Shows

Liam Gerner + The Yearlings

Friday November 18th

Liam Gerner

Steeped in blues and country music and driven by song and storytelling, Liam Gerner left his rural family life in the Adelaide hills to seek his fortune in London. Almost immediately he was treated as a “hot new talent” and experienced the music business at it’s most corporate. Breaking free, he headed to the US, joined Texan country rocker Ryan Bingham’s band on guitar and experienced frontline American roots music. Returning to Australia in early 2013 Liam had his guitar, songs and Land of No roads, an album cut with LA’s finest. 

Liam has toured with Paul Weller, Jason Isbell, Alanis Morissette, Paolo Nutini, Elton John, Drive By Truckers and many more, and plays with Vika and Linda Bull and his own Melbourne based band The Alan Ladds. 

The Yearlings

For some time now The Yearlings have been calmly carving out a giant piece of real estate in the Australian alt. country landscape. Their latest album ALL THE WANDERING (Vitamin Records) is another gem to add to an already glittering catalogue. 

Their fth studio album ALL THE WANDERING, released in May 2014, ended up on many top album lists of the year, including a spot on Rhythms Magazine’s Top 10 by Marty Jones and a Top 50 spot for their song “Blue Sky Boy” on ABC Radio National’s Inside Sleeve with Paul Gough. 

Since they met back in 2000, Robyn Chalklen and Chris Parkinson have been making music that exudes raw beauty, honesty, intimacy and passion, have made numerous festival appearances across Australia and internationally and supports include Steve Earle, The Punch Brothers and Justin Townes Earle. The Yearlings give a new strain of acoustic music, distilling Americana alt. country through the filter of distinctly Australian life.