Sunday, 4th August 2024
Very Excited to announce that our Feature Performer for the 4th August Valley Market Warburton is Ash King!
Ash King is a blues & roots singer-songwriter from Healesville in Victoria. With his deep powerhouse voice and funky guitar work, Ash balances soulful feel and raw energy. Think John Butler meets Johnny Cash at a BBQ and you’re not far off.
As a solo acoustic artist and frontman of blues-rock band Smoke Stack Rhino, Ash has taken his high-energy live show around Australia, often having too much fun dancing across the stage with his guitar that he forgets to sing the next verse.
After almost 20 years of writing music, he’s finally heading into the studio to record his debut solo album. His original songs offer a refreshingly honest take on love, lust, passion, struggle, change and the world around us. ‘I like the saying that “you don’t write the song, the song writes you”, Ash says.
Ash is an engaging storyteller, an electrifying performer, and a fresh voice in Australian blues & roots.
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ashharrisking
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ashharrisking
Website: https://www.ashharrisking.com
Email: info@jamalama.com.au
Michael Arvanitakis
We’re excited to also have Michael Arvanitakis performing at the Valley Market Warburton in August supporting Ash King.
Michael is a multi-instrumentalist crossing many genres, including jazz, classical, rock and world music.
He studied double bass (improvisation) at VCA, and has studied the sitar with masters in Varanasi, India. His main area of study in recent years has been the cello, focusing on classical as well as improvised forms of music.
Recording and performing credits include Gotye, The Teskey Brothers, Dallas Frasca and was a long-term member of the Jed Rowe Band Yarra Valley Trio The Anecdote.
Current projects include Wandering Arc, Szara Fox and the Midnight Secrets and Lothlorien.
Michael will be performing multi-instrumental looping whilst incorporating original grooves and soundscapes with unique interpretations.