Cedric Burnside w/ Myron Burton Band, Ashleigh Mannix

Description: 6:30 PM (6PM doors)

Cedric Burnside: Cedric Burnside is the grandson of North Mississippi blues legend R.L. Burnside. He is the winner of the Blues Music Awards “Best New Artist Debut” for the record: ‘The Two Man Wrecking Crew’ in 2009 and “Drummer of the Year” in 2010. After many successful years of touring the world with Lightnin’ Malcolm as ‘the Juke Joint Duo’, Cedric has started a new band: The Cedric Burnside Project. His first debut album ‘The Way I am’ is coming soon, and he is touring the country bringing you new original foot-stomping hill-country blues music.

Ashleigh Mannix: Ashleigh Mannix is a singer songwriter who with her carefree nature is combining folk and pop genres to create a unique blend of music that is attracting both local and global attention. Ashleigh is an independent artist and until mid 2008 had no releases in stores. It was her strength as a live artist which caught the attention of the music industry. She was invited to perform at the relaunch of The Rolling Stone magazine where she was introduced as “unknown and unsigned” performing alongside Neil Finn, Powderfinger and The Living End to a packed Horden Pavillion. Ashleigh has performed at local festivals including Woodford, Peats Ridge, Festival of the Sun, Stonefest Port Fairy Folk Festival, The Queenscliff Music Festival and the Narooma Blues and Roots Festival. She has also performed extensively overseas including performances in France, Spain, Hawaii and at the prestigious Fuji Rock Festival in Japan. A direct result of the Fuji Rock performance was a record deal in Japan with Pony Canyon and Surf Rock International. The first single from this Japanese Album went to No. 37 on their national charts and reached No. 2 in Kobe on Kiss FM. She has supported both national and international acts including Tim Freedman (the Whitlams), Lior, Lisa Mitchell, Ron Sexsmith, Abby Dobson, Toni Childs , Mark Seymour, Teitur, Luka Bloom, Josh Pyke, Robert Wells and Michael Franti and in 2009 visited the US and Canada where she was showcased in Toronto and Ann Arbour. Ashleigh is sponsored by Billabong internationally and performs at their events worldwide and has opened for MGMT at the Spider Club in LA. Magazine editor and columnist Mia Freedman’s article “The most exciting artist I’ve heard in forever……” best summarises the experience of witnessing Ashleigh play live: “There was one other performer. A girl I’d never heard of. I think she was about 20, she looked 15 and she didn’t even have a record label. Her name was Ashleigh Mannix and she blew everyone away. When she got up on the tiny, makeshift stage in bare feet, long blonde hair everywhere, a guitar strapped over one shoulder and long, hippi-ish clothes, I worried for her. …….people are rude and they talk instead of listening……. But when Ashleigh began to sing – just her and her acoustic guitar – the entire room stopped. It was electrifying and she captured everyone’s attention in a way even the other infinitely more experienced artists couldn’t quite do. She was delightful