CENTRE STAGE Hugh Jones
Hugh Jones has often been part of Stereo Stories' pivotal moments.
Hugh Jones has often been part of Stereo Stories' pivotal moments.
Julie Merritt has been part of Stereo Stories from the beginning, from a vague notion mentioned over a kitchen table about seven years ago.
At this time of the year the Stereo Stories ensemble is usually deep in rehearsals for what has become a cherished annual concert since 2016: our appearance at Write Around The Murray in Albury each September. Alas, this year is different.
We cannot play any gigs at the moment, but we can look back with pride and look forward with hope. Check out our new video clip.
At our second-ever show - Newport Folk Festival in Melbourne, 2014 ā a folk and blues musician from Wangaratta caught the tail-end of our 45 minute set in the scout hall.
Writer Torre DeRoche savours the moment when story meets song. For the third year running Stereo Stories was delighted to play at the Write Around The Murray Festival in Albury. Our 2018 show, on September 8, was a combination of stories by our ensemble and by two guests of the festival, Chris Hammer [...]
This love felt frightening. This love felt dangerous, even. And gambling everything for it ā including my own life ā felt reckless. But still.
In the space of thirty seconds Iāve gone from being bored to horny to a tragic figure whose only true love is dead.
Stereo Stories' first foray interstate was the Write Around the Murray Festival in Albury on Saturday 10 September. We did a two-hour dinner show at Albury LibraryMuseum: three half-hour brackets of stories inspired by songs and then a chance for the band to really stretch out and flex its muscles.