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Burke
Genre: Indie, Rock
Region: Melbourne, VIC
Members: Christian - guitar & lead vocals Brent - guitar & vocals Cam - bass Scott - drums
Sounds Like: PJ Harvey, Augie March, Radiohead
Influences: Bob Dylan, Townes Van Zandt, Tom Waits, Radiohead, Neil Young, Nick Drake
Artist Website: www.thebandburke.com

Just entering our 2nd year, we are delving deeper into our bag of tricks and producing formidable blues rock grooves and epic choruses.

Our newest release, the Mutineer, showcases this to a large degree but we are darkening our feel every week, piling dirt upon dirt and blues upon blues.

Until now, Christian, our lead vocalist, had written all of the bands material but with the addition of a new bass player and a more relaxed rehearsal environment, we are beginning to write as a unit.

With the extra input from the rhythm section and the manic injections of guitarist Brent, the sound is moving furiously forwards.

Burke, however, can still pull way back and deliver classic folk-blues ballads, and revels in sorrowful story telling.

The Band

Christian, vocalist and band leader, was primarily a bass guitarist but has worked on his songwriting for many years and is now adaptable and versatile with the guitar, voice and song. Sharing a similar guitar style to Brent, the pair can create either thunderous chaos or intricate blends of melody. Vocally he has expanded his voice and can move from gutsy rock to delicate and forlorn folk whispers.

Brothers Scott and Brent (drums and guitar) are long time friends and band mates of Christian's with 15 years of live playing behind them. Scott is rock solid and understated on the kit and Brent is gloriously unpredictable with a faultless and versatile guitar style.

Cam (bass guitar) brings a ton of creativity from his primary passion, the visual arts. A fine art doctorate nearly under his belt, Cam plays music with real love and his no nonsense approach to the bass is the perfect backbone for the band.

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Patterson died
rating:  5/5
nice folky track. love the acoustic guitar tone, excellent hearing a banjo. great toe tapping stuff. once again cool vocal, easy listening voice. ...




Hold
rating:  5/5
this song rocks. great recording guys. nice panning. well written. cool vocal.




Patterson died
rating:  5/5
Great rythm section on that track. Loved the banjo and the undulating tones. Nice work fellas.




Patterson died
rating:  5/5
Yous rock my octa! Go Burke. Its yer birthday!
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This project is supported by the Australia Council, the Australian Government’s arts funding and advisory body, through its Music Board Section.