8 Ball Aitken & Taya Chani THURSDAY NIGHT at Oodies Cafe!
Schedule
Thu Nov 27 2025 at 07:30 am to 11:45 am
UTC+10:00Location
7 Kolan Street, Bundaberg North, QLD, Australia | Bundaberg, QL
đ SHOW DETAILS:Doors open 5.30pm / Show begins approx 7pm / Dinner menu & fully licensed bar now available.
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đ ARTIST DETAILS:
8 Ball Aitken & Taya Chani have teamed up with a new soul-blues, Americana album project.
The title track âNightbirdâ is the first single release. Itâs a melodic, rootsy, ethereal duet with their signature harmonies and slide guitar.
8 Ball Aitken wrote Nightbird when one of his dear friends passed away in Nashville.
8 Ball Aitken and Taya Chani will be hitting the road for an Autumn / Winter Australian Tour.
Pre-save link Spotify: https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/8ballaitkenandtayachani/nightbird
8 Ball Aitken has toured the world for more than a decade performing his swamp-soul and blues-rock across twenty countries to date.
Heâs earned a loyal fanbase from his live shows and internet videos, while paying his dues as a singer, songwriter, slide-guitarist, and producer.
8 Ball moved to Nashville, Tennessee, USA in 2012 and worked for nine years with many of the best in the blues business today.
He won second place in the 2021 International New Orleans Cigar Box Guitar Festival.
8 Ball Aitken is back in 2025 with a new collaborative album project âNightbirdâ.
Sydney soul singer Taya Chani and 8 Ball co-wrote and co-produced the 12-track album together over several years living in different countries and states of Australia during the process of making the album.
The cast of musicians on âNightbirdâ include USA saxophone legend Buddy Leach (George Thorogood & The Destroyers), Sydney drummer Declan Kelly, and 8 Ballâs younger brother Dillion James Aitken on Hammond organ and piano.
Taya Chani is a Sydney based singer, songwriter, and guitarist. With a soothing voice, she effortlessly incorporates blues, soul, Americana, jazz, funk, and RâNâB.
Taya has performed at many festivals including Woodford, Australian Blues Festival, Echuca Blues Festival, Marrickville Blues Festival, Surry Hills Blues Festival, Sydney Blues Festival, Girrakool Blues Festival and others.
Taya has travelled to the Deep South of America and performed in New Orleans, Clarksdale, Nashville, and Memphis.
Taya always returns to her native Australia, with a stronger goal, greater drive and overflowing with inspiration to write and create authentic music.
What the critics say...
â8 Ball Aitken demonstrates that the blues are alive and well Down Under with this deep-in-the-pocket collection of modern blues and blues rock thatâs built atop a swamp blues structure.â Chicago Blues Guide
âA lovely, enjoyable collection, start to finish, with the inevitable few songs that stand out, and invite you to hit the replay.â Blues In Britain â Graham Munn
âA mixture of balladry, wordplay, and cutting edge guitar, Swamp Blues 2 from 8 Ball Aitken deserves to be in everyoneâs collection.â American Blues Scene
"I first saw him when he was young, hairy and straight outa Brisbane. Now heâs all growed up and going global. Unstoppable!â
Ross Wilson (Daddy Cool, Eagle Rock), Melbourne, Australia
Where is it happening?
7 Kolan Street, Bundaberg North, QLD, Australia, 7 Kolan St, Bundaberg North QLD 4670, Australia, Bundaberg
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