know it! For that reason, pay close attention to the following information...

Last Orphanage Session for the year

Ronni Rae Rivers

On the 21st of this month we will hold the very last Orphanage Session for the year. In our humble opinion it's been a great year full of awesome music and amazing moments. For this reason, we'd like to extend a big thank you to anyone who has come to any session this year - your participation makes all our work worthwhile.

We'd also like to extend you an invitation to everyone out there to join us for this last session. It's an opportunity to celebrate everything that's happened and end the year on a high note.

To that end we're looking forward to having Ronni Rae Rivers join us as our guest. Ronni is a strong songwriter and a talented fiddle player too. Expect her to rock the house.

Check out her music and a heap of video clips at...

www.ronniraerivers.com

Full details for the gig are as follows:

The Orphanage Sessions: Ronni Rae Rivers + Dear Orphans
Saturday November 21, 8:30pm
Mars Hill Cafe
331 Church Street
Parramatta NSW 2150
$15 at the door

Let us know that you're coming by visiting the Facebook event page. If you'd like to support what we're doing then please consider posting the event to your Facebook profile and inviting others. Just click the "Share" button on the event page.

www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=172552666876

Dear Orphans CD now available

Dear Orphans

The Dear Orphans CD is now available. If you'd like a copy then you can grab one at a gig or we can mail one to you. Drop us an email at twoofus@theorphans.com.au and include the postal address you'd like it sent to. We'll get back to you with payment details. They make great Christmas gifts... ;)

You can listen to a few of the tracks at the Dear Orphans Facebook fan page...

www.facebook.com/pages/Dear-Orphans/121194417338

 

Thanks everyone for your support throughout the year and we look forward to seeing you at Mars Hill on the 21st.

Nick

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Dear Orphans November newsletter. Last gig for the year at The Orphanage Sessions on the 21st with our guest Ronni Rae Rivers. Don't miss it! Read on for all the info...

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Tuesday, October 13, 2009 


Hi folks,

Thanks to all those who came to see The Wildes last month. You can see some photos of the night from our friend Geoff McKeown on our facebook page at...

www.facebook.com/pages/Dear-Orphans/121194417338

If you're not a fan on facebook then please become one.

But for now here's what's coming up soon.


Ange Takats at The Orphanage

Ange TakatsThis months guest at The Orphanage Sessions is Ange Takats. Ange comes to us from the Sunshine Coast in QLD having grown up in Sydney, which she left to live and work in Thailand as a foreign correspondent. Whilst there she joined a folk rock band of Thai musicians who'd grown up listening to hippie music brought in to the country by American soldiers during the Vietnam war. Ange has an album called Aniseed Tea which was featured as the album of the week on Radio National's breakfast show.

This is our second last Orphanage Session for the year and it promises to be a great night as always. The Orphanage Sessions will continue next year, but will be on less often so we can tour our new album round the country. For this reason, we encourage everyone to try and make it to the next two sessions to finish the year in style.

The gig is this Saturday!

The Orphanage Sessions: Ange Takats + Dear Orphans
Saturday October 17, 8.30pm
Mars Hill Cafe
331 Church Street
Parramatta NSW 2150
$10 at the door

Let us know you're coming on facebook at...

www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=146092633794


Dorrigo Folk & Bluegrass Festival

This month we have the privilege of playing at Dorrigo Folk & Bluegrass Festival. It's on the weekend of October 23-25 and we get to share the stage with Davidson Brothers, Anne Kirkpatrick and a host of other great players.

To find out more check out their website at...

www.dorrigofolkbluegrass.com.au


Album available now

After a very long wait we're proud to announce that our debut album is now available. Currently it is only available directly from us at gigs or we can mail you one. We expect it will be available on itunes and at stores early next year. Stay tuned and we'll let you know, but in the meantime please feel free to buy one directly from us.

Nick

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Monday, August 17, 2009 

Current mood:  thoughtful
Category: Music


Just prior to the first gig we ever played we had to come up with a name for the band. At the time we'd been listening to Buddy and Julie Miller's version of a Mark Heard song called "The Orphans of God". Hence was coined the name "The Orphans". It's a good name that we've always liked because it conjures images of lonesomeness that suits the music we try to make.

However... enter the reality of the music business. We've since discovered that the name "The Orphans" is claimed by several other bands worldwide. These include a punk band from New Jersey as well as "Wisconsin's number one cover band."

So after much soul searching we are changing our name. Our new name will be "Dear orphans," and that will also be the name of our upcoming, debut album. We think its close to the old name and that it both captures and builds upon the feeling of the old name.
Over the next few months we'll be updating and changing things to reflect the change. In the meantime expect to see both "The Orphans" and "Dear orphans," around the place. And when you do remember that they're both us.

Nick
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Wednesday, August 12, 2009 
The Orphanage Sessions

#5 Elsen Price


This Saturday The Orphans will be joined on stage by top gun double bass player Elsen Price. Get ready for some serious bottom end.

#4 Racz 'n Waters


Every guest we get to play, we get because we've heard them play and we believe they are something extra special that will help make the night not just a good gig, but a great one. These girls are no exception and if you dig awesome sounding three part harmonies then don't miss this one.

#3 Atmosphere, atmosphere, atmosphere


We chose the Mars Hill Cafe for The Orphanage Sessions because it has a brilliant, intimate performance space. This is not a dingy pub with drunk old men, nor is it a crowded restaurant with some muso's jammed in a corner playing background music. The dedicated performance space is upstairs with a stage, dedicated PA and the room features old lounges as well as tables and chairs at the back of the room. It's like The Basement or The Vanguard, but on a smaller scale.

#2 Yummy food and ethical Brazilian coffee


The cafe does good, yummy food if you're feeling hungry as well as having coffee and cakes. The coffee is their own brand of ethical coffee which they've imported from Brazil. If you're feeling brave then go downstairs and ask Mohawk (the barista) for a "Mohawk". BJ Barker from The Huckleberry Swedes raved about this coffee months after their gig with us.

#1 Support live music


Everyone will have read about how sales of CD's are down and that the music industry is suffering. The major labels are no longer investing in new talent and local musicians need to make that investment themselves. Being a muso, recording and releasing a CD, playing gigs generally costs musicians money to do. Some musicians spend tens of thousands of dollars that they never recoup. This puts new music and especially live music at risk.

One of our aims with The Orphanage Sessions is to run them in a way that we can pay our guests a fair amount so that they can cover their costs of playing and to encourage them to keep making and playing music - this is why we have a door charge. We can only do this when people like yourselves come along and in doing so we hope we can give something back to you in the form of a memorable night.

If you agree with what I'm saying then feel free to post a link to this note so that others can see it.

If you want to come along and hear some great music on Saturday night, or invite others, then check out the event at:

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=111932563569

Nick
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Thursday, August 06, 2009 

Category: Music

Hi everybody,

Racz 'n Waters return to The Orphanage


This August, we're proud to welcome back to The Orphanage the dynamic trio of Karen Ann Waters and Tahlia and Ingrid Racz, otherwise known as Racz 'n Waters.

Hailing from the central coast with their own cheeky brand of girl power folk, these girls were our guests last year and we had to have them back. Driving the blunt force of the band with her punchy guitar rhythms is Karen Anne Waters (Brassy Brunette) who combines with Ingrid Racz ( Blossoming Blonde) - the mistress of percussion with her Djembe and Irish Bodhran - and sister Tahlia Racz (Raunchy Redhead) who twangs the merry mandolin with sprinkles of fire. Together they storm the stage with fierce harmonies, cheeky lyrics and a whole lot of girl power.

Their unique brand of country meets folk is soon to be released on their debut album and was lovingly captured by Karl Broadie in the producers chair. We love these girls and the special atmosphere they bring to any night they play at The Orphanage Sessions.

The details are as follows:

The Orphanage Sessions: Racz 'n Waters + The Orphans
Saturday August 15, 8.30pm
Mars Hill Cafe
331 Church Street
Parramatta NSW 2150
$10 at the door

Let us know if you're coming and invite others via the facebook event for this gig.


Queensland tour coming up


We're also excited to announce a short tour of South East Queensland over the first weekend in October. We've got dates on the Sunshine Coast, Brisbane and Toowoomba. Keep an eye on our Myspace for full details and if you know anyone in Queensland then please let them know we're coming by pointing them our myspace or facebook pages.

The dates are as follows:

Friday September 25, 7.00pm - Upfront Club - Maleny, Sunshine Coast
Thursday October 1, 7.00pm - Music Kafe - West End, Brisbane
Saturday October 3, 8.30pm - Bon Amici - Toowoomba
Sunday October 4, 1.15pm - Peregian Originals - Peregian Beach, Sunshine Coast


The Wildes in September


And don't forget that in September our special guests will be The Wildes. If you haven't heard of these guys then do yourself a favour and look them up, then make sure you don't miss September's session.

We're also happy to announce that we're contributing a track from our upcoming debut album to Home Grown Roots 4 along with The Wildes and lots of other folk. As result, September's Orphanage Session will be an official Home Grown Roots 4 gig and be supported by Foghorn Records.

Hope to see ya'll Saturday week.

Nick

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Wednesday, April 08, 2009 

Category: Music

Karl Broadie

Karl Broadie returns to The Orphanage this month

Scottish troubadour come Aussie songwriter Karl Broadie has a new album out shortly. It's real and raw and he's our guest at the next Orphanage Session.

Hailing from Edinburgh Karl was born into a family of philosophers, artists and free thinkers. It was music, however, that fired Karl into action when he moved to London and worked in various recording studios as an assistant engineer, whilst playing bass in a funk bands in his spare time.

Some years later he found himself living in Australia and recording a demo in a shed at Tempe underneath the flight path. That demo, became an album called Nowhere Now Here and despite it's humble beginnings was a hit worldwide. The title track from his second album Black Crow Calling was voted by Tom Waites and a panel of other judges as the Americana song of the year in the International Song Contest the year of it's release. His third album was the well received One Million Emeralds produced here in Sydney by Matt Fells.

Since then he's gone to America on a songwriter tour and slept on Patti Griffin's lounge. It was here he met one of Patti's guitarist's, Craig Ross, who flew out to Australia last November to produce Karls next album - Branches.

We recently engaged Karl to produce our debut album, and we can't wait to have him as our guest at this month's Orphanage Session.

Read more about Broadie at the Orphanage Sessions website - www.theorphans.com.au/theorphanage.

Karl Broadie appears with The Orphans at The Orphanage Session at 8.30pm on Saturday 18th April at the Mars Hill Café. Tickets are available at the door for $15.

Find this gig on Facebook

If you're looking to come to this gig or invite friends to come along then check out the gig on Facebook. You can find the gig at...

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=60559963993
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Thursday, March 12, 2009 

Hi everyone and welcome to The Orphans March newsletter. Got a few exciting things to talk about including the next Orphanage Session with Lucie Thorne and a new gig out Richmond way.

Lucie Thorne our guest at the next Orphanage Session

Lucie Thorne is our guest at the next Orphanage Session bringing her own style of gritty rock 'n roll meets original dark-folk.



Lucie hails from the Bega Valley and has just released a new album called Black Across The Field. Martyn Jones from Rhythms magazine recently reviewed the album saying...
“Without exaggeration Black Across The Field is as good as anything I’ve heard this year… Growling with warm tube overdrive, stinging like Neil Young… this is a diverse, profound album… with nuances subtle and breathtaking.”
We stumbled across Lucie at one of The Yearlings gigs and just had to have her come play with us. We called her up and she graciously accepted.

You can read more about Lucie at The Orphanage Sessions website at...
www.theorphans.com.au/theorphanage
The full details for the gig are...
The Orphanage Sessions: Lucie Thorne + The Orphans
8.30pm Saturday 21st March
Mars Hill Café
331 Church Street
Parramatta NSW
$15 at the door
If you're a facebook junkie then let us know you're coming and feel free to invite some facebook friends using the following event...
http://www.facebook.com/event...php?eid=67200423063
New gig at Grose Vale - On The Verandah

For all you folk out Richmond way, there is a new gig in your neck of the woods at the end of March.



Our friend Rachel Dillon has organised On The Verandahfor Saturday March 28. The evening will feature a set from Rachel, followed by local bluegrass and Irish music band Latitude featuring The Orphans sometimes banjo player Richard Galuzzi. We're honoured to have been asked to headline the night and will take to the stage last. Our Pedal Steel player Mike Kirkley will be helping Rachel out during her set and we're hoping to twist Richards arm to get him up for some of our songs.

The gig is at the Grose Vale Community Centre and the friendly folk from the local Bush Fire Brigade will be supplying supper. Part of the proceeds from the night will go to helping them out with their important work.

The full details are as follows...
 
"On the Verandah" Songwriters' Session: The Orphans + Latitude + Rachel Dillon
7.30pm Saturday 28th March
Grose Vale Community Centre
6 Community Centre Rd
Grose Vale NSW
$15 at the door or pre-purchase on 0428 254 529.
Part proceeds to benefit the Grose Vale Rural Fire Brigade.
Supper: Tea, coffee, homemade cakes and hot finger foods, to be served at interval at 9.30pm. 
BYO: Alcohol and soft drinks

Read more about this gig at Rachel's website...
www.racheldillon.com.au

That's all for this month. Thanks for supporting live music and we'll see you at a gig.

Nick
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Saturday, January 31, 2009 

Category: Music

The Orphans


Newsletter
28/01/2009
February Newsletter

Hi everyone and welcome to The Orphans February newsletter.

Tamworth Report

We had a great time in Tamworth playing some music, hearing music andmeeting new and interesting people. Our two gigs at The Longyard Hotelwent really well and it turned out to be a really great venue and wegot to play on the back of a truck! (Thanks to Jo Pinson for the photo)

Playing at The Longyard

We also played a couple of acoustic sessions at Imramma Café with Rachel Dillon. Rachel's got an EP out which Mike played pedal on. We also heard, on Caitlin Harnett's recommendation, an awesome band from Melbourne called The Wildes.These guys have a Johnny Cash meets Nick Cave sound and have an album out called The Balled of a Young Married Man. Mike got to sit on a set with them on pedal steel and we're looking forward to having them come to Sydney and play a gig with us. Stay tuned...

All in all it was a great time and we thank all the folks who came tohear us play.

Country Arvo at The Annandale Hotel this Sunday

We've been asked to play at The Annandale Hotel this Sunday as part o their "Country Arvo". The gig kicks off at 4.30pm and includes a bunch of people including our friend Karl Broadie. The full details are as follows:

Country Arvo @ The Annandale
Jeremy Edwards and The Dust Radio Band + Chickenhead + Iron Bar Hotel +The Orphans + Karl Broadie
4.30pm Sunday 1st February
Annandale Hotel
Cnr Parramatta Road and Nelson Street
Annandale NSW
$10 at the door

The Blues Preachers at The Orphanage
The Blues Preachers
The Orphanage Sessions kick off for 2009 on Saturday February 21. Our first guests are the Blues Preachers who play super-authentic pre-war blues. Brother John Morris plays slide and finger-style guitar, whilst Captain Bluetongue plays the finest harmonica in Australia. These guys are veterans of the Goulburn Blues Festival and will be touring as support for Diesel later this year.

We're looking forward to getting back into the Orphanage Sessions this year and these guys will help us kick it off in style. Check out the website for full details of all our guests for the year - www.theorphans.com.au.

Full details for the gig are as follows:

The Orphanage Sessions: The Blues Preachers + The Orphans
8.30pm Saturday 21st February
Mars Hill Café
331 Church Street
Parramatta NSW 2150
$15 at the door


Thats all for now. See you at a gig.

Nick

www.theorphans.com.au/theorphanage
www.myspace.com/theorphansau


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Friday, January 16, 2009 

Category: Music
The Orphans
Newsletter
 14/01/2009
The Orphanage SessionsWe're playing in Tamworth this Saturday and Sunday + Orphanage Sessions artist announcement

Hi folks,

Happy new year and here's hoping 2009 will be filled with great music.

Tamworth gigs

We've got two “official” gigs in Tamworth for anyone who finds themselves at the Country Music Festival this year. They're morning gigs on the first weekend of the festival at the Longyard Hotel on the way out of Tamworth (or into Tamworth if you're coming from Sydney). We're playing on the verandah and whilst they're in the morning they're no too early. We get to play for a couple of hours and we'll have a special guest up for a couple of songs for at least one of the gigs.

The full details are as follows...

10.30am Saturday 17th January
Longyard Hotel
Ringer Road
Tamworth NSW 2340

10.00am Sunday 18th January
Longyard Hotel
Ringer Road
Tamworth NSW 2340

Keep an eye out for the "Lounge Gigs" also. It's a little something we're working on that may or may not happen.

The Orphanage Sessions 2009

And now what everyone's been waiting for. The official announcement of our guests for The Orphanage Sessions in 2009. We've got a great lineup this year with a wide variety of styles ranging from blues to bluegrass, folk to country rock as well as some of our favourite acts from last year.

So without any further ado. Our special guests for 2009 are...

February 21 – The Blues Preachers www.bluespreachers.com
March 21 – Lucie Thorne www.luciethorne.com
April 18 – Karl Broadie www.karlbroadie.com
May 16 – Caitlin Harnett www.caitlinharnett.com
June 20 – Lianna Rose www.liannarose.net
July 18 – Nick & Liesl www.myspace.com/nickandliesl
August 15 – Racz 'n Waters www.myspace.com/raczandwaters
September 19 – Heather Mandich & Southern Alliance www.heathermandich.com
October 17 – Ange Takats www.angetakats.com.au
November 21 – Ronni Rae Rivers www.ronniraerivers.com

We'll have profiles of all the artists up on The Orphanage Sessions website later in the week (www.theorphans.com.au/theorphanage). We'll have shiny new postcards with us in Tamworth from Saturday and we'll drop some off to the Mars Hill Café when we're back from Tamworth. If anyone wants a pile of postcards to help spread the word about The Orphanage Sessions then let us know.

Until then, we'll look forward to seeing you all at the first Orphanage Session for the year on Saturday 21st February with our guests The Blues Preachers.

Nick
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www.theorphans.com.au/theorphanage
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Saturday, December 27, 2008 

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Newsletter
27/12/2008
Christmas gigs and what 2009 has in store

Hi everybody,

Merry Christmas and a peaceful new year to you all. Thanks for your support during 2008 of The Orphans and The Orphanage Sessions. We've got a couple of gigs coming up over the break we'd like to let you know about and plenty of exciting stuff happening in 2009.

For your visual pleasure here's a snap of The Huckleberry Swedes playing at the last Orphanage Session.




Upcoming gigs

We've been asked to play a couple of gigs over the holiday break and would love to let you know about them. Please feel free to come along if you're looking for a holiday dose of country/roots goodness.

The first gig is tomorrow afternoon at The Excelsior Hotel in Glebe. We'll be playing along with lefty, alt-folk band The Lurkers and singer/songwriter Ande. Mike Kirkley is away fixing aeroplanes in New Zealand so we'll have Richard Galuzzi sit in with us for the set on the clawhammer banjo.

We also have an unconfirmed gig at The Petersham Bowling Club on the evening of Friday 9th of January. Keep an eye on the myspace for confirmation of this gig once it arrives.

In the meantime here's the full details for both gigs...




4.30pm Sunday 28th December
The Orphans + Ande + The Lurkers
The Excelsior Hotel
101 Bridge Road
Glebe NSW 2037
FREE

7.30pm Friday 9th January
Mark Lucas & the Dead Setters + The Orphans
Petersham Bowling Club
77 Brighton Street
Petersham NSW 2049
FREE
To be confirmed still! Check www.myspace.com/theorphansau for confirmation.

Tamworth

We're looking forward to heading up to Tamworth Country Music festival this year. We're also pleased to announce a couple of official Orphans gigs up there. We're playing 2 late morning gigs at The Longyard Hotel on Saturday 17th January and Sunday 18th January. We'll have full details in January's newsletter so stay tuned.

Bring on 2009

We're looking forward to 2009 and the continuation of The Orphanage Sessions. Expect a full announcement of the line up in our January newsletter, but without giving too much information away I can confirm February's guest will be... The Blues Preachers. Stay tuned for more info soon and check out The Orphanage Sessions website at www.theorphans.com.au/theorphanage. And thanks to Natasha David for writing a review of The Huckleberry Swedes gig at The Orphanage (which you can also read on the website).

We can also let you know that we are in the final stages of mixing The Orphans debut album. It's sounding pretty good so far and we're hoping we can deliver something that everyone will enjoy. There's much still to do before it's officially released, but stay tuned and we'll certainly let you know.

We've also got something else in the pipeline to do with a round, shiny things, but that's top secret for now. We'll let you know when there's more to tell.


Thanks again for your support of The Orphans and also original, live music during 2008. We certainly do appreciate it, as it gives us the opportunity to do what we enjoy and in doing so, hopefully, share that joy with others. We look forward to seeing you all at more gigs in the future.

Nick
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