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The Lonely Brothers

The Lonely Brothers

About Me

Like an unhinged jazz composer and his ragtime band on a mission to rework Vivaldi into a 90s pop song, The Lonely Brothers bring together warming strings and soulful harmonies into folky, unforgettable, fun music that takes you back to your favourite barefoot shenanigans. With a repertoire of heartfelt, mercurial songs which hop merrily within the margins of folk, jazz, classical, blues and contemporary roots, their music is a hymn to the unpredictability of the everyday.

The Lonely Brothers have been bouncing around WA of late, sharing the stage with the likes of Paul Kelly & The Stormwater Boys, The John Butler Trio, Carus & The True Believers, Paul Greene & Rob Hirst, Loren & The Grow Your Owns, Freya Hanly and Double Entendre. They've also played at Fairbridge Folk Festival, Nannup Music Festival, Perth International Arts Festival, West Coast Blues & Roots Fringe Festival and Albany's Harboursound Festival. Watch out for their debut EP 'Maybe You Can Remember' (2007).

"I like it when they play the Brian song!" Poppy, fan (age 5)

"The Lonely Brothers are an affable cloud of musical wonder on a biscuity base dipped in moist melodies that make my insides happy" Rose, boffin

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 7/4/2006
Band Members: Maisie Glen: guitar
Freya Petersen: violin/viola, vocals, percussion
Laura Bishop: vocals, percussion, violin, uke, mouth trumpet :)
Influences: Music played on sunny days by our parents :) Also: folk festivals, Joni Mitchell, Crowded House, Sufjan Stevens, Ani Difranco, Loren, Carus, Dave Mann Collective, Tecoma, Paul Greene, Freya Hanly + Joannie, The Waifs, John Butler, Michael Franti, Mal Webb, Ben Harper, Damien Rice, Joanna Newsom, The Wise Family Band, Suzanne Vega, The Cat Empire, Saritah, Junkadelic, Kavisha Mazzella, Frencham & Smith, Desert Child, Coldplay, Travis, Jeff Buckley, Holly Throsby, Fourplay, Hothouse Flowers, Tracy Chapman, Bob Marley, Geoff Waldeck, Clare Bowditch, Kristina Olsen, Lior, Dyslexic Fish, The Beatles, Sue Cunningham, The Whitlams, Xavier Rudd, Ella Fitzgerald, Reinhart and Grappelli, The Beautiful Girls, Triple J in general, our awesome music teachers, the record collections of various family members, drunken folken jams...
Sounds Like: Mooosic...

Type of Label: None

My Blog

EP news

Hey everyone.It's Mais here.  We've just got back from an over-night trip to Perth, where we played alongside Double Entendre at the Indi Bar for our good mate Julz's 21st birthday.  It was ...
Posted by The Lonely Brothers on Sun, 25 Mar 2007 06:24:00 PST

What are we doing again? No idea.

Hello everybody J I thought it time for an update. We're on the last leg of this thing called TEE, and boy will it be lovely to get it over with. School only seems to be getting in the way; I keep fi...
Posted by The Lonely Brothers on Tue, 26 Sep 2006 05:48:00 PST

Ello.

Well. This beastie should, at some point, actually contain some music and information. Watch this space...
Posted by The Lonely Brothers on Wed, 05 Jul 2006 11:03:00 PST