The Rescue Ships – ‘On The Air’ (video)

The Rescue Ships played Rockhampton once.

It was in 2009 and back then they were (and still are) Elana Stone and Brian Campeau and they were touring with Passenger aka Mike Rosenberg.
The gig was poorly publicised and they ended up scrapping the door price and just playing in the beer garden – their own originals and some tremendous covers.
Everyone had a great time and I ended up driving my (plastered) best friend home, via the supermarket where she berated a shop attendant for not selling “you know… chicken, that’s like, chopped up and already roasted?”
Good times.

Anyway, they’ve pooled their considerable talents and are playing as a duo. I saw them support Scott Spark at The Globe Theatre a few months back and they were still incredible.
If you get a chance to see them live, go and do it. They’re ridiculously talented and do great banter.

The Elana Stone Band

The Elana Stone Band - ‘Beautiful Sound’ (mp3)

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It’s time to bring the jazz and soul to Who The Bloody Hell Are They! The Elana Stone Band come to us as a fairly decorated band: best jazz artist at the 2004 MusicOz Awards, winner at the National Jazz Awards at the Wangaratta Jazz Festival in 2005 and a semi-finalist in the Montreaux Jazz Festival vocal competition.

The voice of Elana Stone has graced the recordings from artists like The Cat Empire and Who the Hell faves Jackson Jackson, and her backing band consists of members from bands like King Curly, Bertie Blackman and others. Also, for you music trivia buffs, her brother is in bluejuice.

‘Beautiful Sound’ comes from an unreleased album she recorded in 2006. There’s a few more tracks on her MySpace to check out too.

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