MO-TUNES RETRO 60'S SOUL/BLUES

  MO-TUNES 60"Retro Soul / Blues

The Motown heyday it was honey-sweet vocals, relentless grooves, precise phrasing and soul that drove the world crazy. It was about songs that swept you off your feet with their infectious rhythms and intelligent, concise lyrics. Smokey Robinson sang about love’s irrationality in "You’ve Really Got A Hold On Me" while Marvin Gaye built a musical milestone with "Ain’t No Mountain High Enough".

Countless female groups such as The Supremes and The Marvelettes, dazzled the audience with their distinct style and sophistication. Motown music emerged from the thriving creativity of the 1960s. Berry Gordy founded "Tamla Motown", a small US record company that generated seemingly endless hits and raised the bar for artistic excellence and outstanding performance.

The company’s name came from the 1950s movie Tammy (Tamla) and the slang for Detroit, the home of the US motor industry, Motor-town, or Motown. Tamla Motown was soon shortened to simply "Motown". Enter Mo-Tunes; bringing the brilliance of 1960s Motown music into 2005.

Formed in 2000, the band groups seven Melbourne-based musicians; Katy-Jane Kesans, Lyndal Barry and Barbra Williams are the glamorous vocalists. , bassist Stuart Prendergast, guitarist Damon Goulas sax Saun Hose and Robert B. Dillon on drums, present this energetic, live show. Mo-Tunes tour constantly, bringing their show to audiences around Australia and the world.

They performed at the Australian premier of film documentary "Standing In The Shadows Of Motown" in 2003. Mo-Tunes seasonally perform and tour with 1950s Rhythm and Blues group "The Drifters". Gordy was intent on selling the music of young Black America to White America, and reasoned that he could do this with sophistication, glamour and infectiously catchy songs performed by the best talent in Detroit. These are elements Mo-Tunes embody.

The band covers the essential hits and explores some unreleased gems in their own Soul/Blues Style . Mo-Tunes is brought to you by Black Market Music in association with RBD Productions.