Rachael Brady & The Moonshine Special
Once upon a time, Johnny Cash loved up Patsy Cline...
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Name
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Rachael Brady & The Moonshine Special
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Genre(s)
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Rockabilly, Country, Americana
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Content
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Covers and Originals
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Taking Bookings
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Australia Wide
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About Us
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Be held captive by tales of train wrecks, funereal lullabies and love gone, gone, gone as Rachael Brady & the Moonshine Special offers up an assemblage of nostalgia-laden, rockabilly, alt-country-noir originals in addition to a handful of obscure covers from the 20s to the 50s that pay homage to the roots of their original sound - tunes from artists like Johnny Cash, Patsy Cline, the Kirby Sisters and others like them.
This unmistakeable love affair with their hallowed musical origins ensures that the Moonshine Special are as much keepers of history as they are borrowers. |
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What We Bring
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Come to where old-school country, pop & blues collide and discover the incomparable flair of Rachael Brady & the Moonshine Special, a Blue Mountains based 5 piece whose performances embody the sex appeal, rebellious spirit and wild energy of rockabilly icons like Wanda Jackson, Brenda Lee and Patsy Cline.
Brady is a front woman like few others: a vocal and emotional powerhouse whose intimate entanglement with each tale of love, lust or woe is captivatingly palpable. Vivacious, funny, incandescent and with an enormous voice that arrests the ear and subjugates the sinews, she is artfully buoyed along by a swag of accomplished, intuitive players - The Moonshine Special. Brady's voice loops and twists like a mid-western tornado moving from whisper to steel belted wail and back again. Raw, electrifying, engaging, tender - let her take you by the ear and show you who she is – you’ll be glad you did. Folks'll laugh, folks'll cry but above all, they'll dance - so if you're hiring, you best make some room! |
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Members
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Rachael Brady - lead vocals (see Testimonials tab for more on Rachael's vocals)
John Stuart - Pedal Steel (Multi-instrumentalist - Snake Town Rattlers, 3-Handed Beat Bandits, composer, producer SoundHeaven studios - Hermitude, Urthboy, Puggsly Buzzard, Jimmi Carr) Blake Dantier - Guitar (“Maton Rising Star” 2018 Mount Hunter Stampede and Tamworth Songwriters' Association Award Tamworth Country Music Festival 2019) Stefano Cosentino - Bass (Composer and official Ernie Ball Musicman endorsee) Frank Corby - Drums (The Bondi Cigars, Method, Ganggajang, Babalu, Bruce Cale) |
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Country
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Australia
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State / Region
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New South Wales
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Home town
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Katoomba
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Artist Website
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" “Blessed with one of the most beautiful voices you will ever hear.” - Gum Ball Music Festival, Hunter Valley, NSW " “...a lovely, soulful sound...a distinctive & very warm voice ” - Caroline Tran, Triple J Home & Hosed |
" “Brady is guaranteed to give a memorable and always uplifting performance - not just because she has a truly phenomenal voice but also because her music has genuine depth, beauty and intelligence." - Cygnet Folk Festival, Tasmania |