8 Ball Aitken Band + Taya Chani (SYD), Lucy Gallant, Dillion James & Nathan Beretta at The Presynct

LIVE IN NAMBOUR @ THE PRESYNCT 8 BALL AITKEN BAND + TAYA CHANI, LUCY GALLANT, DILLION JAMES & NATHAN BERETTA

Soul-blues-rockers 8 Ball Aitken Band are performing at The Presynct in Nambour on Saturday May 24th with their 3rd headline appearance at the venue.  All is set for an evening of soulful, groovy, hip shaking music with supports from internet sensation Lucy Gallant (Cairns), and the New Orleans piano-man Dillion James meets blues guitar virtuoso Nathan Beretta. Doors 7pm. Tickets $35 from Oztix and 8ballaitken.com or $40 at the door.  

8 Ball Aitken has toured the world for more than a decade performing his swamp-soul and blues-rock across twenty countries to date. He’s earned a loyal fanbase from his live shows and internet videos, while paying his dues as a singer, songwriter, slide-guitarist, and producer. He moved to Nashville, Tennessee, USA in 2012 and worked for nine years with many of the best in the blues business today. He won second place in the 2021 International New Orleans Cigar Box Guitar Festival. 8 Ball’s previous albums ‘Ice Cream Man’ and ‘Ice Cream Man 2’ both hit #1 on the Australian Blues & Roots Charts and had several #1 AMRAP Australia Radio Chart hits.  8 Ball Aitken is back in 2025 with a new collaborative album project ‘Nightbird’. Sydney soul singer Taya Chani and 8 Ball co-wrote and co-produced the 12-track album together over several years living in different countries and states of Australia during the process of making the album.

  WHAT THE CRITICS SAY… “8 Ball Aitken demonstrates that the blues are alive and well Down Under with this deep-in-the-pocket collection of modern blues and blues rock that’s built atop a swamp blues structure.” Chicago Blues Guide “A lovely, enjoyable collection, start to finish, with the inevitable few songs that stand out, and invite you to hit the replay.” Blues In Britain – Graham Munn “A mixture of balladry, wordplay, and cutting edge guitar, Swamp Blues 2 from 8 Ball Aitken deserves to be in everyone’s collection.”  American Blues Scene "I first saw him when he was young, hairy and straight outa Brisbane. Now he’s all growed up and going global. Unstoppable!”   Ross Wilson (Daddy Cool, Eagle Rock), Melbourne, Australia