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3                                              MARCIA HOWARD BAND FEB. 25TH 2023
Rehearsing at the Victorian College of the Arts for the gig on Saturday February 25, 2023 with Marcia Howard (Liam Gubbins, Matiss Schubert & Michael Davis) at Arcobar, 8 Arco Lane, Heatherton. Damian Howard (Special Guest).
Tickets: https://www.arcobar.com.au/.../marcia-howard-and-her-band...
2018 - 2020
House of Song is a one-woman show which charts Marcia Howard over 40 years as a singer/songwriter including her years as a member of the iconic Australian band, Goanna.
Over the 90-minute performance, Marcia will share the inspirations that have consistently informed her song writing and performing – her Irish roots and her love and respect for the Indigenous Australian perspectives on life and place.

The songs that Marcia has written for House of Song are melodic and captivating. They explore our relationships with politics, family and place. Marcia’s story is compelling. She grew up in a house of musicians; a large, multi-talented family who provided music for their community.
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In House of Song, Marcia reveals how the lands of Australia and Ireland have influenced her as a songwriter and how song reflects our sense of belonging to place.
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Marcia Howard is an original, compelling and charismatic songwriter and performer.  She hopes that by sharing her deep love of song, she will help people embrace their own unique sound and voice.
House of Song will be an uplifting experience for everyone who enters.
​HOUSE OF SONG. STORIES, OF MARCIA'S MUSICAL LIFE, IMAGES AND SONGS FEATURING MARCIA'S BAND
fanlink.to/hGxb This link will take you to I Miss You Melbourne on all digital platforms. Written and recorded at home in Geelong at the end of Melbourne's last lockdown. The longest lockdown in the World. September 2021.    ​
Marcia and her son, Liam Gubbins  - bass player, producer and engineer,
  ​Written and recorded in October, November 2019 at the Corroboree Festival in Walgett with Nadia Sundae, Zardi Cunningham for Marea Ryan's, Ruby Hunter Mothers Milk Bank Charity. All proceeds from the sale of the song go to the charity. The Bakka River, known in English as the Darling River is dying. This song was inspired by Gomeroi Murrawarri woman and artist, Camellia Boney who grew up on the banks of the Namoi River, Walgett/reservation. DOWNLOAD THE SONG HERE  ​ fanlink.to/cmjS?sfns=mo
​ He was a very lonely man’: Goanna star’s unlikely connection to Marlon Brando
ByJane Rocca
June 12, 2022 — The Sydney Morning Herald

www.smh.com.au/culture/music/he-was-a-very-lonely-man-goanna-star-s-unlikely-connection-to-marlon-brando-20220606-p5argl.html.  
thegoannaband.com/home
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GOANNA BAND  CELEBRATING 40 YEARS
 TOURING  JUNE 24TH -NOV 2022
       
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GOANNA WOMADELAIDE. MARCH 11-13TH. NEXT YEAR WILL BE THE 40TH ANNIVERSARY SINCE THE RELEASE OF THE ALBUM, SPIRIT OF PLACE
Shane Howard, Rose Bygrave, Marcia Howard
  2021
Marcia Howard Band. L-R Marcia, Matiss Schubert, Michael Davis and Liam Gubbins bass guitar
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HOMEMADE JAM, MARCIA HOWARD & BAND FILMED AT THE DOOR GALLERY  CAFE, JUNE 19TH , 2021.
​YOUTUBE LINK BELOW. PLEASE SUBSCRIBE TO MARCIA'S YOU TUBE CHANNEL BELOW. Matiss Schubert, Liam Gubbiins, Marcia Howard, Micheal Davis
​HOMEMADE JAM, MARCIA HOWARD & BAND FILMED AT THE DOOR GALLERY  CAFE, JUNE 19TH , 2021.
​YOUTUBE LINK BELOW. PLEASE SUBSCRIBE TO MARCIA'S YOU TUBE CHANNEL BELOW.
                  L-R: MATISS SCHUBERT, LIAM GUBBINS, MICHAEL DAVIS, MARCIA HOWARD
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MARCIA'S BAND. HOMEMADE JAM. MICHAEL DAVIS, LIAM GUBBINS AND MATISS SCHUBERT
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JUNE 19TH SHOW SOLD OUT 
Trybooking
​MARCIA HOWARD HOMEMADE JAM WITH SPECIAL GUESTS. THE DOOR GALLERY, FYANSFORD GEELONG JUNE 19TH. 4.00 PM- 5.30 PM.     Join me with special guests around the fire for the filming of Homemade Jam at the wonderful Door Gallery Cafe, Fyansford. We will be singing some of my own songs and well-known female artists of the 1970s, ’80s, and ’90s. Saturday, June 19th. 4.00-5.30 pm. 
Bookings: www.trybooking.com/BRPUU
Artwork Journey By Imagination The Door Gallery Cafe #Homemadejam
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House of Song is a one-woman show which charts Marcia Howard’s 30 years as a singer/songwriter including her years as a member of the iconic Australian band, Goanna.
Over the 90-minute performance, Marcia will share the inspirations that have consistently informed her song writing and performing – her Irish roots and her love and respect for the Indigenous Australian perspectives on life and place.

The songs that Marcia has written for House of Song are melodic and captivating. They explore our relationships with politics, family and place. Marcia’s story is compelling. She grew up in a house of musicians; a large, multi-talented family who provided music for their community.
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In House of Song, Marcia reveals how the lands of Australia and Ireland have influenced her as a songwriter and how song reflects our sense of belonging to place.
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Marcia Howard is an original, compelling and charismatic songwriter and performer.  She hopes that by sharing her deep love of song, she will help people embrace their own unique sound and voice.
House of Song will be an uplifting experience for everyone who enters.
​HOUSE OF SONG. STORIES, OF MARCIA'S MUSICAL LIFE, IMAGES AND SONGS FEATURING MARCIA'S BAND
 Poison Tree, Mary Black (featuring Marcia Howard). From the album, Mary Black Orchestrated.
​Mary Black and Band with The Irish National Symphony Orchestra, Ireland March 13-22nd, 2020.

​ I was due to open for and perform my song Poison Tree with Mary Black and her band with the Irish National Symphony Orchestra on her tour of Ireland, but unfortunately these concerts have been postponed due to current Irish government public health concerns. For more information go to Mary Black's web page: 
​www.mary-black.net/newsitem.php?id=173
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JlIBubimeHo&list=RDJlIBubimeHo&start_radio=1&t=2

​https://open.spotify.com/album/7EK2AmgnsNRjdNmnmyXb3O
SAVE THE RIVERS (Yaama Ngunna Baaka) Writen by ©Marcia Howard, Nadia Sunde, Zardi O’Connell and John Sutton at the 2109 Corroboree Festival  at Walgett, Brewarrina and Bourke, N.S.W, as Ambassadors for The Ruby Hunter Mothers Milk Bank Legacy. 
 
  All proceeds go to The Ruby Hunter Legacy, Mothers’ Milk Bank Charity.
      Featuring: Marcia Howard, Nadia Sunde, Zardi Contributors: Eleanor Clapham, John Sutton, Liam Gubbins, Isaac Barter.
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youtu.be/MPkx1crqaxA Save Our Rivers: Songwriter Marcia Howard, Corroboree organiser Bruce Shillingsworth, Ruby Hunter Project's Marea Ryan (foreground), Trish Shillingsworth and Indigenous artist Camellia Boney. Photo :Nick Moir Sydney Morning Herald, from the article by www.smh.com.au/culture/music/no-one-can-take-money-to-hell-first-nations-anger-over-water-management-20200224-p53ixw.html

DOWNLOAD THE SONG HERE
​ www.mothersmilkbank.com.au/save-the-rivers-song
DOWNLOAD   
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THE VIDEO ON YOU TUBE
​youtu.be/MPkx1crqaxA
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2020 House of Song Dates
Feb 15th Torquay, Victoria. House concert. Bookings: Eventbrite
www.eventbrite.com.au/e/marcia-howards-house-of-song-tickets-57953943806?aff=erelexpmlt

Saturday Feb. 22nd Tap Room Castlemaine. Support (Gub). Doors open at 7pm. Bookings:Trybooking.https://www.trybooking.com/book/event?eid=592068

Thursday Feb 27th. Camelot Lounge, Marrickville, Sydney. Doors open at 7pm. Bookings: https://www.stickytickets.com.au/8b609/marcia_howard_goanna_band_%40_camelot_lounge.aspx

June 13th Potato Shed Drysdale, Bellarine Peninsula. Bookings: The Potato Shed (postponed).
Photo: © Greyrose. Taken at the MMBC Concert. HOTA.Gold Coast.
                                                               Luka Bloom, Marcia Howard & Steve Pigram. Port Fairy Folk Festival 2019.
EVERYTHING REMINDS ME (MGM)