Mike Waters loves to play for a crowd, even if that crowd is a tram full of surprised passengers.
As part of the Tram Sessions project, Waters played a special performance of his single Feels Like Home on Melbourne’s #86 tramline from Collingwood to Docklands.
Waters joins fellow musicians Paul Kelly, Josh Pyke, Vance Joy, Xavier Rudd, Remi, Tiny Little Houses and Husky who have performed for the Tram Sessions project, which is a non-for-profit project that puts musicians on trams across Melbourne to entertain passengers and give performers a different kind of stage.
The project is the brainchild of Swedish expatriates Nicklas Wallberg and Carl Malmsten who wanted to combine their love of music with Melbourne’s historic trams.
Following from his Tram Sessions performance, Waters has been invited to make his first appearance in the UK at London’s Servant Jazz Quarters on November 11, thanks to Communion Music. The show follows Waters’ debut single Gambling Man receiving support on London’s XFM and growing interest in the Northern Hemisphere.
It has been a busy past twelve months for Waters, who has supported international acts Andrew McMahon, Lewis Watson and Jay Brannan, showcased at industry conference BIGSOUND, sign a management deal with WAU Management (home to Vance Joy and Amity Affliction) and even had Gambling Man praised by Perez Hilton.
We’ve known for some time that Mike Waters is a special talent, it’s good to see the rest of the world starting to take notice!
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