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Artist:Double Entendre

Genres:
  • Rock
  • Roots
Perth, WA

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Track: Crosstimes by Double Entendre
Track: CrosstimesGenres:
  • Rock
  • Roots
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    Artist: Double Entendre

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    Sounding like a pack of untamed gypsies singin’, pickin’, screamin’ and skankin’ with flailing limbs to a grinding Balkan barbershop-doof-quartet at a drunken festival rasta-hoedown, Double Entendre’s high-energy trademark style of “GypRock” shakes stirs and blends genres of world music, gypsy jazz and roots into their own intoxicatingly dancy original concoction. With an unshakable wall-of-groove and a strong, healthy pulse, these vagabonds from WA’s alternative capital of Fremantle jam-pack a double-bass, drums, percussion, acoustic & electric guitars, ukulele, mandolin, melodica, tin-whistle and three-part vocal harmonies into songs influenced by various sounds from around the globe encompassing Celtic folk, flamenco, reggae and Afro-beat. Awarded Best World Music Act at the 2007 WA music awards, Double Entendre have been working up a sweat among the crowds of WA, touring and playing shows regularly in Perth and the South-West including festivals such as Blues at Bridgetown, The ...

    Members

    Ash Fertch - acoustic guitar
    vocals Charlie Jones - drums
    vocals
    percussion
    tin whistle Damon Pyke - guitar
    vocals
    mandolin
    melodica Ellen Paynter - double bass

    Sounds Like

    The Cat Empire, monsieur camembert, ani difranco

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