Review – Soursob Bob

Soursob Bob’s opening Fringe gig fell on a 38 degree day, and the venue – a quirky little space tucked underneath Suzie Wong’s Room – was swelteringly warm, but it mattered not as the performance delivered by Bob and violinist Emma Luker was even warmer.

The pair worked wonderfully together, with Emma’s soaring fiddle-work the perfect antidote to Bob’s laconic strumming. He might only have two notes in his vocal range, but Bob’s self-depreciating humour and endearing, laid-back personality kept a smile on the audience’s faces the whole way through. The pair delivered not just a quintessentially Australian folk performance, but a quintessentially South Australian offering, with songs delving into everything from outback road trips in a Mazda to sailing the Great Australian Bite in search of Baterz’s giant squid.

If you like earthy, acoustic Australiana, well worth a look.