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The Nymboida Project: A village full of bushfire survivors, two songwriters, a little upright piano... and a song from the ashes. @graceandhugh

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“It’s lonely at the top… cos we’re rockin’ on the bottom” is something Hughie says every time we have a little win. As independent artists and working musicians- ya gotta count those wins baby! Have you followed us on socials yet? The full live session of ‘Big Ol’ Bus’ at 3by3 Studios is dropping so soon! 💥

🎶- “Big Ol’ Bus” performed by Grace and Hugh’s Big Ol’ Bus Band, written by Hugh Scott Murray
Mix by legend @eric_fritsch_
Recorded by Jack at @3by3_studios
🎥- @jeremyshawwork
Band - @hughscottmurray @_gracehickey @emmatav @ami_broso @mr.purdy @mcduggah @scotty.greenaway @dannymaytrumpet @dave_de_vries_ @thetromboneguy
Keep an eye out for @kellyanndoll @the_tasteless 👀 comin’ up!
#graceandhugh #hughscottmurray #gracehickey #graceandhughsbigolbusband #bigolbus #liverecording #australianmusic #songwriting #piano #rocknroll by @_gracehickey

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After years of touring, shaking the rafters of venues in disaster-affected communities around the country, ‘Up Armidale Road’ has made it’s stadium debut in front of 21,000 NRL fans at Allianz Stadium for the Sydney Roosters’ 2025 Emergency Services Match. To have been asked to celebrate our first responders in this way is an honour that both Hughie and I will cherish for the rest of our careers.

Thank you to the Sydney Roosters, NSWRFS and NSWRFSA for having us, and for not batting an eyelid when we said we wanted our travelling piano out on the field with us 😂

Up Armidale Road, you will find the extraordinary community of Nymboida, about whom the song is written. We’d like to shout out Ian Casey, Annie Wolf and Al Mulligan, Paul Johnston, the Towns family, Eva Staehelin, Sophie and Emmanuel Ramos, The Sage family and the Clarence Valley Conservatorium whose stirring voices and instrumentation you can hear as part of the performance. Thank you, and all those involved in this project. It was been a joy to see this song and story truly resonate everywhere it goes❤️‍🔥💪
#graceandhugh #pianopushers #uparmidaleroad #rfs #bushfires #disasterrecovery #northernriversnsw by @_gracehickey

Night one at Seelands Hall is SOLD OUT baby! Citizens of Caravanland rejoice (that’s me and until recently a huntsman spider the size of a bread plate). Still a few spots left on the Saturday night, kids- head to our website to snap em up. These singalong shows are hilarious and spontaneous and so musically vibrant, don’t go missing out xx

#vanlife #australia #musicians #70s by @_gracehickey

ALL ABOOOOARD!!!!!!!!! 📣📣📣 The Big Ol’ Bus is departing for The Central AND Mid Coast on the 22nd and 23rd of Jan 🤩💃🏻 It’s lonely at the top cos we’re rocking on the bottom baby!!!
Who’s rockin and riding with us? 🫡 Tickets on sale now via the tour link in our bio plus the Tuncurry Beach Bowlo and Avoca Beach Theatre websites. This is gonna be FUN 😮‍💨😍 by @_gracehickey

My face because I’m out of my illness cave, spring is barrelling along beautifully 🌸😍 and we are back on tha ROAD 🎹 Richmond Valley mates we are in your neck of the woods next weekend - Rous Mill and Tabulam… see you sooooon. Tix and more info via the link in our bio 💃🏻 by @_gracehickey

Declaaaaaaaaaan come baaaaaaayack!!!!!!!!!😂😩 ps. What are my bangs doing in the first picture ffs 🦅😢 by @_gracehickey

Build it with love and they will come! ❤️‍🩹 Our first, sold out ‘Gig Under The Fig’ was such a cracker. Many kind helping hands brought this one to a glowing reality and we’re so grateful. I fell in a bit of a heap afterwards (damn flu!) but I’m coming good now- thank you everyone for your lovely messages about the weekend, you’ll be hearing from me G xxx by @_gracehickey

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I’m going to be dreaming about this show for a while 🤩🥺😱 Thank you to all the music lovers who came out of the woodwork to sell out our first ever “Gig Under The Fig” on Sunday afternoon, and bought over 400 bucks worth of raffle tickets in support of the Krambach Rural Fire Brigade while they were at it!
Playing music in the embrace of the old fig was pure magic✨ Our wonderful band l to r: Mike Raper, Danny May, Scotty Greenaway
Mick Eyb, Declan Hickey
Special mention to our travelling piano, who was happy to be honking out so close to home.
📸: Nathan Tickle by @_gracehickey

Congrats to Joel and Sara ya cuties!!🥂And thank you for having this rabble along ❤️ Just missing @bethgarz @d.garz and little Laine to round out the reunion. The Hickeys scrub up good! And god you lot make me laugh and laugh 😂 I can’t bloody wait for the next Hickey/Rudder get together. Front pic 📸 Elliott Underwood ya legend by @_gracehickey

This week’s adventures in Caravan Studios.
No cows on this take! Our little traveling piano was sounding over the valley- that last pothole knocked her right back into tune 👌

“Falling Asleep, Watching You Sleep” - written by Grace Hickey and Hugh Scott Murray.

(Yes the caravan roof blew off on Tuesday, yes it’s back on… with a massive hole in it… see vid in comments.)

#graceandhugh #newmusic #pianopushers #australia #vanlife by @_gracehickey