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Nickel Creek Apr 24, 2014 Nickel Creek Q&A With Sara Watkins By Martin Jones Celebrating an incredible 25 years as a band, Nickel Creek have returned from a seven-year break with a crackling new modern bluegrass record, wittily entitled A Dotted Line. The band’s three members, Chris Thile, Sean Watkins and Sara Watkins (siblings) all took advantage of the Nickel […]

Happy Record Store Day 2014 Apr 15, 2014 Record Store Day April 19 By Christopher Hollow There’s Christmas Day, there’s Sadie Hawkins Day and there’s Record Store Day. Record nerds worldwide have April 19 marked out well in advance. And with it comes a flood of product that encompasses the width and breadth of music – Sun Ra to One Direction, Ron Jeremy […]

Exclusive Live Billy Bragg Preview Apr 07, 2014 Billy Bragg is sure thriving on a purple patch of creative activity right now. Having just delivered some of the best shows of his career here in Australia, Bragg is now set to release a new live CD/DVD. Titled Live At Union Chapel London, the extensive package will be available in Australia from April 18 through […]

Ziggy Marley – The Future Of Reggae Mar 25, 2014 With his latest release, Ziggy Marley is aiming for the future of reggae. By Samuel J. Fell After the initial niceties that come with a short phone interview are dispensed with, I congratulate Ziggy Marley on his recent Grammy win. “Thank you,” he says modestly. I go on to point out it’s his sixth Grammy […]

Charlie Musselwhite Mar 24, 2014 Charlie Musselwhite And Tom Waits Used To Close Down Bars. Now They Close Down Restaurants. By Christopher Hollow Harpist Charlie Musselwhite grew up in the heartland of the blues, the Mississippi Delta, taking life notes from the likes of Sonny Boy Williamson, Muddy Waters and John Lee Hooker. Early days, he scrambled as a musician […]

Australian Americana Board

Kasey Chambers, Steve Earle and The Mastersons took time to meet with members of the newly appointed Australian Americana Advisory Group whilst in town this week. The Group was formed to generate opportunities for Australian artists at the incredibly successful Americana Organisation events in the USA, and to improve awareness of the Organisation and the […]

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Beth Hart – Live At The Basement, Sydney

Beth Hart (supported by Alice Terry) The Basement, Saturday, 12 April 2014 By Leah Peakman Beth Hart’s performance at the sell-out gig at The Basement on Saturday will now be my measuring stick for all musical performances that follow it. Her performance jolted me out of my middle-age as she took me on a musical […]

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WOMADelaide 2014 – a pictorial review Tángalo – Good Enough For Gringos Famagusta Municipality Magem Folkdance Group – Cyprus – Traditional Songs & Dances Alasdair Fraser & Natalie Haas – Abundance

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April 25 Music Milestones

Today’s Top 7 music milestones: Ella Fitzgerald is born (1917).
April 24 Music Milestones

Today’s Top 7 music milestones: Barbra Streisand turns 72. David
April 23 Music Milestones

Today’s Top 7 music milestones: Roy Orbison is born (1936).

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