Birds of Tokyo frontman Ian Kenny has heaped reward on the East Kimberley and the distant panorama of Kununurra forward of his headline present at tonight’s Kimberley Moon Experience.
The much-loved group arrived within the East Kimberley hub at 9.30am on Friday, May 19, and headed straight to El Questro Wilderness Park earlier than finishing the hour-long hike to Emma Gorge.
“It was well, well worth the drive and the journey,” Kenny stated.
After arriving again in Kununurra, they climbed the city’s well-known hill known as Kelly’s Knob to get pleasure from panoramic views of the city and throughout the Ord Valley’s stunning farmland.
“We were absolutely knackered by the time we got back to town,” Kenny stated.
“But it was well worth it.”
Ahead of acting at The Kimberley Moon Experience on Saturday evening, the group drove the hour again to El Questro early that morning to take a dip within the iconic Zebedee Springs.
It’s Kenny’s third time visiting Kununurra, however his first time performing.
“My Dad has been coming up here for 25 years, for fishing, and just being a retired grey nomad,” he laughed.
“It is just unreal up here. I don’t know what it is, there is just something very different about the way things move up here and even the people too.
“Everyone talks about ‘Broome time’, but there’s something here where people are more chill.”
Kenny, who has a jam-packed touring schedule this 12 months, stated he loved how “far removed” from the hustle and bustle he felt when visiting Kununurra.
“There is something up north where people are just so chilled… the East Kimberley has so much to offer,” he stated.
“When you do spend time on the land, it makes you forget about all the rest of the crap… you feel far away from it.”
Speaking from the inexperienced room at Kununurra’s Celebrity Tree Park this afternoon, Kenny stated the group have been feeling the love and pleasure from the local people forward of the present.
“We are already excited, it is going to be fun, we are going to enjoy this,” he stated.
“It’s a new crowd for us, and a new space. You can tell there’s a real buzz out there.”
After almost twenty years of performing exhibits all over the world, Kenny stated he “almost preferred” taking part in regional exhibits for the distinctiveness of them.
“We are playing a lot of shows in our own backyard at the moment, and it’s super cool,” he stated.
While the band gained’t have time to hit the Ord River to catch a barramundi this journey, Kenny stated it was positively on his bucket record for the subsequent go to.
“We’ve been having too much fun… it’s been go, go, go,” he stated.
“This is truly such an iconic event… and there is such a great vibe around town.
Birds of Tokyo will perform at The Kimberley Moon Experience on Saturday, May 20, kicking off the East Kimberley’s biggest event the Ord Valley Muster.
Also on the line-up is the Northern Territory’s most raved-about band at the moment, King Stingray from Arnhem Land, and Emmy winning singer Toni Childs — who plans to mix her soulful music with the “stirring” vitality of the traditional Kimberley.
Source: www.perthnow.com.au
