Friday December 16, 2011
Rapskallion
Rapskallion shall once again be taking to the eastern road this summer, pedaling their new 5 track E.P “The Cat and Fiddle” from Melbourne town to Brisvegas in a blaze of sweat, colour, feathers and accordion powered riffage.
The Skallions have entertained audiences worldwide for over half a decade, with their unique concoction of vaudevillian, cabaret, junkyard gypsy blues. Reminiscent of 20′s Paris Bohemia transported to a Romanian tavern and then set adrift on the high seas. Their original blend of music is strongly influenced by the music of Eastern Europe, Greece, France and Spain as well as hip hop and hobo jazz.
Their new EP Cat and Fiddle is a collection of musical vignettes from a realm inhabited by back alley gangster felines, femme fatales, and silver moon maidens, with a soundtrack somewhere between a Chicago speakeasy, a Hungarian hoedown, and a Halloween party at a south seas pirate haven.
The buccaneers gone electric have extracted these five songs from their upcoming full length release, “Vagabond King”, which will be available on vinyl and CD in March 2012.
“The Cat and Fiddle” will be released on the 25th November and available through rapsakllion.com.au and Rapskallion shows.
Special guest Ivy Lucille is a theatrical singer songwriter with a heartfelt passion for life. In the last few years Ivy has developed her act into a unique, new age style of cabaret, which incorporates crazed songs from the darker depths of the psyche, to light comedy with a burlesque flare. Ivy is known for captivating her audiences with her ever changing performance!
So come hell or high water, Rapskallion shall be exploding onto the stage at Coorabell Hall, set for a special night of dance and entertainment. Roll up, roll up! Come along and be seduced by their brand new infectious dance tunes from The Cat and Fiddle.
