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  • Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album

    Remember live music? Where the bass and drums rattle your ribcage, the guitar traces the line of your spine, keys caress the spaces between and the voice calls up something deep in your soul?
    This is what Blues Arcadia do. And they do it so well, they’ve bottled it for mass consumption.
    "Live at The Royal Mail" is a stunning document of Blues Arcadia’s first performance since the world went into lockdown eight months ago. It also marks the first full band show since the Royal Mail Hotel Goodna in Queensland, the only Australian venue to receive an award from the Blues Foundation in Memphis, reopened in October.

    Blues Arcadia have won kudos of their own: their 2019 album, "Carnival of Fools", debuted at #1 on the Australian Blues and Roots Airplay Chart and at #5 on the AIR Independent Chart; it earned a five-star review in Brisbane’s Sunday Mail and 4.5 stars in The Weekend Australian Review, also drawing praise from UK and US.
    Based in Brisbane, the five-piece powerhouse that is Blues Arcadia fuses the soul of Stax and Motown with Chicago and Memphis blues to forge a bold Australian hybrid that exudes sweat, tears, dirt, swagger, style and sensitivity in equal measure.

    Like every other act in the country, Blues Arcadia saw its 2020 work diary wiped clean by coronavirus. Festival slots, tours, pub gigs, even intimate backyard events, no show escaped COVID’s dark wrath. But with the end of a year from hell in sight, Blues Arcadia are set to put the tribulations of 2020 behind them and clear the decks for 2021, when they hit the ground running with fresh dates in the tour diary, rekindled energy and a bunch of smoking hot new songs for the release of their second studio album next April.

    Includes unlimited streaming of Live at The Royal Mail via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.     ... more
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    Maybe you weren't there but this cool tee will def make up for it. Beautifully soft with a modern fit. Not too tight in the neck. 100% ring spun combed cotton jersey and ethically manufactured.
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  • The perfect gift combo - our latest live album and a tee to boast about it.
    Include free download of our Xmas single "Come Home For Christmas" as our gift to you.

    Includes unlimited streaming of Come Home For Christmas via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
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  • Full Digital Discography

    8
    releases

    Get all 8 Blues Arcadia releases available on Bandcamp and save 15%.

    Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality downloads of Now Or Never, Dollar Bill, Follow The Leader, Live at The Royal Mail, Come Home For Christmas, Carnival Of Fools, Remedy 7" Limited Edition vinyl, and Blues Arcadia EP. , and , .

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Recorded live at The Royal Mail Hotel Goodna, Queensland Australia on 3rd October 2020.

lyrics

Life is for living
Why does it have to be so hard
You dance with the devil
And then you stumble in the dark
But when you can't find your way
I'll be there for you babe
Oh I will come to
Your rescue

Now don't be afraid
There is strength in surrender babe
And sometimes we're paralysed
And made blind
By all the choices that we're supposed to make
But when you can't find your way
All you gotta do is call on me babe
Oh I will come to
Your rescue

We all need someone
You're my remedy
Can't you see
Oh darlin' you're my rescue
And I am yours
Sometimes I stumble and fall
But when I do
You come along
Give me the strength to carry on
Now I am strong enough to be
Your rescue

credits

from Live at The Royal Mail, released November 27, 2020
Vocals - Alan Boyle
Guitar - Chris Harvey
Keys - Paula Girvan
Bass - Jeremy Klysz
Drums - Casper Hall

Songwriters: Boyle/Harvey
Recorded by Kevin Hennigs from Storm Audio, Brisbane QLD
Mixed by Casper Hall at Sound Out Studios, Brisbane QLD
Mastered by Joe Carra at Crystal Mastering, Melbourne VIC

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Blues Arcadia Brisbane, Australia

Three-time Australian Blues Music Award winners and Australian Roots Music Award nominees. Combining the legendary soul of Stax and Motown with the heat and power of the Chicago and Memphis blues, Blues Arcadia deliver an uninhibited old-fashioned soul stomp revival. ... more

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