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Around The Town: Kasey Chambers & Shane Nicholson at Belcourt Theatre

submitted by: Roving Roo Reporter (Belcourt Theatre)

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Be sure to catch this unique Australian act at a special venue: the Belcourt Theatre (http://www.belcourt.org/) in Hillsboro Village. The Belcourt is known for bringing Australian talents to the stage over the years, having hosted Roo Stages in the past and even hosting an Australian Film Festival a few years ago. Directly from the Belcourt website:

KASEY CHAMBERS & SHANE NICOLSON:

From the moment you hear those opening lines of RATTLIN' BONES, the first song that husband-and-wife team Kasey Chambers and Shane Nicholson wrote together, you know you are in the presence of something special. The voices join and rise in a meeting as pure and as natural as a country morning. And they keep on doing it - obviously, these two were born to sing together - across the 14 extraordinary tracks of Rattlin' Bones, their first album together. It's the start of a musical partnership that once more emphasizes Chambers' title as Australia's greatest alt country performer, and which introduces Nicholson as the perfect foil for her as a songwriter, singer and multi-instrumentalist. For Chambers, it's a return to a sound that draws deep on the roots of country music, songs of yearning and hurt and hope, a place - like life - where joy and sorrow walk close at hand. It is also proof that you don't have to be heartbroken to write songs that delve deep into the emotions. For this couple, last year was the happiest of their lives, punctuating the birth of their son Arlo with a low-key series of performances together and a flurry of songwriting that has produced a landmark album in the story of Australian country music.