8 BALL AITKEN & TAYA CHANI - Live @ THE ROYAL OAK HOTEL, LAUNCESTON - W- JACOB BOOTE
Schedule
Sat Mar 28 2026 at 09:00 am to 12:30 pm
UTC+11:00Location
The Royal Oak Hotel | Launceston, TS
One night only in Launceston at THE ROYAL OAKS HOTEL. Two heavyweights of the Australian soul-blues-rock scene 8 Ball Aitken & Taya Chani have teamed up with a new album project ‘Nightbird’ and they are touring Australia.
They represented the Blues Association of South-East Queensland at the 2026 International Blues Challenge and we’re semifinalists.
The title-track of their 2025 album ‘Nightbird’ immediately hit #1 on the Australian AMRAP Regional Charts for two weeks in a row as did their second single ‘Miss You The Most’. The album was #2 for several months in the Australian Blues & Roots Radio Charts.
They’re signature harmonies and groovy guitars have proved to be a winning combination making them festival favorites Australia-wide. 8 Ball Aitken performed around the world for more than a decade across twenty countries to date. 8 Ball moved to Nashville, Tennessee, USA in 2012 and worked for nine years with many of the best in the blues and roots business today. He won second place in the 2021 International New Orleans Cigar Box Guitar Festival.
Soul-blues singer Taya Chani released her debut album 'Restless Heart' widespread airplay and rave reviews in 2019. In 2023, the duo released their first collaboration, ‘Only Guiding Light’ from album ‘Ice Cream Man 2’ that hit #1 on the Australian Blues & Roots Charts.
Where is it happening?
The Royal Oak Hotel, 14 Brisbane Street,Launceston,TAS,Australia
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