2020

On the forthcoming album, J.T., Steve Earle & The Dukes pay tribute to Steve’s late son, Justin Townes Earle (J.T.), who passed away on August 20, 2020 in Nashville. The album will be released digitally on what would have been Justin’s  39th birthday, January 4, 2021, via New West […]

It’s one thing to write a song for contemporary times. It’s another thing entirely to write a song that will still be relevant in a hundred years. That’s the challenge Natalie D-Napoleon set herself when […]

Midnight Oil bassist and backing vocalist Bones Hillman has died aged 62. Born Wayne Stevens in New Zealand, Hillman passed away at his home in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, after a battle with cancer. “We’re grieving the […]

Billy Joe Shaver, 81, the Texas singer-songwriter who was a key player in the Outlaw Country movement, died in the morning of October 28, 2020, following an illness.   Shaver’s songs are better known than he was. […]

Mick Thomas’ Roving Commissioners are itching to get out and play some actual shows. With the Victorian border restrictions still in place the band are looking forward to their annual December run – this year in […]

Wilma La brings flavours of Europe and Middle East into her rich piano based, soulful vocal filled soundscapes, and counters it with stripped back acoustic pieces. Learning from the jazz giants from the early age, she […]

Country legend Jerry Jeff Walker, whose song ‘Mr. Bojangles’ was a huge hit in the ’70s, died on Friday October 23, after a battle with cancer. He was 78. He passed away at 6 p.m.at […]

Justin Stewart Cotta has released a new single ‘Love Yourself,’ showing an alternate stripped back, powerfully emotive side of the artist that delves into finding hope in hopelessness. A singer songwriter, pianist and guitarist, he was […]

The Bluesfest 2021 Fourth Artist Announcement adds an eclectic, diverse list of names to what is already a legendary line up of Australian artists confirmed to perform next Easter on April 1st  – 5th at the beautiful […]