About
Christine Manetta & The Culture Combo is a cover band for hire in Melbourne, VIC.
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The show
Christine Manetta fronts this one, and the size of the band is yours to pick. As a duo it's her voice with guitar or piano. A trio adds bass, horn or violin behind that. From four up to seven pieces the arrangements open out with drums, percussion, saxophone, violin and trumpet depending on the sound you're after. Her own background runs through urban theatre, jazz, blues, pop and soul, with festival sets at Docklands, Castlemaine, Merimbula and Port Fairy behind her. She writes too. Songs from her album One Woman One Day picked up three bronze medals at the Global Music Awards in 2023.
On the day
The band arrives with the drum kit, bass amp, keyboard amp and microphones. What they don't automatically bring is front of house sound. If your venue already has a PA with two speakers out front and two monitors on stage, that keeps the booking simpler and cheaper. If it doesn't, they can supply the system themselves. Worth confirming with your venue before you enquire.
Performance options
The show is not restricted to Melbourne. Christine Manetta and the Culture Combo will travel across Victoria for a booking, and how that works gets sorted with you when the date is being arranged, including flights and somewhere to stay if the venue is far enough out to need them. Regional clubs, country halls and events well outside the city are all reachable. Say where you are in your enquiry and the arrangements can be built around it.
Insurance and paperwork
Public liability insured
Song list
Including
Jazz Standards (Great American Songbook) from Artists: Ella Fitzgerald, Frank Sinatra, Nat King Cole, Peggy Lee, Julie London, Louis Armstrong, Billie Holiday, Nina Simone and More
Soul, Blues and RnB Classics from Artists: Ray Charles, Koko Taylor, Tina Turner, Lou Rawls, The Commitments, Etta James, The Blues Brothers, Joe Cocker, Aretha Franklin and More
Reimagined Jazz-Pop from Artists: Madonna, Rolling Stones, Blondie, Santana, Beatles and More.
The Culture Combo is regular feature at Jazz and Blues festivals throughout Victoria with their flavour of Blues and Soul-Jazz with notable appearances at festivals at Port Fairy, Merimbula and Newport.
A cocktail of RnB and Soul Blues with a lavish slice of Smooth and Swinging Jazz.
