The Bastard Children

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Directed by Jack Taranto
A Bastard Children show feels like a crowded party in a big old house. The songs are like different rooms down a dark hallway with creaking floors and heaving walls. It’s the wheeze of the accordion, the spilt blood of a dirty harmonica, the tearing of guitars and the scrape of the fiddle. The Bastard Children is the sound of Melbourne by night - the real Melbourne - it’s visceral, its unpretentious, and it’s bloody fun.
The twisted offspring of junkyard folk, old-world gypsy, ragged celtic & dirty blues. A multi-instrumental globe-hopping jaunt through the Australian musical landscape. The Bastard Children bring the wheeze of the accordion, the spilled blood of a dirty harmonica, the tearing of guitars, the scrape of the mandolins, banjos and more. A fast paced live show that leaps through various styles and instruments with all the urgency of a thirsty drunkard. Sordid, scandalous and superbly attired, these lads are, like it or not, bastards of their own diverse cultural heritage.
Grafted from the gnarled and twisted branches of Australia's musical family tree, theirs is a sound plundered from their foreign forebears. The soil is rich and the roots go deep and, although their sounds may have originated from foreign shores, The Bastard Children conjure the ignoble birth of something distinctly Australian and undeniably good fun.
You can check them out out and have a listen at www.thebastardchildren.com
"this idiosyncratic quintet put on a show that not only provides excellent music at the forefront of new folk songwriting, but is absolutely great fun." Miranda Heggie, The List Magazine, Edinburgh
"Their show is worth seeing for the touches of spirit and life in their performance...confident, uplifting, and intoxicating." Alistair Baguley, Three Weeks Magazine
"Pleasing contradictions abound. Slick and smooth one song, rough and jagged the next, delicate jazz-based instrumentals sit comfortably alongside hardcore blues. The tunes (all penned by Winterton) range from the jaunty and folksy to the melancholic, personal and political." Lily Bragge, Melbourne Age Newspaper
"A rocking and thought-provoking accompaniment to a mid-evening beer with a band that's not averse to a toast or two of its own." Rob Adams, The Edinburgh Herald
"Word Rustlin' Five stars. A gorgeous, catchy tune! These guys have a great sound, and an awesome rootsy feel..." Sarah Howells, Triple J FM