Newport adoptees, Great Aunt, are back at the Bowlo one more time for 2018!

“Great Aunt gives us folk-based Americana music tinged with shades of bluegrass and gospel and capture the true spirit of this genre with their soulful renditions.”
- LA Music Critic

The duo are touring their debut EP, 'A Mess That I Left', out now!

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Spare and bold, simple and evocative, melancholic and hopeful – with the release of an ambitious debut EP, Great Aunt begin to define for themselves a unique path in folk and Americana.
‘A Mess That I Left’ combines elements of contemporary folk and Americana with the traditions of old time, bluegrass, and gospel music. The instrumentation and arrangements are bare and bold: various combinations of mandolin, guitar and upright bass explore well-worn themes of grief, love, acceptance, hope, resilience and faith.

The duo engineered and produced their record alone, in their home studio in Melbourne’s inner north. Each song is realised with deliberate sparseness, and aims to capture and replicate their acoustic performance. Listen and you'll hear breaths, sighs, chirping birds, imperfections, moments of hope and joy, fear and happiness. ‘A Mess That I Left’ is a living, breathing thing: a palpable moment in musical time.

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Great Aunt have spent the last 18 months touring the east coast of Australia, including festival performances at Groundwater Country Music Festival, Tamworth Country Music Festival, Nimbin Roots and Foggy Mountain Bluegrass Festival, Newport Folk Festival as well as repeat performances and showcases in
Brisbane, Sydney, Canberra and Melbourne, with plenty of regional shows along the way.