Rhythms Writers Poll 2023
MARTIN JONES (Senior Contributor) TOP 10 ALBUMS OF THE YEAR The Record – Boy Genius False Lankum – Lankum I Inside The Old Year Dying – PJ Harvey This Stupid World – Yo La Tengo […]
December 2023
Rhythms Readers Poll Results 2023
It has been a bumper year for Australian music – although that might not be reflected on the commercial charts, with only a few of our readers’ choices cracking the Top 50 albums. But what […]
Delsinki & Mick Thomas Release Tribute to the Late Dion Hirini
Melbourne singer-songwriters Delsinki and Mick Thomas have come together to write and record the song “‘Sunkilda Sinset (A Song for Dion)” in tribute to their “dear friend and musical partner” Dion Hirini, who passed away […]
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Barb Waters Rosa Duet vinyl reissue
Originally released in 2003, Barb Waters’ ‘Rosa Duet’ was featured in Rhythms Magazine’s Top 10 albums for 2003 and got a runner-up gong for album of the year from Rhythm’s editor and Off the Record […]
35th Anniversary Bluesfest Fourth Artist Announcement
With only 15 weeks to go till Bluesfest kicks off its 35th anniversary special, another artist announcement has been unveiled. With an already star-studded lineup that includes the Welsh Crooner superstar Tom Jones and Australia’s […]
The Blues Train announces Women in Blues Concert Series
The Blues Train, based on the Bellarine Heritage Railway on Victoria’s Bellarine Peninsula, has announced its newly curated Women In Blues Concert Series. The series kicks off early in 2024, and will help mark The […]
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Robert Ellis “Yesterday’s News” Cassette Party
The Merri Creek Tavern, Melbourne – Sunday 10th December. Partway through a national tour supporting Courtney Marie Andrews, it was great to see this Texan musician’s intricate fingerpicking and sharp storytelling stretched out over a […]
Thurston Moore’s Sonic Life: Never Straying From His Vision
Review by Des Cowley. Sonic Life: A Memoir – By Thurston Moore (Faber, dist. by Allen & Unwin) Let’s deal with the elephant in the room first. If you are coming to Thurston’s book hoping […]
Robert Ellis ‘Cassette Party’ This Sunday in Melbourne
On the eve of his Australian tour with Nashville’s Courtney Marie Andrews, and following the announcement a week or so ago of an intimate, standalone solo show at Brisbane’s Stranded on Friday, December 15, Robert […]
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Samantha Fish Returns to Australia in May 2024 with Jesse Dayton
Guitar badass Samantha Fish returns to Australia in May 2024; this time bringing outlaw country maverick Jesse Dayton, her collaborator on the Grammy Award nominated Death Wish Blues album. Fish and Dayton got together via […]