Lambchop

Overview

The American South is an enthralling place. It's where cotton grows high, gentlemen drink whiskey, women wear crisp white gingham dresses and you're as likely to come across a gun-toting lunatic as to be serenaded by a lonesome trucker of a night time. And it's from a place like this that Lambchop hails.

A loose collective centred around the vocalist and and creative centre-point, Kurt Wagner - the kind of man who wears a trucker cap in an entirely non-ironic way - Lambchop have been creating music for well over twenty years. While they started off being associated with the alt-country scene, Lambchop's range is wide and just as easily covers genres as diverse as soul, post-rock, jazz and the odd cocktail-bar croon. With lyrics both ambiguous and haunting, the band has developed a cult following over the years, making them a highly welcome addition to this year's Sydney Festival line-up. And not only is Wagner appearing on-stage with Lambchop, but he will also be performing a solo show as well as part of the old-school country duo, Kort, alongside Cortney Tidwell

Lambchop's performance at City Recital Hall will be a collection of songs collected from the deep vault of their back-catalogue as well as new material from their up-coming album, Mr M.