Over time, their dinner conversations turned to jam sessions and singalong’s, and today this guy and this girl are heart.beats.mind. the Sydney based pop/folk duo that are going to make you smile.

This mischievous duo, comprised of Elle May and Jordan Millar, have now played hundreds of shows together. Independently they’ve won big awards (Live & local, MusicOz, National Songwriting Competition), toured the country with the likes of The Fray, Christina Perri, Xavier Rudd and many more, but together their chemistry is undeniable. As their two voices intertwine over their pop hooks, be prepared to be drawn into their world and experience their playful and quirky tunes that’ll run through your minds and play your hearts strings.

But it is at this point in the story that we have to talking about what’s happened already, and start realizing what’s coming next. Something honest, something real and something big.

Its this sort of thing that happens all the time, when the heart.beats.mind.

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He’s toured the USA ten times to critical acclaim, performed at the Edinburgh Festival and is referred to internationally as “Australia’s virtuoso of acoustic roots and blues”.

In 2014 he was named “Port Fairy Folk Festival Artist of the Year” (Australia’s highest folk honour) and averages more than 150 shows a year in Australia, New Zealand and the USA.

His music draws on the fingerstyle magic and lyrical charm of the pre-war acoustic blues masters but also encompasses an eclectic and wide ranging mix of blues inspired folk and early ragtime jazz as well as exploring songs and tunes from across the 20th century.

Australian Guitar Magazine has labelled Nick “an awesome talent” and the Sydney Morning Herald says “he plays guitar like an angel!”

He has toured with a who’s who of the music world including Guy Clarke, John Hammond, Robyn Ford, Junior Wells, BB King and Ralph McTell.

Nick has recently released “The River Flows”, already number three on the Australian Public Radio network and receiving four and a half star reviews in the prestigious Green Guide of Melbourne’s Age newspaper and The Australian!

For more information on Nick’s career visit www.charlesguitar.com

A few more quotes…..

“His mastery of country blues is striking!” Rhythms Magazine

“The deceptive ease of a virtuoso” The Age

Back-line band members include Andrew Mostyn-Drums,  Kuki Nayakacalou-Guitar and Jona Uluinaceva-Keys.

Though relatively new, UpTown Funk is no stranger to the music industry with all vocalist and musicians performing in the live sector and recording studios for more than a decade.

Band members have worked alongside INXS, The Rockmelons, Fiji, Disco Montego, Prinnie Stevens, Paulini, David Campbell, Doug Williams to name a few.

 UpTown Funk performs a standard serving of Funk, Soul, Dance, Reggae infused with an old school side and pop to top it off.

UpTown Funk are inspired by huge sensations such as Michael Jackson, Whitney Houston, Marvin Gaye,  Stevie Wonder, Bruno Mars, Lionel Richie, Aretha Franklin, Chaka Khan, EWF, Bee Gees, Daft Punk & so much more.

www.oscarsentertainments.com.au