Kalyna Rakel at Memphis Slim's

Memphis Slim's is proud to welcome its first international touring event, with none other than Canada's Kalyna Rakel.

Kalyna is playing shows up and down the country across a three month stint in Australia in support of her latest album, and we couldn't be more excited to have her take the Memphis stage.

Listening to her music alone tells you she's a force to be reckoned with, but if you need some more convincing, here's a review of her live performance:

"Kalyna plays guitar, harmonica and drums as well providing vocals that fuse the power and unique qualities of Janis Joplin and Lena Lovich. She commands your attention and sings from the heart until it bleeds with gut-curdling emotion. Accompanied by guitar maestro Dan Gurman, who sits coolly impervious at the eye of the storm, Kalyna’s music rampages round the crowd like a tornado at a vicar’s tea party. It sweeps all before it, grabs your attention and doesn’t let go.

Together they balance and produce a bulldozer of sound.

Crowd reaction is sharp – from “Wow, what’s that!” to “WTF!” to cameras out recording in the time it takes a Ferrari to go from 0 – 60. The music and lyrics have passion that is real emotion, they play what they mean and they mean what they play.

Kalyna and Dan welcome you. You’ll not have heard anything like their music. And you probably won’t again until you see them the next time…" - John Williams, taken from Kalyna's website.

Grab your tickets before they're gone, because she's taking over our stage for one show and one show only, and it's something you're not going to want to miss.

Kalyna is centre stage from 7pm-10pm, with some familiar Memphis faces taking over again until late.

Check out more from Kalyna:

House of the Rising Sun cover

Latest Single 'Not Comin' Back'

'Nothin to Love Ya' live roadside session

Host or Publisher Memphis Slim’s House Of Blues