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Jumping Fences

The BUG

The delay caused by Cyclone Alfred is going to make the celebration of 17 years of Foco Nuevo even sweeter, with our guests for this month, Keeping North joining Jumping Fences for another great night of live music.

Don't miss out on Foco Nuevo! Remember seating is limited; booking is essential.

Reserve your seat HERE.

Savouries, cakes, tea, and coffee will be available. Please feel free to BYO if you wish.

We would love to see you at our place.

Sue and Lachlan

Keeping North

Songs can come from anywhere. From adventures, from history, from matters of the heart. Most of the songs on Keeping North’s debut album ‘Demons & Dreamers’ came from the imagination of songwriter Steve Tyson. Little pieces of fiction, other peoples’ made-up stories. But perhaps inspired by the real world and lives well-lived. Tyson, guitarist Ian Shawsmith and drummer Stu Hoffman grew up in Brisbane at the time of the notorious Fitzgerald Inquiry, playing gigs in clubs run by petty gangsters and corrupt cops. The characters that frequented those venues provided plenty of fodder for songs written many years later. Pedal steel player Jeff Spencer heard those stories and wanted in. But the need for sweetness, to balance out the grit in the tales, comes from bassist and singer Jodi Murtha. The end result is a set of alt.country tunes laced with the blues, tinged with soul, and branded Americana.

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Jumping Fences

Jumping Fences’ songs traverse working lives, migration and exile, and everyday hopes and joys. Their long association with Latin American music resonates deeply in their own compositions. They toured to Cuba in 2017 and 2018, and nationally they have performed at numerous festivals and venues in South-East Queensland and Victoria. They have composed songs for choirs and conducted workplace songwriting and performance projects in association with the Qld Council of Unions. Jumping Fences have released six recordings, most recently ‘Woolloongabba’. You can listen to a selection of songs on Spotify, Youtube or Apple Music.

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