Now firmly established on the European and UK festival circuits Hat Fitz and Cara Robinson return to Australia to perform selections off their eagerly awaited and critically acclaimed CD, “ Beauty ‘n the Beast”.

If this album was a recipe it would read:…………………….

Take one heaped teaspoon of Seasick Steve, a liberal helping of Catfish Keith, a pinch of Joni Mitchell. Finish well with a dusting of Blind Willie McTell and put into a studio at gas mark 5. Bake for one week. What you get is an eclectic pie with so many flavours that perhaps shouldn’t work together, but just do!

Both artists have vast experience behind them and have been able to gently influence each other without taking control. The variety of this recording is refreshing and the excitement comes from a sense that this is just the start of what is destined to be a large brood of musical offspring. The blending of pre war hill country and delta blues with early Australian folk and traditional Celtic styles has produced a truly unique sound and has enhanced their reputation as one of the world’s most interesting and musically appealing combinations.
MUSIC IN A JUGULAR VEIN !

“ This is a loud feral stomp down a Queensland dirt road………….the sort of unpretentious music that doesn’t care whether your pissed as a maggot or sober as a judge……….the players sound like they’re beating their instruments to within an inch of their lives” - Jeff Lang.

“My sincere compliments on the quality of the music. I listened and liked what I heard, this is music I can and do enjoy.” - Bruce Iglauer, President, Alligator Records, Chicago, USA.

“Fitzy would have to be Australia’s foremost purveyor of authentic pre war blues” - Al Hensley, Rhythms magazine.