Six Degrees of L!lburne|Ray

The highlight of  L!lburne|Ray’s Great Southern tour was the ‘soft’ launch of the song cycle Mystery of the Rose at Albany’s premiere music club, Six Degrees.

A Covid capacity audience in the Gold Room was wowed by the moving premiere of these songs, eerily relevant to the Covid world. As one wag put it, ‘a concept album’. As artist Jo Sharp texted:

I’ve been trying to think of the right words to describe last night’s performance … Healing.

The artistic challenges were to present these complex songs, recorded with an ensemble, as a duo and to translate the sequence into a contained performance, a journey through interconnected themes. On both counts the Six Degrees show proved a resounding success.

While in the region, L!lburne|Ray performed at the Albany Boatshed Markets and were the featured act at the Nornalup picnic. They also graced the airways on the ABC Great Southern breakfast show with Tim Wong-See, playing the single Creepy Thing live, while broadcaster Jay Cook aired the Mystery of the Rose album in full intercut with commentary and interview on his weekly show Jazz with Jay for Albany Community Radio. Thanks to Tim and Jay for the exposure.

Photo: Julie Fearns-Pheasant