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Phil Moriarty

Phil Moriarty, one half of the legendary Moriarty brothers (aka The Gadflys), hits the road to perform songs from his new album, L Esprit de L Escalier . Performing with The Paris Breasts.

From his first foray as a punk clarinettist in Canberra band The Slammers, through a twenty year career co-fronting THE GADFLYS, to current incarnation as The Great Muldavio in the notionally eastern European Kabaret Noir outfit MIKELANGELO AND THE BLACK SEA GENTLEMEN, Philip Moriarty s musical path, though not consciously avant garde or anti-idolist, has certainly been unusual. The last couple of years have seen him working on a solo album rehearsing with various forms of a collective known as THE PARIS BRESTS, touring with MIKELANGELO and spasmodically pursuing a solo career.

In that time MORIARTY S songwriting has progressed in startling ways, both in terms of observational clarity and breadth of ambition, delivering satisfyingly on the promise of the GADFLYS rootsy ecclecticism.

My stuff has never been easy to pigeon-hole, which is definitely not a marketing plus, but if had to try and define what I do then I would say that I apply a pop sensibility to arrangement, with all the freedom that it implies. Pop is not a dirty word for me I think it just means that song is paramount rather than being a slave to any purist agenda, be that folk, jazz, blues or anything else. I d like to say that I play Rock n Roll because I still find the original Rock ethos vibrant and exciting, and less musically elitist too, but I m not sure how much that comes through.

MORIARTY S new album sees him turning a faintly amused eye to subjects such as city living for empowered losers in bi-polar epic CAPTAIN MIDNIGHT ; or ruminating on various options for dying in a bluesy number entitled GO DOWN OL HANNAH , then pulling out a surf music operetta called MISER . It s a wild ride!

Concerts at Tilley's

2006 Tour

Saturday 11 November 2006 

Phil Moriarty, one half of the legendary Moriarty brothers (aka The Gadflys), hits the road to perform songs from his new album, L Esprit de L Escalier . Performing with The Paris Breasts.

2005 Tour

Saturday 23 July 2005 

With The Dead Mariners