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Smith’s Alternative: Volant

Smith's Alternative 76 Aliinga Street, Canberra, ACT
Volant’s music moves effortlessly from moments of anthemic heroism, with Ottignon’s fiery tenor at the fore, to lyrical melodies and intimate soundscapes, where the subtle yet confident artistry of Hayley, Hannah, and Lauren results in music of sheer beauty. While embodying the spirit of giants such as John Coltrane and…

Smith’s Alternative: The Ben Lerner Quartet

Smith's Alternative 76 Aliinga Street, Canberra, ACT
Ben Lerner is an outstanding young artist who has quickly established himself as one of the emerging voices in Jazz and on the Alto Saxophone in Australia. Since moving to Sydney from Auckland in 2020, Ben has received the Sydney Conservatorium of MusicScholarship the Henderson Global Mobility Scholarship, the Ernest Heine Family Foundation Scholarship, and has…

Smith’s Alternative: Stella Anning and Michael J Brady

Smith's Alternative 76 Aliinga Street, Canberra, ACT
United during a transformative artist residency at Banff, Canada, in 2024, their shared experience of jazz guitarist turned singer/songwriter, inspired a series of original jazz/folk compositions that capture the spirit of collaboration and creativity. In between their solo release schedules - Stella & Michael will be co-headlining an interstate tour, sharing these…

Smith’s Alternative: Crossing Strings

Smith's Alternative 76 Aliinga Street, Canberra, ACT
Crossing Strings is an Austrian crossover guitar duo, consisting of classical guitarist Carina Maria Linder and fingerstyle guitarist and founder of the Vienna Fingerstyle Festival Markus Schlesinger. With their debut album „Intersections", the duo has propelled itself to the top of the European fingerpicking scene (Concerto 6/22) and tours with concerts…

Smith’s Alternative: The Max Alduca Quintet

Smith's Alternative 76 Alinga St, Canberra, ACT, Australia
Sydney based double bassist and composer Max Alduca presents his debut album ‘Monastery’ drawing inspiration from a personal journey through music and spirituality, reflecting themes of interconnectedness, trust, and hope, while also paying homage to his teachers and collaborators. Bringing together some of Sydney’s leading jazz musicians—Hilary Geddes (guitar), Michael…

Smith’s Alternative: John Mackey Project

Smith's Alternative 76 Aliinga Street, Canberra, ACT
A new project by Canberra based saxophonist John Mackey, sees the bringing together of some of Australia's leading musicians. This new group is comprised of Miro Bukovsky (trumpet) Nicholas McBride (drums), Liam Budge (vocals), Lachlan Coventry and Greg Stott (guitar) and Chris Pound (bass). The aim of the group is…

Smith’s Alternative: Darcy Gilkerson

Smith's Alternative 76 Aliinga Street, Canberra, ACT
Exciting new talent, cellist and composer Darcy Gilkerson, is playing at Smith’s for one night only. Darcy is launching his recently released debut album ‘Acteon’ touring with his band up the East Coast from Melbourne. The album is the culmination of a long period of experimentation and exploration in coupling…