Entertainment
22 November, 2024
Māori revival
Māori reggae sensation Katchafire is coming to Cairns to celebrate 20 years of ‘Revival’ with their new project ‘Reviving Revival’ which will bring back their debut album with new remixes, collaborations and more.
As part of their Australian tour, Katchafire has added a show in Cairns at the Brothers Leagues Club tomorrow for a feelgood party that will see the band revisiting their first album Revival.
“We’re doing a project called Reviving Revival and we’ve just released the first single and it’s about going back and remastering and remixing our first album and also include other artists that have been there on our journey as we roll out the album,” said frontman Logan Bell. “This one’s a little bit different we had a new mixer, engineer, super producer in Philip McFarlane out of Jamaica and it was really cool to go back and hear some of the early tracking we did for that album, it was very nostalgic.
“It’s been so long that you forget those moments, hearing the takes and going back through it brought it all back. It was fun listening to the level and quality we had back then in the studio. I was quite proud about that.
“We didn’t have as much creative control as we do now and for our first album a few things got away from us and so this time we had a do-over and we got to apply all that we’ve learned through the years.”
Mr Bell said the band had a special connection to Cairns and they were very excited to return.
“We’re really familiar with Cairns, we spend a lot of time up there, our worldwide management is based in Cairns so we always feel magic there and we’ll be looking to bring the energy,” he said.
“We’re bringing an eight-piece composition, the full horn section, we’re putting some oldies and some newies into the set, and we stripped a few tunes back. We’re really enjoying acoustic and voices.
“We’re bringing the magic, full band. We’ve just released an acoustic version of a Dave Dobbyn song called ‘Magic what she does’ and our latest releases ‘Commit’, ‘Always with you’ that we’re looking forward to performing live.
“You don’t need to be a reggae lover to enjoy Katchafire. We all love harmonies, melodies and harmonizing together and we love bands like The Eagles, anything with good soul and groove so I encourage you to come along to the party.”
To buy tickets, visit
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