1. Your Profile

The Glorious Sousaphonics sound quite unbelievable. We play saxes, we play brass, we play drums, we play guitars, we all sing. A little bit like Spike Jones and His City Slickers. At the Gasoline Pony on August 18 we’ll be joined by the formidable vocalist Nadya Golski from the 101 Candles Orchestra to reinterpret a few rare gems. We like to play our own music and the music of our favourite musicians. Most things Balkan, Springsteen, Ellington, Parton… Our favourite fans turn up to our gigs to watch us twisting and turning through all of that.

2. Keeping Busy

So far in 2016 we have been playing at other people’s parties, festivals and official openings, playing all over Sydney and the lush South Coast of NSW. Our new video is coming along brilliantly – being helped into the world by Ryan Nockels. Our 2015 CD, Bombardon, is still selling nicely.

3. Best Gig Ever

Playing for small children and animals (and their shepherds) in March 2015 in the inner south-west of Sydney in a big, sort of overgrown backyard. While the weather gods were smiling on us we sang our hearts out and played our arses off to help launch our CD Bombardon.

4. Current Playlist

On high rotation at the moment is S.E. Rogie, Pharoah Sanders, Hariprasad Chaurasia, Sun Ra and the almighty Raymond Scott. We went to see the great Sydney band The Mango Balloon the other day. Delicate musical statements presented with minimal fuss.

5. Your Ultimate Rider

Barry Brothers 2014 bottles of plonk, good pierogi and a couple of chess boards. A comfy bunch of chairs and central heating. Some of us don’t eat all the bread from our free sangers. Sometimes seems a waste.

The Glorious Sousaphonics with Nadya Golski playThe Gasoline Pony on Thursday August 18; andBombardonis out now through Yum Yum Tree.

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