DOORS 7PM // SHOWTIME 7.30-9.30PM
TICKETS: $20 + BF

On Thursday 19 January at 7.30pm, come along to see Mandy Connell and James Fahy play songs and swap stories at Northcote's cosiest stage, Open Studio.

Mandy Connell is such a special perfomer, with a deep knowledge of traditional music and using it to build great modern folk. I'll be sitting down with her in the Nashville format made famous at the Bluebird Cafe, playing on each other's songs and taking questions from the crowd.
For any gourmands reading this, Open Studio is famous for their sweet & savoury crepes �
For any music fans reading this - it'll be a treat! Request a song in the chat! Heads up, it is now tradition that we cover at least one James Kenyon song.

Connell is part country and part folk. Trills and affectations straight from Anglo-Celtic tradition cut through songs as fresh and original as if they were written in your back yard.
The Melbourne native now lives in Castlemaine, with her handmade (Jack Spira) guitars, (Graham McDonald) Mandolin and a garden. Connell’s voice, fingerstyle guitar technique, her deep folk background and her experience in the festival scene are all notable, but ultimately there’s a power in every performance which stands apart from her skills.
It is Connell’s presence and ability to share which has earned her the respect of David Francey, Eric Bogle and Judy Small. A musician’s musician and a real treat to see, Connell is well worth venturing out of the house.

James Fahy is an eagle-voiced, finger-picking singer-songwriter who writes under the influence of the whole dang century. His songs draw from Connie Converse, the Ink Spots, Elliott Smith, The White Stripes, Toumani Diabate, Hank Williams, Townes Van Zandt, Jeff Buckley, Darren Hanlon and Radiohead. If you can spot a chord progression he stole, he'll buy you a beer : )

Please book shows carefully as the venue has a no refund policy if you change your mind.