With Now or Never about to be released, Blues Arcadia are preparing to take the new album on the road throughout March, April and May, beginning at the Stag and Hunter in Newcastle, Saturday March 11.
March 11 | Stag and Hunter | Newcastle
March 14 | Flemington & Kensington Bowling Club | Melbourne
March 16 | Golden Vine Hotel | Bendigo
March 17 | George Lane | St Kilda
March 18 | Warrandyte Festival | Melbourne
March 24 | The Citadel | Murwillumbah
March 25 | Imperial Hotel | Eumundi
March 26 | Sonic Sherpa | Brisbane
April 15 | Moonee Beach Hotel | Moonee Beach
April 22 | Lefty’s Music Hall | Brisbane
April 29 | Blues on the Mountain | Mangrove Mountain
May 5 | Semaphore Workers Club | Adelaide
May 6 | The Three Brothers Arms | Macclesfield
May 7 | Murray Delta Juke Joint | Goolwa
Their new album Now or Never (released Feb 14) has been a labour of love and without a doubt the best work the critically-acclaimed Brisbane five-piece has done to date. Returning to the studio in Sept 2020 with ARIA Award-winner Jeff Lovejoy (Powerfinger, Tex Perkins, Resin Dogs) once again at the helm, the almighty “Great Pause” of 2021-22 put paid to most plans however the band kept their promise to deliver.
And deliver they have, with 11 tracks which raise the bar set by their 2019 album Carnival of Fools and augments their signature “dirty soul” sound with fresh forays into funk and jazz, while never straying too far from their grounding in the blues.