Track 1 & title track of the 2014 Ukulele Carnivale EP "Brightbird"

Written by Susan Russell, a song of musings of beauty and wonder.
 


Brightbird

Track 2 of the 2014 Ukulele Carnivale EP "Brightbird".

Written by Narelle Jolley.

The Road

Track 3 of the 2014 Ukulele Carnivale EP  "Brightbird".

Written by Susan Russell, a song inspired by a family story about her Grandfather being offered 5 quid in the late 1920's to drive notorious gangster Sqizzy Taylor to Melbourne's Flemington racecourse.

A story of a cad and a gambler who tempts his fate and cheats his Queen Of Hearts of his love.

Queen of Hearts

Track 4 of the 2014 Ukulele Carnivale EP "Brightbird".

Written by Narelle Jolley.

Harp Player Blues

Track 5 of the 2014 Ukulele Carnivale EP "Brightbird".

Written by Susan Russell, a "cry in your beer song" in keeping with the country tradition of songs of loss, in this case lost love. 

Love's Like A Flame

Track 6 of the 2014 Ukulele Carnivale EP "Brightbird".

Written by Narelle Jolley.

Annaliese

Embracing a fresh expression of creativity, the Bellarine Peninsula based singer/songwriter duo Narelle Jolley and Susan Russell (aka Sweet Delores) formed Ukulele Carnivale in mid 2013. Narelle and Susan weave carnival of life stories of cads, gamblers, circus folk, longing, lost love, country miles and musings of beauty and wonder into songs featuring signature harmonies and subtle ukulele instrumentation.

Despite their recent formation, Ukulele Carnivale has already shared line ups with Shane Howard and Dog Trumpet and JVG Guitar Method, Chris Wilson and Sarah Carroll. They have also played the 2014 Melbourne Ukulele Festival and the 2013 Deniliquin Ukulele Festival where they were very well received " ....during their moving performance at the dinner concert, you could have heard a pin drop. It was an absolute pleasure to host Susan and Narelle and our festival would not have been the same without them. We look forward to welcoming them back to Deni." (Ruth Landale, Artist Liaison, Deniliquin Ukulele Festival).

In March 2014, Narelle and Susan released their self produced EP "Brightbird". Brightbird was recorded live on a hot summer’s day in January 2014 in the quiet, leafy suburb of Rosanna by Marcel Borrack and Tim Harvey. The result; an intimate recording of 6 lovely, heartfelt songs in a coastal country folk style stripped to the bare bones of ukulele and voice and the occasional Rosanna bird.

In 2009, Martin Jones described the music of Narelle and Susan as “… laid back, beguiling and lacking pretence.” Ukulele Carnivale performances are all that and more!


