Welcome to the second episode of our new interview series called PAIRS, in which we get together not one but two high profile artists for a chat. In episode two, Eskimo Joe frontman and solo artist KAV TEMPERLEY chats with his mate singer, songwriter JOSH PYKE. Check it out as they discuss the making of Kav’s new solo album Machines Of Love & Grace (out today) and the individual tours that they are embarking on, plus a whole heap more.
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KAV TEMPERLEY
With 35x time ARIA nominees and 11x time ARIA Award-winning alt-rock trio Eskimo Joe having just completed their successful national Black Fingernails Red Wine In The City tour, it’s now time for Kav’s solo project to take centre stage. Two-and-a-half years in the making, Eskimo Joe frontman Kav Temperley has unveiled his sophomore solo album, Machines Of Love & Grace. A product of the past few years spent with a global pandemic at the forefront of our collective minds, it’s an album that shows Temperley’s iconic power as a songwriter and a storyteller, and further cements his status as one of the country’s most prominent and beloved voices.
“Machines Of Love & Grace started its life in the very first week of COVID,” explains Temperley, who calls the album his most ambitious work to date. “Myself and my wife had just returned from the US and then one day later the whole entire world shut down. At the same time, I also came down with a mystery virus that was too early in the pandemic to test for COVID. So while everyone went into lockdown, I began to isolate myself in my bedroom only talking to my family through a small crack in the bedroom window.”
Beginning to write his new album as a way to deal with the chaos unfolding around him, Temperley slowly started penning tracks that covered the entire spectrum of emotions felt by the world at large throughout this time. “This album is rooted heavily in storytelling, and my hope is that by telling my story, people get their own stories back in return,” Temperley explains.
The result is an album that is as powerful as it is eclectic, and comfortably sits alongside Temperley’s already-impressive discography as one of his most accomplished records so far.
To promote the release of Machines Of Love & Grace, Temperley will be hitting the road for a solo tour in February to play cuts from the record in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide, and Perth. Venues, show details and info will be announced on Tuesday 25 October at www.kavtemperley.com.au, tickets go on sale Tuesday 25 October at 10AM AEDT from www.kavtemperley.com.au.
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JOSH PYKE
Beloved Australian troubadour Josh Pyke is ending 2022 on an extremely happy note, playing a 30-date regional tour in celebration of his recent seventh album To Find Happiness. An album soaked in sublime melodics and clever pop, To Find Happiness is a poignant and intimate journey that will undoubtedly transfix live onstage when Josh embarks on his mammoth upcoming journey around Australia. Also joining Josh for these special shows will be singer-songwriter and the incomparable vocalist for The Jezabels: Hayley Mary.
Josh and Hayley will be weaving musical magic in Queenscliff, Ballarat, Belgrave, Frankston, Healesville, San Remo, Mornington, Perth, Bunbury, Margaret River, Duncraig, Byron Bay, Coolangatta, Bribie Island, Canberra, Bulli, Ulverstone, Evandale, Hobart, Franklin, Coffs Harbour, Port Macquarie, Taree, Newcastle, Katoomba, Milton, Cairns, Townsville and, last but certainly not least, finishing up in Airlie Beach in Queensland on Sunday 18 December. With Taree sold out and multiple shows selling fast, don’t miss the opportunity to catch Josh armed with his beautiful new album when he rolls into a town near you, tickets are on sale now from www.joshpyke.com.au.
Tickets for Josh Pyke’s upcoming national tour are on sale now from www.joshpyke.com.
JOSH PYKE – TO FIND HAPPINESS TOUR:
with special guest Hayley Mary
WED 19 OCT – SOOKI LOUNGE, BELGRAVE VIC (18+)
Tickets available from:
https://tickets.oztix.com.au/outlet/event/f4d5116c-41e7-4ec6-9847-b7560afab9c0
THU 20 OCT – PELLY BAR, FRANKSTON VIC (18+)
Tickets available from:
https://bit.ly/3ByCX96
FRI 21 OCT – MEMO, HEALESVILLE VIC (AA)
Tickets available from:
https://yarraranges.sales.ticketsearch.com/sales/salesevent/77430
SAT 22 OCT – WESTERNPORT, SAN REMO VIC (18+)
Tickets available from:
https://westernporthotel.oztix.com.au/outlet/event/d0245889-7f0c-46a5-a5fb-688312cb0b9d
SUN 23 OCT – COMMON FOLK, MORNINGTON VIC (18+)
Tickets available from:
https://tickets.oztix.com.au/outlet/event/875a65e4-be19-42bc-9565-4ca88edf4498
THU 27 OCT – LEOPOLD HOTEL, PERTH WA (18+)
Tickets available from:
https://avc.live/r4m
FRI 28 OCT – PRINCE OF WALES, BUNBURY WA (18+)
Tickets available from:
https://tickets.oztix.com.au/outlet/event/ec18d87e-3e87-4c35-8a53-af8e840089f0
SAT 29 OCT – THE RIVER, MARGARET RIVER WA (18+)
Tickets available from:
https://theriver.oztix.com.au/outlet/event/1699ae35-aece-4ed8-a564-0886feeba62d
SUN 30 OCT – THE CARINE, DUNCRAIG WA (18+)
Tickets available from:
https://bit.ly/3zmGCEf
THU 03 NOV – THE NORTHERN, BRYON BAY NSW (18+)
Tickets available from:
https://tickets.oztix.com.au/outlet/event/2eb6f43c-7680-4c22-b01e-09b9639da2c8
FRI 04 NOV – COOLANGATTA HOTEL, COOLANGATTA QLD (18+)
Tickets available from:
https://tickets.oztix.com.au/outlet/event/d2a0134e-29d2-426e-ae9b-e7570d6770b8
SAT 05 NOV – BRIBIE ISLAND HOTEL, BRIBIE ISLAND QLD (18+)
Tickets available from:
https://avc.live/pe1
SAT 12 NOV – THE JETTY, CANBERRA ACT (18+)
Tickets available from:
https://tickets.oztix.com.au/outlet/event/820ee3f8-1c4c-4803-9af1-b9a49828ec94
SUN 13 NOV – HERITAGE HOTEL, BULLI NSW (18+)
Tickets available from:
https://codeone.oztix.com.au/outlet/event/833140bf-b711-48ed-9397-492ad77bff82
THU 17 NOV – GNOMON ROOM, ULVERSTONE TAS (AA)
Tickets available from:
https://moshtix.com.au/v2/event/josh-pyke-to-find-happiness-regional-tour/141408
FRI 18 NOV – CLARENDON ARMS, EVANDALE (LAUNCESTON) TAS (18+)
Tickets available from:
https://moshtix.com.au/v2/event/josh-pyke-to-find-happiness-regional-tour/141410
SAT 19 NOV – THE LONGHOUSE, HOBART TAS (18+)
Tickets available from:
https://moshtix.com.au/v2/event/josh-pyke-to-find-happiness-regional-tour/141411
SUN 20 NOV – PALAIS THEATRE, FRANKLIN TAS (AA)
Tickets available from:
https://moshtix.com.au/v2/event/josh-pyke-to-find-happiness-regional-tour/141412
WED 23 NOV – HOEY MOEY, COFFS HARBOUR NSW (18+)
Tickets available from:
https://hoeymoey.oztix.com.au/outlet/event/69523e9a-996e-422b-b808-4d2869ec8d41
THU 24 NOV – HELLO SAILOR, PORT MACQUARIE NSW (18+)
Tickets available from:
https://bit.ly/3QaRyLM
FRI 25 NOV – BOHEMIAN CAFÉ, TAREE NSW (18+) SOLD OUT
Tickets available from:
https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/josh-pyke-live-at-bohemian-cafe-tickets-395734832537
SAT 26 NOV – LIZOTTES, NEWCASTLE NSW (18+)
Tickets available from:
https://lizottes.com.au/live/shows/booking/3447
THU 01 DEC – BAROQUE ROOM, KATOOMBA NSW (18+)
Tickets available from:
https://tickets.oztix.com.au/outlet/event/6297c080-ceda-46bb-8c7b-51a88653abee
SAT 03 DEC – MILTON THEATRE, MILTON NSW (18+)
Tickets available from:
https://miltontheatre.com.au/upcoming-shows/josh-pyke-168
FRI 16 DEC – EDGE HILL, CAIRNS QLD (18+)
Tickets available from:
https://liveatyourlocal.com.au/event/josh-pyke-to-find-happiness-regional-tour-3/
SAT 17 DEC – DALYRYMPLE HOTEL, TOWNSVILLE QLD (18+)
Tickets available from:
https://bit.ly/3zpxqPg
SUN 18 DEC – MAGNUMS, AIRLIE BEACH QLD (18+)
Tickets available from:
https://bit.ly/3vtPZkk