Touring their third single ‘Make It Work’ this year, alt-pop-rock duo This Way North explore the drive, sweat, tears and hard work that goes into making a passion project happen, whether it’s music, art, sport, or a small business.
They are a guitar/drum two piece with a deceptive and powerful full band sound. Fitting into the indie pop-rock world Cat Leahy and Leisha Jungalwalla are right at home on a festival or dive bar stage and have indeed played both in 2017 clocking over 100 shows.
Honest songs about everyday life observations paired with a colourful and powerful stage show interaction. Switching between tight guitar licks and lush sexy slide guitar tones. Live guitar looping and bombastic, mesmerizing drumming and exciting show-WOMAN-ship. Sounding like a glorious Saturday afternoon driving into the sunshine to your best mates party.
They will be joined by Luke Watt!
Luke Watt’s songs “sneak up on you like a sucker punch” ( Melbourne Blues Appreciation Society) exhibiting a lyrical depth and thematic grit so rarely experienced in the contemporary Blues /Folk scene.
With influences such as Chris Whitley, Richard Thompson and Kelly Joe Phelps, Luke is a finger picker of great dexterity, drawing on folk melodies and blues grooves to convey stories both dark and uplifting. He has appeared at music festivals in his home country of Australia such as The National Music Muster in Gympie, The Queenscliff Music
Festival, The Brunswick Music Festival, The Australian Blues Festival and The Port Fairy Folk Festival, as well as performing shows across Europe and the legendary Terra Blues Club in New York.
Luke’s new album “Hill End Ruin” was named ABC National’s “Album of the week” upon it’s release, alongside artists such as Tom Waits, Laura Marling, Goyte, Gillian Welch and Wilco.
“He’s the real deal, tied to the American tradition of stomping and picking, but with an Australian twist. So real that it makes me smile.” (Tim Richie – ABC musical director)
“A cracker of an album”
(Neil Rogers, 3RRR)
“One of my favourite artists” (Lloyd Spiegel)