Experience Rock Meets Classical In ‘kinfolk – Indie Symphony’ Live Music Event, Featuring Autumn Gray November 18, 2011

Melbourne’s indie folk-rock outfit Autumn Gray and classical ensemble Orchestre Nouveau have joined forces to bring us an exciting new recording project ‘Live At Federation Square’ to be released 18th November. To celebrate the diversity and uniqueness of the project, Autumn Gray and fellow artists Charles Jenkins & The Zhivagos and Mark Lang (Skipping Girl Vinegar) will launch the record in spectacular style with the ‘Kinfolk – Indie Symphony’ live music event. The event will take place on the 18th November at Thornbury Theatre in Melbourne, where all featured artists will be backed by the amazing Orchestre Nouveau.
The album, ‘Live at Federation Square’, is a unique live collaboration between an up-and-coming independent rock band and a classically trained orchestra of young, enthusiastic players. This project sees a harmonious marriage of the DIY aesthetic of Melbourne’s indie rock scene with the training, discipline and emotive power of classical music.
Autumn Gray is a mini folk-rock army of seven, making music that is dense and richly layered, with warm vocal harmonies, heartfelt lyrics and a distinctly Melbourne sound – think early Augie March, Art Of Fighting and The Decemberists. Earlier this year the band released the highly successful ‘Love Handles’ EP and have shared stages with heroes of the Melbourne music scene including Institut Polaire (triple j Unearthed winner), Snakadaktal (2011 triple j Unearthed High winner), Hello Satellites, Grizzly Jim Lawrie, The Bon Scotts and Adrian Stoyle (The Gin Club). Autumn Gray, together with Orchestre Nouveau, a classical 44-piece chamber orchestra, performed a huge musical crossover concert last October in Melbourne’s iconic Federation Square to a full audience.
The project sees major players within two very different genres combine talents to deliver a one-of-a-kind music experience for a broad audience of music lovers, uniting fans to celebrate the diversity of the universal language known as music.

Tickets $18 + BF - available from thornburytheatre.com.au or oztix.com.au

For more information: www.autumngray.com