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Sweet Home Songs at the Adelaide Fringe 2024
Doctor D & Fergus Maximus are delighted to announce the 2024 Adelaide Fringe show Sweet Home Songs. Presented in historic settings (including pioneer police officer Annie Ross’ former police station on St Vincent Street!), and joined by vocalist Marta Bayly, these intimate performances feature songs from our Back in ADL album and other songs exploring the theme of home. The venues…
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The Adelaide Show
We were delighted to be invited to participate in a music-special edition of the Adelaide Show Podcast, one of the top ten most influential podcasts in South Australia. For over an hour, host Steve Davis explores the origins of the songs on our album Back in ADL (Sweet Home SA volume 1) and grills us…
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Back in ADL album launch
We launched our debut album Back in ADL (Sweet Home SA volume 1) at the Jade, Adelaide on 20 October with a seven piece band, supported by Alexander Black. The album was recorded at Wizard Tone Studios during the first half of the year. It features 12 beautifully recorded songs from the Adelaide Fringe shows…
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Back in ADL single release
Our debit single Back in ADL is released on 8 October 2023. This is a radio-edit remix of the forthcoming album’s title track. The single is available from Spotify, Apple Music and other streaming channels. A downloadable special edition is available from our Bandcamp page. This includes a bonus b-side live track Clare (with the…
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Judith Crossley Award update- Four Trees
We are thrilled that our song Four Trees (Mirnu Wirra) was first runner-up in the Judith Crossley Memorial Songwriting Award at the Fleurieu Folk Festival. The song commemorates the men and families of the 27th “Unley’s Own” battalion in WW1. In 1915 a memorial for the Gallipoli landings was established in Adelaide’s southern parklands “between…
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Duo performance at SCALA Live at the Wheaty
Doctor D and Fergus Maximus will be performing a duo set on Thursday 2nd February 2023 at the Wheatsheaf Hotel ,39 George St., Thebarton, Adelaide. We will be performing some of our songs from last year’s Fringe shows Sweet Home SA and Sweet Home Songs plus a few other faves. Also on the bill- singer-songwriter…
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Judith Crossley Memorial Songwriting Award
We are delighted to announce that our song Four Trees (Mirnu Wirra) has been selected as a finalist in the Judith Crossley Memorial Songwriting Awards 2022. This is an award given for songs that feature South Australian themes. The finalists will all perform live at the Fleurieu Folk Festival, Willunga on Sunday 23 October. Last…
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