Afrodescia Rewind returns this Sunday!! Returning to a beautiful new venue ..
12 years on and this gig continues to be one of the most popular in Melbourne .
For the next 3 weeks we have the incredible Ben Grayson filling in on keys and bass.
Sunday the 16th our special guest is Joshua Tavares, on the 23rd we have the beautiful Carmen Hendricks joining us on the mic.
Afrodescia goes on tour for 2 weeks (August 30th and September 6th) then we are back with special guests galore. Exciting times ahead .

Watch this space for more news…
See you all Sunday

Afrodescia Rewind has been amazing this year! The response to the earlier time slot and the weekly guests has been huge.

Here are our guests for the next 8 weeks!

May 10 – Isaac Moran : one of Australia’s most tasteful guitarists – he s also very in demand!
May 17th – Susie Goritchan : stunning Melbourne singer
May 24th – Jerson Trinidad : Golden Vocal chords and the original male soul sessions singer
May 31st – KPS Jam: 3 incredible singers this is going to be huge

June 7th – Rebecca Mendoza :one of my absolute favourite singers and women- beautiful and talented!
June 14th – Maddison McNamara: up and coming vocalist and one of our favourites
June 21st – Patrick Maslamoney: young and very talented drummer – make sure you see him perform
June 28th – Jade Macrae: I cant say enough about this beautiful singer! gorgeous human being too I cant wait for this one!

Afrodescia and Alumbra together from March 1st are taking soul sessions back to the old school with a brand new twist.
Every Sunday will see the band return to its original time slot of 6pm-9pm. Live grooves with all your favourite rnb, Neo soul and reggae tunes.
Angela, Cisco, Aaron and Dave will be joined by special guests every week.. The first week sees the return of Jerson Trinidad on the mic…our original soul sessions male singer!
Summer on the deck, with waterfront views, cocktails, Afrodescia live with guests and some of your favourite DJs.. What more could you want?

See you all march 1st at 6pm ..

Very excited to be doing the stage show “Sister Soul” at The Palms at Crown on October 11th.
An incredible Motown show where I get to sing with the likes of Matt Hetherington, Christine Anu, Carmen Hendricks and Daina Jowsey. With the very talented Daryl McKenzie as musical director and some of Melbourne’s best musicians this show is guaranteed to make you want to get up and dance!

Hope to see you all there ..x

This year has been amazing for my band Afrodescia – its now our 11th year at Alumbra and to celebrate we will be doing a huge gig on the big stage with special guests singing and playing with us all night! August 10th is the date to keep free, write it in your diaries – you dont want to miss this! The best of Melbourne’s music industry coming together for one very special night!
We also welcome to the Afrodescia/Alumbra family the very very talented Simon Fissenden on bass and vocals. One of the best musicians in Australia stepping in while Jason is on his X Factor journey. Simon joins Dave Matthews (drums), Aaron Mendoza (keys and vocals) and myself from this Sunday onwards. (27th August). If you have not seen him do his thing make sure you come down this week. A voice to die for and one of the funkiest bass players Ive ever had the pleasure of working with.
More Afrodescia news to come soon

What an amazing year this is going to be! 2014 has started with some incredible opportunities for me..the biggest so far was being asked to open for Chaka Khan at the Plenary last Sunday night. I jumped at the chance and organised some of Melbourne’s best musicians to be on stage with me that night (Dave Matthews, Jason Heerah, Brad J Green and Simon Fisenden). The venue was beautiful, the crowd so receptive! It was nerve wracking to open for a legend like Chaka, but the crowd helped me to relax and really enjoy the whole experience! I dont think any of us actually wanted to get off stage!
I have some more exciting projects coming up this year which I will post about as they happen!
Happy New Year everyone…hope 2014 is as productive for you as it is for me.

Some very exciting things happening in 2014! To kick it off, Soul Sessions in conjunction with our favourite crew “citibeatz” present Passport to New York!! What a way to see 2014 in, New Years Eve is bigger and better than ever..this year we travel to one of my favourite destinations NYC.
DJs, dancers, acoustic sessions and of course Afrodescia live. Can’t wait for this one..it’s going to be huge! Hope to see you all there..

September 13th and 14th – two very exciting gigs for us! We will be supporting one of the best singers in the world here in Melbourne! Frank Mccomb will be doing two gigs at Aria bar in the docklands. His first and only Australian gigs and we are fortunate enough to be supporting him.
So excited about this, definitely one of the highlights of our career!…make sure you get your tickets through moshtix and come down, you dont want to miss him!!!

10 Years ago, I walked into Alumbra and met with Simon Digby and basically talked him into giving me a gig there. It began as a release for me, an incredible venue run by a very smart man and one night a week where I could sing whatever I wanted. A place where I could do some Eryka Badu, Jill Scott, Alicia Keys – all the music I loved.
It began as a quiet affair and developed into somewhat of an institution! Melbourne’s best singers and musicians would jam with us weekly and international acts (James Brown’s band, Alicia Keys band) came down and joined us on stage! We even had George Benson come down one Sunday to check out the gig!.10 years later Sunday Soul Sessions is still going and is stronger than ever, 5 years ago Bobby Love joined us and with an amazing crew and with Bobby’s vision in the mix it has evolved into Melbourne’s busiest and longest running Sunday night

We are celebrating at Alumbra on the 4th of August, with regulars past and current and the cream of the crop of Melbourne’s music scene joining us on stage for one huge night! Including greats like the original member of Afrodescia Mark Amato, Rima T, Carmen Hendricks, Cisco Tavares, Jerson Trinidad, the incredible Geoff Wells on guitar, Ricci and Gino Nanya and many more surprises!!
It will be a once in a lifetime gig to be at..make sure you keep the date free..we will be on the big stage from 9pm! I cant wait – I cant begin to tell you how special this is for me…Hope to see you all there!!

I had a great meeting with the Soul Sessions Team this week! Cant wait to share what we are doing this year! Not only do we have some amazing artists and huge nights planned, we also have something big in the works to celebrate Afrodescia- 10 years of playing at Soul Sessions! Its going to be massive and I am really excited! Stay tuned …I will be able to give you all the news very very soon!!