This week’s On The Record with Brian Wise and Michael Mackenzie begins where most music chats don’t: with a gripe about what the ARIA charts don’t show. Wise is baffled that Emma Donovan’s Take Me […]
Less a conventional tribute album and more a curated survey of the extraordinary songwriting partnership of Tom Waits and Kathleen Brennan. Part of Ace Records ongoing Songwriters Series that offers an overview of a very […]
Queenscliff Music Festival, hosted on Wadawurrung Country in the historic Victorian seaside town of Queenscliff, has announced its first wave of artists for 2026. Just 90 minutes from Melbourne and 35km from Geelong, Queenscliff Music […]
Review by Des Cowley. KYM ALEXANDRA DILLON – VENDESTINY (Amica Records, CD, vinyl and digital release). Amica Records is a newish label founded by Melbourne pianist Nat Bartsch. It was initially created as a vehicle […]
Released today the 40th Anniversary edition of 12 Days to Paris marks the return of the Huxton Creepers’ acclaimed debut album to vinyl for the first time since its original release in 1986. The reissue […]
Episode 26 of On The Record is the first fully international edition—Brian Wise filing from Melbourne, Michael Mackenzie beaming in from the ancient fortified town of Monemvasia, deep inside the Peloponnese. The contrast isn’t just […]
Episode 25 of On The Record with Brian Wise and Michael Mackenzie begins where so many arguments in roots music eventually end up: Bob Dylan. Specifically, the minor detail of him turning 85 (born 24 […]
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