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Originally a solo artist, Ally Palmer has spent the last couple of years collaborating with additional musicians to breathe depth and expansion into her songs. The result is her debut album, “Need You Around”, which encapsulates a dazzling groove based sound full of soul. She’ll be joined by good mates Jono’s Mate Sheep, and touring band Keaper from Melbourne. After beginning the year with the release of their second EP “Fade”, Keaper are only continuing to build momentum as they embark on their first east coast tour. ✨ ✨ ✨
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Ally Palmer
On the shores of the Byron Bay coastline, Ally Palmer can be found strumming and singing her sensitive and soulful indie folk. When she’s not cruising in her aqua-blue Kombi van and channeling an iconic 60’s surf pop vibe, she is creating beautiful, heartfelt songs that reveal her enticing blend of vulnerability and strength. Her smooth harmonies and laid back style provide feel good vibes for those hot summer days spent by the ocean.
Ally is a multi-instrumentalist and singer-songwriter, a surfer and environmentalist at heart. Ally’s sound is reflective of the music that she loves and has listened to throughout her musical life. Growing up listening to Bruce Springsteen, Paul Kelly, Neil Young and Van Morrison on crackling vinyl records and having family sing-a-longs by the campfire sparked her early love for classic music.
After touring Australia as a keyboardist for a range of bands and artists, in 2016 Ally decided to take the plunge and pursue her original music. She has since released two EP’s, and most recently her debut album, “Need You Around”, receiving worldwide radio airplay and gaining herself a spot at 2017’s Byron Bay Bluesfest. Ally’s debut album is heavily influenced by Ally’s love of old soul music, mixed with her roots in folk.
Originally a solo artist, in 2020 Ally started collaborating with additional musicians, to breathe depth and expansion into her songs and produce a groove based sound ideally suited to a live setting. This new direction has injected more soul into the sound. Combining old school soul with smooth and uplifting lyrics, from funk, moody blues, indie folk to lilting surf-rock, there is a clarity and maturity that dazzles in Ally’s music.
Jono’s Mate Sheep
Jono's Mate Sheep are an epic melancholic four-piece, with themes of existential anxiety, poverty, addiction and suicide bought forward by profound lyrics which are characterised by both personal and observed experiences. Their debut EP, A Stroke if Insight, is an EP that leaves people both contemplative and inspired.
Keaper
Keaper is a Melbourne-based band writing immersive and introspective guitar-driven music and blending it with visual flair. Their inspirations range from DIIV, and The Smashing Pumpkins to beabadoobee and The Sundays. Since forming, Keaper has shared the stage with nationally renowned artists such as Alex Lahey and The Grogans, as well as a number of beloved local bands including Soft Powder, Mylk, Eastbound Buzz and Lady Fern.
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We respectfully acknowledge the people of the Yugambeh language region, the traditional owners of the land on which we meet, and pay our respect to their elders past and present, and all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples here today.
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Vinnies Dive, Shops A & B, 44A Nerang Street,Southport,QLD,Australia