Gigs
Performers: Please email all booking enquiries to gigs@ringobarr.au and include links to your music (if available) and social media.
Wed 7th June: Jack Champion & Eve - From 8pm - $10+bf
Jack Champion is bringing to life his complex, emotion-fuelled lyrics. Originating from Sale, Victoria, and taking note from inspirations ranging from Stella Donnelly, to Eminem, to AJR, Jack brings along guitarist Ryan Clough and drummer Jono Bishop, to guide audiences through a theatrical musical performance. Ringo Barr hosts Jack Champion's second live show, after his audience brought the house down at Mr BoogieMan Bar for his debut performance. “It’s Raining Outside” combines styles such as piano ballads, indie rock and rap, to offer a rich, emotional rollercoaster to listeners, and is sure to take you through a range of head-banging musical ideas, to intricate, thought-provoking concepts.
Indulge in the dark feminine fantasy world of Melbourne Alt-Pop/R&B artist Eve. in her synthy-electro-bass universe. The metaphysical love child of artists like The Weeknd, BANKS and SZA, brings to focus a sultry take on lust, life, love and loss, creating for the pleasure, from the light.
Fri 9th June: Moving Mulch (Oliver Aereal and Hamish Bloom) Single Launch - From 8pm - $10+bf
Soundscapes and Stories.
Oliver moved mulch, and then he moved to Naarm/Melbourne.
Soon after he met Hamish.
Moving Mulch; their debut single as collaborators is music that is soulful, rich, noisey and hypnotic.
The track involves itself in the experience of loss and change in relationships and scenery, inner change and creating who we are now.
Hamish is the lead singer of the band 'coy fox', and has been writing music for the last 3 years. Taken from the influences of those such as Mac DeMarco, Adrianne Lenker, Jessica Pratt, Bon Iver and more.
Oliver is a producer and visionary artist. His live experience expresses the joy of stumbling into an idea, capturing the moment of joy when inspiration finds you. Oliver Aereal has almost as much of an idea of where he’s going as the listener. Stevie Wonder, Brian Eno, and R.A.P. Ferreira run his tape deck.
This gig takes place exactly a year since Oliver's move (from Ngunnawal+Ngambri Country/Canberra).
Expect a kindly curated space. Lovely people and sound making galore.
Sat 10th June: Nolan Angell & Shani Forrester - From 8pm - FREE
Described as one of Australia’s greatest songwriters, Nolan Angell is proud to release his debut solo album, ‘Lyrica’.
After 30 years and 12 Albums as lead singer-songwriter with indie folk blues band “The Genes”, fine tuning their craft touring with Australian bands such as Crowded house, Midnight Oil, Yothu Yindi and more, Nolan has produced an album of stripped back songs, focusing on the music, Lyrics and performance. “Since I began song writing I have always wanted to record a solo album in the purest sense, guitar, vocals, harmonica, all live takes, no overdubs. It was a challenge but I’m really proud of what we’ve captured, and I’m really excited to be playing these songs in concert.”
The songs took shape through a combination of recovering from surfing accidents and pandemic lockdowns. “I would describe the songs as modern folk with impressionist imagery. Deceptively simple and subtly thought provoking and I hope you enjoy them.”
Sun 11th June: Clark & Karlo Arcinue - From 2.30pm - FREE
Clark is a musician hailing from New Zealand and based in Melbourne for the past decade. Playing a set of original acoustic songs, his fingerpicked classical style and vocals take influence from Simon and Garfunkel, The Tallest Man on Earth, and Jose Gonzalez amongst others. This is his debut performance at Ringo Barr.
Karlo Arcinue is a Melbourne based singer-songwriter influenced by 70s folk artists such as James Taylor and Jim Croce. He started his solo music project during the lockdowns, and unexpectedly grew a large global social media following (FB) through posting performance videos of his original songs. As soon as the lockdowns ended, he has been gigging around live music venues in Melbourne and steadily growing a local fanbase.
Sun 11th June: Propane Trio (Residency) & Yep! - From 8pm - $10+bf
Propane is back at Ringo Barr for a slew of Sunday evening shows in June/July! Extending their sound with a different featured artist each night, Propane will be journeying through a mix of originals and covers from a myriad of genres including contemporary jazz, alt-rock, electronica, folk and punk.
Supporting them are killer acts all from different musical backgrounds.
Fri 16th June: Wintana & Myhai - From 8pm - $15+bf
“Wintana is a collaboration founded in my songwriting. Inspired by the idea that the more a joey travels a path, the clearer the feeding track grows, my songs are about forging forward. Pulsing violin and fluid guitar demonstrate an emotional discussion about becoming unstuck and accessing freeness.” Megan
“For my songs, I usually take inspiration from everything around me, small and large. Sometimes I am very sensitive so some of the things get attached to me very easily. Inspiration comes now and then and on great occasions, they will come to me in the form of melody and lyrical ideas.” Myhai
Sat 17th June: Weatherboard House & Greg Steps - From 8pm - FREE
Weatherboard House is the solo project of Melbourne/Naarm based musician Rob Pechar. Drawing from a wide range of influences, a WBH set can veer from acoustic folk, to solo piano instrumentals, to synthesised beats, all the while retaining a common thread of introspective storytelling.
Greg Steps is an indie-folk singer songwriter living in Naarm/ Melbourne. Teaching himself guitar as a teenager on his dad’s Yamaha acoustic, he developed a love for singing, ultimately revealing a distinctive, homespun voice. Aided by his inherently watchful eye and vivid imagination, he has forged a body of songs that are sophisticated, poetic and timeless.
Sun 18th June: Aaron Rowan-Bell & Bradlee Jay - 2.30pm - FREE
2:30 Bradlee Jay
Bradlee's spent the last few years out of the songwriting game. He's been back in the saddle recently, with heavier guitars and a more electronic element. But this is a throwback set to his first few EPs - acoustic with some rock & alternative vibes on the side.
3:30 Aaron Rowan-Bell
Following the release of his debut album "Are you listening Dave" Aaron spent a year in crippling isolation. Having meandered back on to the scene, he is once again sharing his unique brand of folk inspired cathartic levity onto unsuspecting audiences.
Sun 18th June: Propane Trio (Residency) & Vogs - 8pm - $10+bf
Propane is back at Ringo Barr for a slew of Sunday evening shows in June/July! Extending their sound with a different featured artist each night, Propane will be journeying through a mix of originals and covers from a myriad of genres including contemporary jazz, alt-rock, electronica, folk and punk.
Supporting them are killer acts all from different musical backgrounds.