Soulman Raku Original Artist Soul Music Tamborine - Sunday 12th September

Music for the Soul Treat the family you love to a lunch at the Bearded Dragon while soaking up the Soul.

Book early to avoid disappointment
(07) 5543 6888 info@beardeddragon.com.au

You will remember him as the exceptional musician who for many years graced the Byron Shire’s markets and eateries with his sudden bursts of color and his warm spontaneity in his guise as a wandering minstrel.

For many, Raku was the embodiment of all that’s great about Byron – colourful, energetic, exotic and talented. Raku has warmed the hearts of many with his high voltage smile, incorrigible presence and his mesmerising performances.

In recent times his performance has evolved from the streets to pubs and festivals allowing him to display his skilled song craft and energetic vocalising to greater effect.

Besides great vocals his work reveals a diverse range of moods and influences and conveys the social, political and spiritual feelings close to his heart a la Harper, Johnson and Franti. (One of his tunes The Sins of the Son features along-side Paul Kelly and Tex Perkins on the newly released Fatherhood CD). Raku is Soulman, he thrives on audience participation and could whip even a convention of Carmelite nuns into a frenzy.

He performs under the name Soulman with music that draws deeply on his Jamaican roots and the Jazz, Blues, Gospel and Soul idioms

Performing Live at Bearded Dragon Boutique Hotel Tamborine.

Cnr Tamborine Mtn Rd & Beeenleigh / Beaudesert Roads, Tamborine
Ph: 07 55436888
www.beardeddragon.com.au

More about the music

Influences Everything from breakfast to Billy Holiday... including Ted Hawkins, Nina Simone, Ray Charles, David Gray, Bob Dylan, Satchmo, Sam Cooke, Seal, Van Morrison, Freddie Mercury, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Bob Marley, Jeff Buckley, Tim Buckley, Roberta Flack, Aretha Franklin, The Clash, Early Bruce Springsteen, Televison, Joni Mitchell and on and on...

Sounds Like Michael Franti singing to the Dalai lama, Terence Trent Darbys older brother, Ted Hawkins at the Drill Hall, Eric Bibb in a fast car,the sountrack to a movie that just being made...

Soulman O Gaia has an uncanny ability to engage the very soul of an audience. An incredible performer with a wonderful energy…

Sandy McCutcheon ABC Radio Colourful, energetic, exotic and talented, Soulman has warmed the hearts of many with his high voltage smile, incorrigible presence and mesmerizing performances….

Mandy Nolan Seven Entertainment Guide Soulman O’Gaia is the most exciting new artist to grace our shores. This gifted and exceptionally talented, U.K. raised, Jamaican-Aussie has created a distinctive contemporary blend of Acoustic Soul, Blues, Gospel, Pop and Jazz, with a touch of folk style storytelling that is captivating audiences all along the East Coast of Australia. OGaia strums, stomps boogies, and sings with a truly joyous vibe, infectious smile and a rare honesty.

Ingredients that combine in a fabulously entertaining show. He easily creates rapport and has incredible interaction with any audience he performs to be it 10 or 10000 people strong...

Soulman released his first EP We Are The Song in 2007 and is in the process of completing his new CD Give A Little Love for release in January 2010 along with t-shirts, stickers and other branded merchandising.

He is a true artist who is a real professional at captivating and entertaining his audience. Soulman OGaia has featured alongside top Aussie performers John Butler, Paul Kelly, Xavier Rudd, Archie Roach and Tex Perkins on the Fatherhood CD and has appeared at East Coast Blues and Roots, Woodford and others prestigious festivals.

Soulman OGaia …the name says it all… A fantastic singer and performer… Mick ORegan Radio National