30/03/2026
It is a great delight to tell you that the folk club will feature the sensational Beez this April 15th at 7.30pm at Jack Duggans Irish Pub. Floor spots in first half hour. Donation $20 rec.
They have a new show as well. See below:
Things have changed in Beezville. And although native Berliner Deta C. Rayner’s unique bass accordion and
vamp-flavoured voice are, as ever, front and centre, her right hand now frequently caresses the keys of a
keyboard, a virtuoso multitasking mashup of funky Hammond organ, delectable Rhodes electric piano and retro
electro synth sounds- delicious garnish to the Beez’ genre-hopping smorgasbord. Deta has dragged the
accordion kicking and screaming (with joy!) into the 21st century, reinventing what is possible on this once
reviled- and now revered- instrument. Ten years as performer for and artistic director of Berlin´s legendary
Chamaeleon Theatre, Deta C. Rayner´s commanding yet endearing stage presence and dry humour ooze
cabaret sensibilities.
Guitarist and songwriter Rob Rayner, meanwhile, has augmented his trademark breezy, sleazy rock guitar and
bass baritone vocals with reanimated programming smarts, concocting irresistible grooves and catapulting the
newly invigorated Beez onto the dance floor. Rob’s 30-odd years in Berlin- and the fall of the Berlin Wall and
subsequent influx of astounding musicians- lends a distinctly Balkan flavour to his already esoteric post-punk
heritage.
The Beez new album of original material, “Fahrradkette”, is witness to a songwriting pedigree born of 28 years
Beez history, taking roads less travelled with, amongst others, the impassioned post-rock of “Dancing with Elijah”
to the danceable and hilarious “What’s Not to Like About German” and the Balkan reggae of Deta C. Rayner’s
title track “Fahrradkette”. Released in Germany in late 2025 on their 40-date German tour, material from
“Fahrradkette” will be featured on Australian dates in summer 2025/6. After years of Berlin-based wanderlust The
Beez have finally found their home in Katoomba, Australia. Whether ABC TV´s Spicks and Specks or Folk
Festivals from Vancouver Island to Woodford, Dublin to Port Fairy, The Beez deliver a dizzying pastiche of
comedy and music that leaves their audiences reaching for the German-English phrasebook. The Beez- in one
word? “Prost!"
