Frank Sultana

Frank Sultana and the Honey Badgers, Charlie Bedford, Julian James

Frank Sultana and the Honey Badgers, Charlie Bedford, Julian James

Frank Sultana

Delighting audiences with his primitive deep guitar tones and whiskey-drenched vocals, Frank Sultana is a truly authentic blues artist that’s captivating the country. Since his first release, ‘Blues From the Lost Motel’ in 2021, he now has seven albums and four EPs under his belt, with hundreds of performances a year. He has recently played at the premier blues festivals in Australia and the USA, including the Blues train and the Big Blues Bender out of Florida and Locally Bluesfest Byron Bay and Blues on Broadbeach.

Frank and local favorites, The Honey Badgers will always share a special bond as they shared the same stage at the Orpheum Theatre in Memphis Tennessee in 2023 in the final of the International Blues Challenge. Frank went on to win his category outright and the Badgers finished in the top six. Their debut album reached number one in the ABARAC charts in 2024.

The last time this show was presented at Noarlunga arts it sold out in record time and received rave reviews.

Charlie Bedford
One of Australia’s exciting next generation artists, Charlie began playing in bars & clubs at the age of 12 & is now a regular, touring the Australian pub, club & festival scene.

Performing in the USA multiple times in Memphis, Nashville & Muscle Shoals, Charlie has played alongside band members from many great acts, including BB King, Ray Charles & Wilson Pickett.

Charlie’s reputation is growing here in Oz & globally, with his most recent album “Good to Go” receiving fantastic reviews & hitting #1 on Australia’s RMR Charts, #2 on USA RMR Blues Rock Charts & #14 on the UKs IBBA Charts.

A serious audiophile, mentored by some of Australias’ finest, Charlie is constantly looking to push his music into new sonic arrangements while staying true to his live show, working hard & wide across the country.

Julian James

Emerging from Melbourne’s famous music scene award winning artist Julian James has been cutting his teeth for the past 13 years at renowned festivals around Australia, both Solo and with a Chicago blues outfit.

After the success of his past two solo albums, countless tours and over 150,000kms around Australia, Julian has landed on a sound that draws from both a humming Louisiana back-porch swamp and roadhouse juke joint.

Joining forces with one of the industry’s most proclaimed Americana producers Matt Fell, The album “Devil Town’ was created.

‘”My goal is to take the sound inside an artist’s head and with all the tools we have here at our disposal, turn it into something they’d never imagined”. -Matt’

Fell has crafted Julian’s unique voice and down-home song-writing to new highs, creating a modern record that harks back to the rhythm and roots of the Americas.

Having released two singles prior “Title Track – Devil Town” and “Little Lady” the album has been anticipated to be “a cut above” album for Julian James.

The album Devil Town hark back to an era so bygone it might as well be new again, so grab a glass of moonshine on the front porch, wait for the sun to set and smile at the devil when he knocks on your screen door…

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