The War and Treaty (Cancelled)
With special guest Fenn Wilson
Friday 9th April, 2021 (Rescheduled from Thursday 16th April, 2020)
Doors 7pm. Show 8pm
MEENIYAN TOWN HALL
International travel will not resume for some time, so unfortunately we will not be able to present the rescheduled War and Treaty in April 2021 as anticipated.
Full refunds for The War and Treaty will be offered. Please email us (via the above link) with the Name of your Booking plus your Bank Account details: Name, BSB, Account Number. Refunds may take a few days to process.
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It is with a heavy heart that we have decided to suspend all live shows at Meeniyan Town Hall until further notice due to public health concerns surrounding COVID-19.
The advice being disseminated from public health officials and government bodies is constantly being updated. All we can do is monitor the situation closely.
We look forward to us all, musicians and fans alike, coming through this time safely and enjoying the music together in the near future.
We will update you as we receive advice and news re shows after this first month.
The 2020 War and Treaty show has been postponed – until April 2021. You can request a refund or hold onto your ticket for the re-scheduled show.
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As The War and Treaty, Michael and Tanya Trotter serve up healing and pain robbing with freewheeling joy on their new full-length album, Healing Tide. Funky bass lines, keys, lap steel, acoustic strings, and stripped-down percussion create a swampy Southern soul bed for the couple’s transcendent vocals. A tour-de-force produced by Buddy Miller, the collection swaggers with confidence only gained by artists who are wholly, proudly, themselves.
Michael is a wounded warrior who found his voice while serving in Iraq, when he was pulled from the frontlines to write songs for the fallen. Tanya is a lifelong artist, drawn to singing’s power to take another’s pain away. “You have to have a deep place of love within yourself to be vulnerable,” Tanya says. “With The War and Treaty, we allow people to see two people that are not perfect. We get on stage. We sweat. We’re overweight. We yell. We get ugly, we scream! My hair comes loose. We’re vulnerable––naked––in front of people, and it’s a chain reaction. It allows them to be vulnerable, too.”
The War and Treaty’s music and stories bring tears and goosebumps, but ultimately, more is at work. “I want people to feel like we care,” Michael says. “When you think about artists, you don’t think about that.” He pauses and grins broadly. “But that’s the way I want the world to feel about The War and Treaty.”
Fenn Wilson will be making his way down to Meeniyan Town Hall in support of The War and Treaty. With a baritone that is resonant and expressive, Fenn’s songwriting forms a snapshot of his recent past; brushes with heartache, depression, world-weariness and uncertainty, and often lightened with compassionate observation, love and redemption. Think George Ezra with Nick Cave’s early song book.
Tickets all one price: $65 (includes all bkg fees and GST).
Book tickets via lyrebirdarts@gmail.com or any of our local ticket outlets: Gecko Studio Gallery, Fish Creek; Main Street Revelations, Foster; The Rusty Windmill Cafe, Leongatha. Enquiries phone 0400 117 754
Allocated table seating. All Ages. BYO. Doors open 7pm: Show: 8pm