The Chilli Pickers To Feature on Southern Style 14th Jan. 2025.
The Chilli Pickers are a seasoned 4 piece from Melbourne playing Folk, Appalachian and Bluegrass tunes. The group features Jane McCracken on vocals and guitar, Kate Connor on fiddle and harmonies (Devil Goat Family String Band, Andy Baylor), Gus Macmillan on banjo (Blue Grassy Knoll and Devil Goat Family String Band) and Keith Urquhart on Double Bass.
The band has been playing music in the same pubs since the early 90’s, but not always in the same bands, or even the same genres. Now the stars have aligned, and these old musical mates have come together to create a band whose whole is greater than the sum of the parts. United by the music of Doc Boggs, Ola Belle Reed, Gillian Welch, The Horseflies and Elizabeth LaPrelle. the intertwining of fiddle and banjo, haunting vocal harmonies, and lyrics that are both timeless and true, make this band mesmerising and energising in equal parts, like moonshine and mountain dew.
Jan Dale’s radio show, Southern Style, can also be streamed to your computer via the PBS website.
Southern Style with Jan Dale – PBS FM 106.7
Tuesdays 1:00pm to 3:00pm or online at www.pbsfm.org.au.
