New album on the way

Hi there lovely crew,

Thanks for dropping by. We have a bit of news, our new album is on the way. We first started tracking songs over 20 months ago, and have dipped in and out of the studio since, exploring new sounds and approaches to songwriting. We hope to release the new album with you all in early 2023.

After quite the hiatus on the live performance front, we are starting to book album release shows for 2023 and can’t wait to be out there on stages around Australia again.

 

Big love,

Sal

 

New album on the way

I have really loved the journey of pulling the new album together. We first started tracking song ideas over 18 months ago, and have dipped in and out of the studio since. A relaxed, open, productive process, exploring new sounds and approaches to song writing and production, with @isaacbarter on the engineering wheel.
Super looking fwd to sharing these songs with you all in 2023 🌊 🌈🎙✍️🪕🎸
#recording #newalbum

Recording New Album

Hi there lovely crew, just a quick update to let you know that we have started the ball rolling on our new album. It has been some moons between album releases and being back in the studio has felt like a real adventure. It sounds a little cliche, but I genuinely am looking forward to sharing these new songs and new sounds with you all soon. At the moment it is looking like we will release the new album in the new year, as our recording process has been delayed with the ever evolving covid journey but hopefully we will be out touring all around Australia during 2022 with new album in hand and seeing some of your lovely faces.

Big love, Sal x

Kimber Update

Hi there lovely crew,

I write this on a rainy Sunday morning, from my Mum’s yoga studio in Wangaratta, Victoria. My 11 week old bambino Stanley is asleep on the gorgeous quilt that his Nan poured hours of love into, as I slowly work through unread emails, and put merch packages together ready to send out into the world (I won’t deny there is a bit of a backlog, apologies if you have been waiting – I have been somewhat distracted by the gorgeous new little man in my life) I am on maternity leave from my Youth Development role with Indigo Shire and finding a beautifully simple and slow daily rhythm with my newborn. We walk the river most mornings and afternoons, peruse the op-shops for winter woollens and 80’s tupperware and revisit episodes of Outlander in between mastering the art of washing and drying reusable nappies, which I must say is unexpectedly quite fun.

All our albums are now on Spotify….
Last year we gently parted ways with our long time distributor Vitamin records, Glenn and Nino and the team at Vitamin have been such a truly brilliant support for over a decade! but as you all know the music industry is an ever evolving beast and selling albums has been trumped by the plethora of free(ish) online music platforms. Up until recently I have been reluctant to have all my albums on platforms such as Spotify, as I feel concerned that royalties shared to the writer and musician are yet to reach an equitable standard. In most recent times I have also grown to appreciate the positive opportunities that these platforms can create, just yesterday while looking at the Spotify stats for Southern Light I noticed that we have a bit of a following in far off lands like France and Spain, even if quite humble numbers- perhaps there is an excuse for a Euro tour in 2027 😉 As I share this post promoting the release of all our albums onto Spotify, I also encourage you to continue buying hard copy and online albums from your favourite independent artists. You can purchase all our releases on hard copy or digital via our bandcamp site – just jump onto our merch tab.

Hope you are all travelling gently during this time, I know it is not an easy chapter for many, especially for those in the music industry. Here’s hoping we will all be dancing and soaking up brilliant live music at a festival sometime soon. I am really looking forward to hitting the road with my little family and sharing some of my songs again… Till then we will keep spinning Donny Hathaway, Greg Lyon and Jo Jo Smith CDs on repeat in our house, seems to be Stans fav so far

Big Love,
Sal

Stanley, a few days old, cosy in woollens

Summer Shows

Hey there,

Thanks for dropping by. Sal here, hope you are travelling along gently. I will be playing a number of live shows this summer, both with the full band and in duo mode with my talented friend Tully Sumner. We will be playing a few festivals such as Cygnet Folk Fest in Tassie, Beechworth Music Festival, Farm Day Out in Eganstown, Port Fairy Folk Festival and a few headline shows including one in Melbourne Town at the Spotted Mallard. Jump on our Shows tab to find see all shows, and ticket links.
Big love,
Sal x

Beechworth Music Festival

Summer Show

Beechworth Music Festival

Summer Shows

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Winter goodness

Twas with big gratitude to have a little break from shows for a while there, to focus on all things family, day job and writing. It’s with a certain excitement that I share our next chapter of shows, including this ripper- a one day mini music festival that my friend Neri and I have been hosting for the past couple of years. What started off as a fun weekend gathering of past Mittagundi leaders has turned into one my fav weekends of the year. Helping raise funds to allow Alexandra teenagers to experience the magic of Mittagundi, Alexandra Farm Stay Mini Fest is on Saturday 22nd September at ALEXANDRA FARM STAY, a few kms from Alexandra Victoria. Featuring Sal Dastey (Tiddas), The Northern Folk, Tully Sumner, Sal Kimber & The Rollin Wheel, This Way North, Stony Six and more. Live music from 10am-10pm on the Saturday. Camping, food truck, a big kids area and activities, and bar. Tix $50 for Adults, $20 for Teenagers, $10 for kids, $110 for family. Shuttle bus available from Alexandra. This year we are also inviting everyone to our Friday 21st Sep night gathering – with an open mic, camping, bbq and bar from 7pm. Ticket link: www.trybooking.com/WYAJ

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Hey there sweet country NSW

Hey there sweet country NSW, we are bringing the FULL band to you soon, 5-7th MAY.

5th & 6th May – Lost Hwy Festival – KARUAH
6th May – Wauchope Hall, WAUCHOPE
7th May – Boo Radley’s Hall, GLENREAGH

Tix to Lost Hwy Fest – http://losthighwaybluegrass.com.au/
Tix to Wauchope – https://www.trybooking.com/267849
Tix to Glenreagh – https://www.trybooking.com/272644

xx

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