Concrete Playground

Whether it be adult contemporary, gypsy hip hop (or gyp hop), avant-rock or blues-country, Garden Music has something for you. Sit down for a picnic and watch The (dead boring) Audreys, then get up and dance on the lawn when Unkle Ho provides the beats. It is an eclectic selection of bands they’ve chosen, but I suppose it has a rounded appeal between grey hairs and toddlers, though maybe Justine Clarke should have been added to the bill just to push somethingforeveryone to the extreme.

Dan Sultan is a blues man about to release his second album, he is a much acclaimed singer and was part of Black Arm Band (Sydney Festival 2008) performing alongside the likes of Archie Roach and Jimmie Little. Unkle Ho is Kaho Cheung from The Herd’s solo project, mixing bounce and flavours of Romany into his gyp hop. The Audreys are Adelaidians who toe the roots/country line down the middle of the road, and Bridezilla are the very young Sydney band straight outta Newtown Performing Arts School, who were hand picked by Nick Cave for All Tomorrows Parties earlier this year and are fresh off a US tour with The Drones.

If the sun is shining, it will be a nice day to take in the fresh air and cut a (picnic) rug.