JINGI WALLAH: welcome in Bundjalung WOMINJEKA: welcome in Wurundjeri
DINKUM: truly, real BOHOS: bohemians*
VASUDHA HARTE: Singer / Songwriter JEM EDWARDS: Composer
Vasudha and Jem are a pair of consummate musicians inspired by a spectrum of styles and cultures from around the world. Playing together as Dinkum Bohos since 2008, their music reflects the mystic green hills, shimmering blue oceans and vast ever-changing skies. They are at home in a Parisian café, beat jazz club, flamenco fiesta, poet’s wine bar, urban dance floor, sacred sound temple, tango milonga, greek taverna, swampy blues shack, freestyle hip hop meet, acoustic folk clubs, celtic faery ring, gypsy cabaret. Olé!
Dinkum Bohos draw upon different combinations of instruments: vocals, piano, piano accordion, spanish guitar, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, slide guitar, ukulele bass, drums, percussion, vibraphone, melodica, tamboori, harmonic chimes, singing bowls & bells and harp. Their extensive and diverse repertoire embraces gentle meditative ambient trancey upbeat jazzy jaunty modern folklorica flamenco tango frenchy chic gypsy mojo.
Since their inaugural gig in Byron Bay 2008 supporting psychedelic luminaries Gong, led by Australia’s pioneering bohemian beat poet, musician and artist Daevid Allen, Vasudha and Jem have shared their unique duet of multi instrumentalism to ever widening circles. From the east coast of Australia to the UK and Europe, they now reside in the Yarra Valley, Victoria.
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BOOK THE BOHOS FOR A GIG Weddings, Parties, House Concerts, Funerals anything….
“The best gig I’ve seen in years”
“Setting new standards in music and spoken word” David Hallett Poet MC
“Truly beautiful music” InJoy Magazine Byron Bay
listen and purchase www.dinkumbohos.bandcamp.com
THE MERMAN AND THE MOONBEAM Dinkum Bohos first studio album THE MERMAN AND THE MOONBEAM is a dreamy golden honey bee of an album. a sweet swoon of songs and instrumentals for your cherished ears….be taken on a misty moonlit silvery sonic carpet ride of lush pianos: Fender Rhodes, upright, electric and grand and more…coming soon to www.dinkumbohos.bandcamp.com/
VIDEOS
Pay Respect Dinkum Bohos debut performance at Coorabell Hall near Byron Bay 2008
Tom’s Waitress from Dinkum Bohos first album “Stereognostic” 2008
- “Bohemianism is the practice of an unconventional lifestyle, often in the company of like-minded people and with few permanent ties. It involves musical, artistic, literary or spiritual pursuits. In this context, Bohemians may or may not be wanderers, adventurers, or vagabonds. This use of the word bohemian first appeared in the English language in the nineteenth century to describe the non-traditional lifestyles of marginalized and impoverished artists, writers, journalists, musicians, and actors in major European cities. Bohemians were associated with unorthodox or anti-establishment political or social viewpoints, which often were expressed through free love, frugality, and—in some cases—voluntary poverty. A more economically privileged, wealthy, or even aristocratic bohemian circle is sometimes referred to as haute bohème” wikipedia
- Music is the food of love so play on and on….and feed the musicians well 🙂
photography by Ricardo August - stereognostic album cover photo by Greg Bartley
- an evening of poetry and music image by Vasudha Harte