Posts Tagged ‘soul’

What’s Our Flavour? Tell us now for your chance to win Lilkafest tix!

Monday, November 1st, 2010

Lowrider’s music has been called everything from soul, groove and urban lounge to hip-hop, funk and indie.

So, it’s time to have your say, for your chance to score a double pass to the LilkaFest Camping & Music Festival, south of Adelaide, on 13th November 2010.

What to do…

Simply reply to this post, and tell us (in 5 words or less) (more…)

The Pyramid Rock Festival 2010/11

Wednesday, September 8th, 2010

Pyramid Rock Festival

Adelaide quartet, LOWRIDER are also jumping in the car to spend their New Years Eve at the picturesque Pyramid Rock Festival. Prepare to enter a soul, funk, hip-hop trance when the boys, who have forged a reputation as one of the most mesmerising live acts around, take to the stage to perform hits like Here We Go, Be Bad and Friends.

Article at The Pyramid Rock Festival 2010/11

 

 

 

 

The Sydney Morning Herald | Lowrider aim high

Friday, August 6th, 2010

If sharing is caring, then Alicia Keys sure had a big spot in her heart for Adelaide soul-funk act Lowrider. Not only did she have the quartet support on her national tour in late 2008, the Grammy Award-winning megastar proved she was no diva by letting the boys jam with her legendary Chops Horns players.

“We didn’t know how much of a big deal it was – we didn’t even know they had to ask for her permission – but they told us later that generally the big star acts wouldn’t let any of their bands play previous to them going on stage,” says frontman Joe Braithwaite, “so for her to say it was fine, just shows how much of a real person she is.”

Thirty million-album sellers aside, Lowrider have since reconnected with (more…)

The Advertiser | ALBUM OF THE WEEK: Lowrider’s Round The World

Thursday, July 22nd, 2010


Adelaide’s own funksters find a groove and send it round the globe

Adelaide’s hottest funk soul act have been flirting with success for years with the group’s knack for a tight beat and Joe Braithwaite’s smooth melodies. But enough flirting, it’s business time for Lowrider. (more…)

NovaFM Features: Lowrider Record Goes Round The World – Already

Monday, July 12th, 2010

by Peter Wood – July 12, 2010

For an Australian band, it’s not the usual retro and revival terms which get bandied around when it comes to Lowrider. Far removed from a rock ‘n’ roll sound, oft-forgotten terms such as ‘Motown’ and ‘soul’ come to mind. (more…)