Through fusing toe-tapping country dance hall fun with urban blues and folk-rock, Bellarine Peninsula’s Murdena have created a sound that tips its hat to the likes of Justin Townes Earle, Shovels and Rope and Mason Jennings. And it would seem the music world is taking notice, with the band taking out top honours in the Foot in the Door competition at Queenscliff Music Festival in 2012, as well as winning the Tamworth Music Festival’s Battle of the Bands Competition in 2013. According to their Facebook page, the band’s new EP, Ruby, should be with us shortly. Joining them will be Bec and the Big River Trio, a Warrnambool-based quartet who play an authentic mix of rockabilly and old and new country, with a touch of blues thrown in to keep things interesting. The Loft, Warrnambool – June 27.
