Hi Team Main FM,
Just a note to invite you and your listeners to The Tap Room – Shedshaker Brewing Co
On Sunday 8 December from 5 – 7pm
For the worldly acoustic folk rock stylings of singer songwriters Fiona Lee Maynard & James Lomas.
Waving the banner for organ donation as well as the 2024 album Junction, we are more than happy to chat to anyone who’s interested to help promote our show in Castlemaine.
Newest single from Junction is a song called In Our Skin.
MP3 attached
Also the entire album is available for broadcasters to download on AMRAP
https://amrap.org.au/artist/fiona-lee-maynard
PR release Oct 2024 Tap Room 8 Dec FLM& JL
Music is filled with love stories, from big ballads to remarkable relationships. But when it comes to music’s
greatest love story, it’s hard to top the story of Singer songwriters Fiona Lee Maynard and husband
James Lomas.
Fiona Lee Maynard met guitarist James Lomas in early nineties, they performed as an acoustic duo after
Fiona’s band Have A Nice Day wound down. The couple relocated to the US in 1995 where they started a
band called In Vivo, releasing a self-titled album produced by Concrete Blonde’s Johnette Napolitano.
An LA Weekly review stated, “James Lomas is brilliant and broody and a chap you’d like to call mate.”
After coming home at the end of the ’90s, they became mainstays of the Melbourne music scene in bands
such as Dalicados, Fiona & Her Holy Men and Tijuana Souvenirs.
Jack Howard wrote about Maynard and Lomas in his autobiography, Small Moments Of Glory. “Fiona is a
dynamo – a brilliant and sexy figure onstage, a gun bass-player and an expressive singer. James is a
brilliant guitarist, a fine songwriter and is one of the rudest and most foul-mouthed men that I’ve met – in
an endearing way … born performers both.”
Then, in late January 2021 – as the world continued to battle COVID-19 – Lomas was confronted by his
own personal battle. A rare autoimmune condition led to sudden onset kidney failure: his kidneys shut
down in just ten days.
He was placed on dialysis and the deceased donor transplant waiting list. As he lay ailing at Melbourne’s
Monash Hospital, Maynard was struck by the thought: her husband may never play the guitar again.
With things looking grim, Maynard discovered that she was, remarkably, a suitable match.
In July 2023, Maynard gave her husband her left kidney. “I gave my heart to James in 1993,” she smiles.
“And in 2023, I gave him my kidney.”
“The power of music is certainly something that gets us through the more traumatic things that have
happened, we love the comfort music offers.”
Every gig is a triumph.
Listen to insightful lyrics and melodies to lift your spirit with soulful story-telling Singer
songwriters Fiona Lee Maynard and James Lomas. Playing a diverse and alt hybrid of acoustic
and melodic folk rock. Fiona’s rhythmic finger picking guitar provides a launching pad for
James’ mesmerizing and inspired guitar playing weaving between their soulful and singular
voices.
They deliver dynamic performances to dig into the memories and hearts of those gathered.
Enjoy the warmth of an evening together as they render songs from their combined
repertoire spanning 30+ years at The Tap Room on Sunday 8 December. 5pm – 7p