Country Legend Kenny Rogers Dies.
Country music legend Kenny Rogers died on March 20 at the age of 81. His death was confirmed by his publicist Keith Hagan on CNN. The artist’s family also announced his passing, saying he died […]
2020
Music Industry Sends Out An SOS
AUSTRALIA (Friday 20 March, 2020) – The hard-working people who provide the soundtrack to Australian life need your help, right now. Sound Of Silence (SOS) is a national initiative from a Music Industry Taskforce* that […]
Ross McHenry – Nothing Remains Unchanged (First Word Records)
Reviewed by Des Cowley. Ross McHenry is an award-winning bassist, composer and producer, originally hailing from Adelaide. An innovative and restless musician, his music to date has genre-hopped across jazz, afrobeat, electronic, and chamber music. […]
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Harry Tinney – Kingsnake (Independent)
Reviewed by Des Cowley. Harry Tinney is a young Melbourne guitarist, and recent graduate from Monash University jazz studies where he was awarded the 2018 Allan Zavod Composition Prize. He’s been making waves around the […]
Eilen Jewell Postpones Tour
Due to the national travel restrictions now in place due to COVID-19, Love Police Touring has today announced the re-scheduling of the forthcoming Eilen Jewell tour that was due to commence this Thursday, March 19th. A statement […]
Bluesfest Cancels!
“We are heartbroken,” says Festival Director. Bluesfest has officially announced the cancellation of the 2020 event due to Federal and State Government directives concerning ongoing COVID-19 outbreak. A statement released this morning from Peter Noble, […]
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Cedric Burnside – Live Hill Country Blues
By Samuel J Fell. Cedric Burnside / Warren Earl Band – Mullumbimby RSL – March 12, 2020. The rain has stopped. Mullumbimby gleams under street lights, the odd car moving slowly down the main drag […]
Port Fairy – Crowd Surfing, Special Events and Virtuosity.
44th Port Fairy Folk Festival – 6-9th March 2020 Rhythms subscriber Alan Calder sums up his Port Fairy experience. Award-winning Canadian modern folk trio The East Pointers may well have just endangered the somewhat staid stereotype of the Port Fairy […]
Keiran Kane & Rayna Gellert – Americana Delight
By Jo Roberts. Kieran Kane has been to Australia so many times that he’s lost count. The New York-born, Nashville-based songwriter has been coming here since the 1990s, many of those shows with fellow singer-guitarist […]
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Womadelaide 2020 – A Smorgasbord of Musical Delights
By TONY HILLIER (Photos by Rob Sferco) If the age-old aphorism is accurate in suggesting that variety is indeed the spice of life, last weekend’s WOMADelaide 2020 festival served up a smorgasbord of delights sufficient […]