We love playing music, live and recording – and we hope that you will too.
Our funky, rock, jazz, latin and melodic rock style is great for listening or dancing.
Latest Single – Opportunity Blues
Opportunity Blues released July 2022 and can be streamed and downloaded for free on https://portmanteauxmelbourne.bandcamp.com/ This is something a bit different for Portmanteaux and is a jazzy Parisian/Western Swing type tune that features the wonderful Jenee Fleenor on fiddle – USA country fiddle ace. Released July 4, 2022
Credits
Portmanteaux are: Mick Frawley – drums; Henry Jackson – guitars; Peter Kershaw – bass; Steve Malkin – keyboards; with Jenee Fleenor – fiddle
Tune written by Alan M Leslie and Henry Jackson.Recorded by Henry Jackson at Hungry Bear Studios and recorded, engineered and mixed by Ross Caygill at Salt Studios and produced by Ross Caygill and Henry Jackson at Salt Studios. Jenee Fleenor’s fiddle track courtesy Bill Watson, Nashville Trax, Nashville, USA. Mastering by Ross Caygill at Salt Studios, Melbourne, Australia. Background Cover Artwork: John Hain
Latest CD – Nothing Too Deep
At last after lockdowns and the pandemic, Portmanteaux have finally completed their new 5-track EP CD entitled ‘Nothing Too Deep’. Tracks are: Pickpocket, Sam Booker, Nothing Too Deep, Drummer’s Rap and Florentine Moon.
Go to Apple Music and have a listen here to samples from our latest album “Nothing Too Deep”. You can also purchase mp3s of individual tracks.
The tune can be purchased through streaming services such as Spotify, Amazon and Apple Music. Digital downloads also from Amazon
Find out more about the Portmanteaux recordings
Portmanteaux have completed 4 CDs to date: the first a six-track EP ‘General Eclectic’ (2005) received a positive revi from Al Hensley in Rhythms Magazine. In 2009 we released a 13-track all-instrumental CD entitled ‘Five Ways Home’ that also received a positive review from Al Hensley in Rhythms Magazine. In early April 2015 we released a third CD entitled ‘Between the Lines’ that includes 11 tracks. It contains two vocal tracks. This also received a strong review from Al Hensley in the September/October 2015 issue of Rhythms Magazine. In August 2021 we released the 5-track EP ‘Nothing Too Deep’.
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