Artist description a bunch of Australian nomads & gypsies, with a passion to play & perform...the sounds of the outback through the mind of youthfulness & clarity...

Music Style Spirit folk, flavoured with organic cultures, topped with a contempory vibe...inspirational cross-cultural blend with pure high energy rhythms...

Musical Influences a diverse array of this beautiful planet's frequencies & experiences...LIFE...all forms of music...everything from bob marley to banco de gaia...there are no boundarys in this musical journey if it moves body mind or soul we travel there...right now tho..jason loves banco de gaia...mia love bork...andy loves afro-celts...feather loves bob marley (divinely intervened)...bryson loves funk...

Similar Artists this is a tough one: we are yet to compare our style, this is music is deeply rooted in the earth and of an organic nature it is funky, powerful, fun and mesmerising!!!

Artist History Formed 2000, but have all played together & in other outfits...Feather is our principle star...shining from her years in Sundiata Marimba Band...99/2000 saw zenmango birdwoman fly to the heights of 4 or 5 awesome gigs, starting with our first at 1999 Nimbin Mardi Grass Festival to 500 free & frantic souls celebrating the festive season...winter and spring of '99 brought the journeys of seven beings from all over the world into one entity...this culminated in a great nite at Coorabell Hall near Byron Bay, a double bill with the legendary Earth Reggae...celebration filled the evening..."Wings of Colour" was written and recorded in this time to support the local blockaders at the Timbarra Goldmine...the band united now with Jesse on 12 string and Sophie on flute, we scored a gig at a wonderful festival held by the council of Gosford called The Belong Festival...a short but well lived dream of a planned tour is enacted by rehearsing in the paradisical environs of Bellingen NSW, living & breathing the music together...then driving another 500kms to Gosford...rain shorted out the stage lights on the first nite but the electricity continued into the second day when we played to a packed room of groovey life lovers...thanx to the Brackets'nJam crew in Sydney...2000 has brought much health & prosperity to our members...shall we see the eagle rise from the breaking new dawn???...Spirit whispers...this music shall never die...

Group Members Feather - Vocals, percussion, mbira, danceAndrew - Guitars, vocals, trumpet, percussionJason - Djembe, darabuka, dumbek, productionMia - Violin, vocalsBryson - Flute, congas, digeridoo, vocals, funkNomi - Flute, vocalsSimone - Flute, vocals, danceJesse - 12 string, vocals, djembe

Instruments other than those above, the greatest instrument of all is the life we live...

Albums The Nature of Light - ep still under production samples out soon!!!

Additional Info think before you blink and "fly" before you drive...

Location The Rainforests Of Oz Normally Near Byron Bay, nsw - Australia

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