Carl Pannuzzo is a multi-hatted musician with a trap mind for possibilities and a fearless approach to making mistakes work, or at least hearing the happy accidents in unintended outcomes, and running with them. As a singer and multi-instrumentalist, he waxes and wanes like the moon between attention to detail and complete random abandon. As a creator, interpreter and improviser, Carl is recognized as a sensitive, dynamic and fearless singer, an intuitive quickfire musical mind and affable and engaging stage presence.
“I used to crank Pink Floyd on the stereo as a teenager and play big slow drums to it - it was therapeutic in every sense. The sound production was also a dimensional immersion that could transcend reality completely. I was also taken by Gilmour's expression on guitar.”
Jodi Moore works in the space between performance of acoustic instruments and performance of inter-modulated electronic effects. She has released two albums, recorded and performed with ARIA Award winning artist Monique Brumby and toured with award-winning band Dirty Lucy. Jodi currently plays with EchoZilla, Melbourne soundscape instrumental duo, with Nick Larkins & The Bones.
Josh Bennett uses a multitude of instruments and his voice to create all manner of lovely vibrations, might make you smile, cry, move your hips or tap your foot. His expertise with so many instruments and ability to blend his music into so many genres is astonishing. Equally at home on guitar, sitar, dilruba (bowed sitar), fiddle, mandolin and tabla, he's one of Australia's most versatile musicians. Josh has performed around the world, on guitar at guitar festivals, on mandolin at Bluegrass festivals, and on sitar for Pandit Ravi Shankar at his home in Delhi.
"There are only a few albums where I remember where I was and what I was doing when I first heard it. Dark Side of the Moon is one of those albums. It's been part of the soundtrack to my life for decades.”
Liz Frencham possesses that unique ability to hold an audience fondly in the palm of her hand. Liz is a rare bird. A warm, exuberant performer associated with multiple successful collaborations (FrenchamSmith, Jigzag & Dev'lish Mary) and a captivating soloist. Somehow, (without genetic trickery!) she also maintains a career as a respected accompanist, producer and arranger both onstage and in the recording studio; sought out by a diverse gang of artists both national and international including While & Matthews, Gregory Page, Wouter Kellerman, Kristina Olsen, Mic Conway, Fred Smith and more.
“I distinctly remember the euphoria I felt hearing the transition into the first bridge of this song when I was probably only ten years old. The whole album is such a complete work of art.”
lizfrencham.com
Pete Fidler is a veteran of the Melbourne bluegrass scene. He’s well-known for his dazzling Dobro (resophonic guitar) playing in such acts as Bluestone Junction, Jimmy the Fish, Big Bug Trio and Little Rabbit. Pete’s playing has featured on albums by Mustered Courage, Pete Denahy, Bill Jackson, Nick Charles and many others. t
Peter Vadiveloo is an outstanding kit drummer, percussionist and guitarist singer/songwriter. Peter is astonishingly adept at a wide range of music styles including rock/pop, jazz, funk, musical theatre, opera, folk, flamenco, Latino, Afro-Cuban, Middle Eastern and North African. Peter’s exceptional talents means he is regularly sought after as a session musician by Grammy and ARIA award winners.
“This project gave me the opportunity to once again listen and enjoy the lush and layered musical arrangements of Pink Floyd. I love the idea of concept albums from that era, and they were masters of that type of presentation - unapologetically taking you on a long and undulating journey, not a 3-minute trip to the shops.”
www.petervadiveloo.com.au
Vincent has an open-hearted approach to making music and has spent his life trying to fashion himself into the imagined three-way love child of Louis Armstrong, Elwood Blues and Jim Henson. Brought up on a diet of blues, soul and jazz, Vincent’s first childhood performances were playing blues harmonica on the sticky carpets of Melbourne pubs. After training in classical voice and trumpet at Melbourne University’s Conservatorium of Music, he dived heart first into the world of jazz and folk and has found himself recording and performing on festival stages across Australia and as far as Tokyo.
“I'm glad to contribute my part of this interpretation of the classic mainstay of every serious record collection around the world.”
from
Festival folk sing The Dark Side of the Moon,
released December 7, 2020
(© Warner/Chappell Music Australia Pty Ltd, arr. Carl Pannuzzo)
Carl Pannuzzo: vocals, keyboard, found sounds. Jodi Moore: electric violin. Josh Bennett: sitar, tabla. Liz Frencham: double bass, Pete Fidler: dobro, lapsteel guitar. Peter Vadiveloo: drum kit, percussion. Vincent Bradley: tuba, trombone, trumpets.