Deeply soulful, sweet and seductively smooth, Mel Lathouras is undoubtedly known as one of Australia’s finest jazz and soul singers, performing with a variety of ensembles and creative musical projects. 

Co-founder and lead singer of Brisbane's female-led jazz band Yas Queen. 

While music and performing is her life, her true passion is to share the ultimate gift of music with others as a dedicated singing teacher, as owner and director of ‘Fearless Singer’, a studio and blog based in Brisbane’s cultural community hub, West End.

Shakes Fear & the Skeleton Gang are South East Queensland’s hottest horror-blues quintet. Immortal, time travelling hobo, Shakes Fear, is joined by his atrocious associates, The Skeleton Gang, to form a combination guaranteed to get your bones rattling. Boasting an inventory of originals about disease, sanity slippage, monsters and murder, as well as a healthy repertoire of blues and rock 'n' roll covers; you’d be a bonehead to miss them. 
Keep your eyes peeled, Shakes Fear & the Skeleton Gang are busy preparing their first release...

Spook Hill are a five-piece from Brisbane who've brought their blend of blues, rock & roll and funk to local and regional audiences since 2010, playing hundreds of east-coast gigs and building a solid following. 

The band, which plays a coveted residency at West End’s iconic Boundary Hotel, features Adam Styles on vox, Mike Burns on lead guitar, Ben Axford on bass, Will McNelis on rhythm and slide guitar and Russell Sullivan on drums. 

Spook Hill released their debut EP, Nine Months In Paris, in 2012, and recently recorded a five-track demo of new songs. They're headed back to the studio soon to record their upcoming album. 

In conjunction with Urban Humm Studios, Spook Hill hosts and plays at Jezstock, a yearly fundraising festival in memory of their original singer, Jeremy ‘Toecutter’ Blue. Jezstock has featured many local legends such as HITS, The Dirty F Holes, Lords of Wong and Schoolfight. 

Spook Hill will tour Australia in 2016/17 and North America in 2018. Watch for them at a pub near you and follow them on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.  

https://www.facebook.com/SpookHill/
https://www.instagram.com/spookhillband/
https://twitter.com/spookhillband
https://soundcloud.com/spookhill

A musician characterized by a warm and deep sound, recognizable phrase and extraordinary musical sensitivity. Active on the European scene, both as a leader and a member of many projects. His improvisations are energetic and full of lyricism. They are influenced by Scandinavian music, Polish folk music and be-bop.

Since 2006 he has attended classes at the “Small Academy of Jazz” run by Boguław Dziekański and “Jazz Club Pod Filarami” in Gorzów Wielkopolski, Poland. This extraordinary form of education spurred his passion for jazz music. Currently, Marek Konarski is the youngest lucterer in the project.
In 2011, he moved to Denmark to study at the Syddansk Musik Konservatorium . Since then he has been cooperating with the Great Danish-Swedish rhythm section: Carl Winter-piano, Johnny Aman – double bass, Anders Mogensen – drums, with whom he performs in Europe to this day.

In 2012, with the Tone Raw band, he became the laureate of the Jazz Phonographic Debut competition organized by the Institute of Music and Dance in Warsaw. The band recorded his debut album “Tone Raw” for SOS Music, which was rated very well by critics. The album received four stars in the prestigious “Jazz Forum” magazine.

Apart from the saxophonist, the band was composed of: Sebastian Zawadzki – piano, Thomas Kolarczyk – double bass, Kuba Gudz – percussion.
The quartet played many concerts promoting the debut album. Enthusiasm and energy, flowing from fresh experience, resulted in the original material that was recorded on the CD.

The artist has won many awards for the best soloist at jazz competitions, including Poznań Blue Note Competition 2016, Tarnów Jazz Contest 2016, Young Nordic Jazz Comets 2015 in Helsinki, Novum Jazz Festival 2014 in Lomza and many more.

One of the greatest achievements of the saxophonist was to receive the title of the Musician of the Year 2015 on the island of Fyn, an award granted by the Danish Union of Jazz Musicians. It turned out to be a turning point in his career. In the same year, he was invited by the legendary American saxophonist Jerry Bergonzi, with whom he played concerts in Poland and Denmark.

Since 2017, Konarski has been cooperating with Tim Hagans – a trumpeter from Ohio, three times nominated for the Grammy Award. In spring 2018, they will play a concert tour in Poland.

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