This is a show not to be missed. Great songs. Great performance and Great Musicians.
Stewart has put together a list of precious songs from his favourite songwriters, Randy Newman, Tom Waits and Leonard Cohen with his band, America’s Least Wanted to bring you this special show. He is also including some of his own songs from his solo album ‘My Magnificent Narcotic’
D’Arrietta inhabits the underworld of the the lyrical tragedies and the jocular narratives in these songs with an ardent celebration.Touching on the themes of love, loneliness, war, dreams and ambitions of childhood and our relationship with God, D’Arrietta romps through the songs with his trademark raw vocal style, punctuated by his laconic humour.
Award winning composer and musical director D’Arrietta has performed Australia wide as well as internationally at The Montreal Jazz Festival, EX Theatre Tokyo, Soho Playhouse New York, Union Square Theatre New York,The Riverside Theatres London, Czech Republic,Germany, Switzerland and Ireland and has toured extensively in the UK.
Credits include ‘Lennon Through A Glass Onion’, (co-created with John Waters, one of the longest running, most successful shows in Australia), ‘My Leonard Cohen’ ( sold out shows at The Sydney Opera House, Edinburgh Fringe and Adelaide Fringe), ‘The White Album Concert’ and ‘Beatles Back to Back’ ( Sydney Opera House ), ‘Cafe Brel’, ‘Feeling Randy’( a homage to Randy Newman ), and musical ‘Tuxedo and the Little Black Dress’ and
‘Satango’, a musical which played in Las Vegas.
‘…the opportunity to experience the remarkable Stewart D’Arrietta in live performance’ Australian Arts Review
‘Everybody knows you should just buy tickets for any show Stewart D’Arrietta announces’- The Adelaide Show
‘A dynamic singer with a gravelly voice- imagine Tom Waits with overtones of Joe Cocker- and a wicked line in jokes and stories’- Daily Telegraph
‘May the national treasure that Stewart D’Arrietta is… continue to be an integral part of our national cultural fabric’- Glenn A Baker
America’s Least Wanted
Stewart D’Arrietta …..Piano and Vocals
Tony Mitchell………..Bass and Backing Vocals
Greg Henson…………Drums
Danial Moore………..Sousaphone, Trombone and Trumpet