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Ash Grunwald 'Trouble’s Door' Australian Tour 2012 @ The Great Northern Hotel

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Ash Grunwald 'Trouble’s Door' Australian Tour 2012
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The release of his brand new album Trouble’s Door is the solidification of two years of change for Ash Grunwald personally and a reflection as well of the shifts in the world around us. Since 2010’s award-winning album, Hot Mama Vibes, Ash Grunwald life has been sizzling. After years of surfing the arctic waters of Victoria, Ash bundled up his two main ladies – his beautiful wife and cheeky daughter – and headed north to the warmer shores of NSW. His track ‘Walking’ played a starring role in the Hollywood movie Limitless, new friendships were formed with Kram from Spiderbait and Vika and Linda Bull and a new home with a new home studio were built, from which was birthed his brand new album Trouble’s Door. In the new songs, Ash – along with his good pal and dubstep sideproject partner, Fingers - has created his most internal album to date, one that found life through the fiery breath of injustice; the frustration of severe political and environmental mismanagement ‘It's some of my most personal songwriting,’ Ash says of Trouble’s Door. ‘I had just done a benefit gig to stop coal seam gas mining. There were other issues going on at the time, you can take your pick really, and it occurred to me that our system just doesn't work. We are experiencing the result of rampant unchecked capitalism.’ Ash doesn’t pretend to present answers, Trouble’s Door merely mirrors the modern twists and turns on the same old lesson never learned: a Governments willingness to trade the future for a dollar. But as is the case with the music he loves so dearly, it’s technology that has breathed new optimism into the age-old tale. ‘One positive thread is the democratization of digital communications. I had the experience of being on a surf trip in west Timor on a sail boat that was made the traditional way, with wooden nails and having to haul the anchor up as a group! While I was there I received an email from a friend about the lock the gate campaign. It explained the exponential potential of each person passing it on and it made me realize that we really do have the power to reach each other en masse, regardless of geography or traditional media coverage. The implications of this are cause for optimism, as long as our apathy doesn’t stand in the way.’ Ash Grunwald has acted. Bringing together a record that serves up a cross-section of what it means to be living on a planet in constant balance between hope and despair, all the while striving to fulfil the greatest mission of all – the presence of great times and the possession of a happy heart. Trouble’s Door touches on the strength that now lies in community to keep each other informed no matter who we are or where we live. And just like the light and dark of the words, the music itself traverses many tales; the blues propelled by driving dancefloor rhythms, buoyed by hip hop beats and slammed by the dubstep crunch. Naturally. Trouble’s Door is a novel, full of many colours and much food for thought, what pieces you take from it will be reflective of you. All that’s being asked is that when this time you shake your booty, you shake your booty for change.

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2013

The Beachcomber Hotel (Dallas Frasca, Marshall O'Kell, The Mason Rack Band, Hat Fitz & Cara, Devils Kiosk, Mojo Bluesmen, Pop Standen, 2-Shots, Off The Rails, Annie O'Dee) 06 January, The Beachcomber Hotel (Dallas Frasca, Marshall OKell, The Mason Rack Band, Hat Fitz & Cara Robinson, Devils Kiosk, Mojo Bluesmen, Pop Standen, 2 Shots, Off The Rails and Annie O'Dee) 06 January, The Esplanade Hotel - Gershwin Room 11 January, Churchill Island 12 January, Portsea Hotel 13 January, Lizotte's Restaurant Newcastle 24 January, Lizotte's Restaurant Sydney 25 January

2012

Republic Bar and Cafe 07 January, Republic Bar and Cafe 08 January, Ferntree Gully Hotel 21 January, The Great Northern Hotel 25 May, Indi Bar, Indian Ocean Hotel 30 May, Redcliffe On The Murray 31 May, Prince of Wales Hotel 01 June, Karratha Tavern 02 June, Fly By Night Club 03 June, Governor Hindmarsh Hotel 08 June, The Corner Hotel 09 June, Westernport Hotel 10 June, The Spotted Cow 14 June, The Hi-Fi 15 June, Coolum Civic Centre 16 June, The Patch - Cabbage Tree Hotel 21 June, Newcastle Leagues Club 22 June, Metro Theatre 23 June, Hard Rock Cafe 24 June, Tanks Arts Centre 30 June, Spurs Saloon 05 July, Hotel New York 06 July, Republic Bar and Cafe 07 July, Republic Bar and Cafe 08 July, Harvey Road Tavern 12 July, Magnums Hotel 13 July, Dalrymple Hotel Motel 14 July, Torquay Hotel 09 August, Pier Live 10 August, Ferntree Gully Hotel 11 August, Old Hepburn Hotel 12 August, The Abbey 16 August, Katoomba RSL 17 August, Mona Vale Hotel 18 August, The Entrance Leagues Club 28 September, Hoey Moey 29 September, Sugarland Tavern 05 October, Redland Bay Hotel 06 October, Racehorse Hotel 06 October, Soundlounge 19 October, Star Court Theatre 20 October, Settlers Tavern 25 October, Prince of Wales Hotel 26 October, Redcliffe On The Murray 28 October, Indi Bar, Indian Ocean Hotel 31 October, Karratha Tavern 01 November, Fly By Night Club 02 November, Coogee Diggers 03 November, Spirit Bar & Lounge 16 November

2011

Unknown Venue (Ashleigh Mannix, Bentley, Mike Who) 05 May, Sandbar Wine Bar 28 July, Governor Hindmarsh Hotel 29 July, Moama Bowling Club 30 July, Torquay Hotel (Beau Young, The Grains, Red Wyte ) 03 August, Pier Live 04 August, The Corner Hotel 05 August, Westernport Hotel (Beau Young, The Grains) 06 August, Snowbird Inn 08 August, Smiggins Hotel 10 August, ANU Bar (Beau Young) 11 August, Oxford Art Factory (Beau Young, The Grains ) 12 August, Waves - Towradgi Beach Hotel (Beau Young, The Grains ) 13 August, Cambridge Hotel (Beau Young, The Grains, Cornstalk) 14 August, The Beachcomber Hotel (Beau Young, The Grains) 17 August, South West Rocks Country Club (Beau Young, The Grains, Haldanes Daughters) 18 August, Hoey Moey (Beau Young, The Grains, Haldanes Daughters) 19 August, Pacific Bistro (Beau Young, The Grains, Haldanes Daughters) 20 August, Coolum Civic Centre 21 August, Beach Hotel (Beau Young, The Grains, Haldanes Daughters) 25 August, Coolangatta Hotel (Beau Young, The Grains, Haldanes Daughters) 26 August, The Hi-Fi 27 August, Mainstreet Nightclub (The Grains) 01 September, AJ Hackett (The Grains) 02 September, James Cook University Townsville (The Grains) 03 September, P.J. O'Brien's - Southbank (Buddha in a Chocolate Box) 23 September, Lizotte's Restaurant Sydney (Ash Grunwald) 29 December

2010

El Arish RSL Hall 04 June, AJ Hackett 05 June, The Irish Club Hotel 17 June, Joe’s Waterhole Hotel (Band Of Frequencies) 18 June, The Tivoli 19 June, Surfers Paradise Tavern Beergarden 20 June, Hoey Moey 23 June, Laurieton Hotel Motel 24 June, Cambridge Hotel (Custom Kings) 25 June, The Entrance Leagues Club 26 June, Lizotte's Restaurant Kincumber 27 June, Baroque (Dean Carroll Earthworker) 30 June, Transit Bar 01 July, Roi Bar 02 July, The Corner Hotel (Jordie Lane) 03 July, Ruby's Lounge 04 July, Harp Hotel 08 July, Metro Theatre 09 July, Pacific Palms Recreation Club 10 July, Mean Fiddler Hotel 11 July, Bathurst Memorial Entertainment Centre 14 July, Capital Saloon 15 July, Sandbar Wine Bar 16 July, Governor Hindmarsh Hotel 17 July, The Loft Warrnambool 18 July, Hotel New York 22 July, Spurs Saloon 23 July, Republic Bar and Cafe 24 July, Swindlers Balcony Bar 29 July, The Station Resort 31 July, UNSW Roundhouse (Ray Man Three) 01 September, Freemasons Hotel 16 September, Fly By Night Club 17 September, Roebuck Bay Hotel 18 September, Indi Bar, Indian Ocean Hotel 19 September, The Icon 22 September, Prince of Wales Hotel 23 September, Settlers Tavern 24 September, Premier Hotel 25 September, Redcliffe On The Murray 26 September, The Great Northern Hotel (The Dead Beat Band) 01 October, Inferno Nightclub 27 November, Pier Live 28 November