This is Scarlett Affection circa 2010.
Bangalow sisters Melia and Nerida Naughton have been joined at the hip since they could sing 'Mary had a little lamb.'
Spending their (in)formative years in Sydney and then south of Hobart hanging out in a dilapidated apple orchard, stage shows were mandatory in the Naughton family household.
Complete with bedsheet curtains, hairbrush microphones, tennis racquet guitars and constant arguments over who would take the lead line. Refreshingly, nothing much has changed with bickering, banter and butting heads a standard accompaniment to the magic that these sisters conjure. After education separated the sisters by states, Melia and Nerida reunited in Bangalow where their musical union grew into Scarlett Affection.
A
great love of harmony and humour has led to Songwriting
Awards, touring grants, shows in New York City, Festivals
in Memphis and Toronto, The Blues Festival, Peats Ridge,
and stunning shows in Sydney venues The Basement, The
Vanguard and the Sydney Opera House.
Scarlett
Affection returned from their Real Raw and Regional Tour
with the assistance of a TRAX Touring Grant, spending 28
days travelling through remote mining towns and
Indigenous communities through western NSW.
Fondly dubbed the ‘Diesel and Dust’ Tour, the
footage from the Scarlett journey has already created a
buzz in film networks, with a documentary planned for the
next Scarlett Tour.
Since returning from rigourous touring, the sisters are
keen to breathe life into the local halls in the Northern
Rivers region and have secured a date for an intimate
show at the Newrybar Hall on June 24th 2010. Tickets are
available from Barebones Art Space, Bangalow now!
Scarlett Affection are recording new sounds in their home
studio, creating the next and well anticipated new
recording. They have also launched the Scarlett School -
a dynamic learning space for kids and adults who want to
learn fresh contemporary music. Check the Scarlett School
page on the website.
Scarlett Affection is the sassy, cheeky theatrics of
sisters Melia & Nerida. With an onstage delivery that
is infectious, original catchy songs and the remarkable
chemistry of sisters on stage – this is a sharp
show.
And now to the music. Synergy and simpatico are central
to the sound of Scarlett Affection. Harmonies and folk
pop songs oozing with sass and soul. Affecting ballads
that stir the poignant pot of emotion; soaring choruses
that hook into your heart; quirky ditties that make you
want to dance in the rain – Scarlett Affection have
a blazing stage dynamic that throws opens the
Pandora-like box of secretive sibling rivalry for
everyone to experience.