New Orleans JazzFest 2025 – Second Weekend
By Brian Wise. New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival 2025 – Second Weekend, Fairgrounds Racetrack, May 1-4. If it seems like I haven’t seen the normal number (for me) of JazzFest acts along with concerts […]
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Pat Metheny: Illuminating a Sound
By Des Cowley Pat Metheny: Illuminating a Sound (Appearing at: Vivid LIVE, Sydney Opera House, 1 June 2025) Next month, Pat Metheny heads to our shores, giving his first Australian concert since March 2020. He’s […]
Clayton Doley: One of Australia’s Best Keepers of The Soul/Roots Flame.
Review by Samuel J. Fell Clayton Doley – Explosive Love (Independent) Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, music appreciatives across the land – may I suggest you wrap your ears around this one, let it […]
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Rolling Stones Record Song For Clifton Chenier Tribute Album
Valcour Records have announced the release of A Tribute To The King Of Zydeco, An All-Star Salute To Clifton Chenier In Celebration Of His 100th Birthday. The album, to be released on June 27 Features […]
The JazzFest 2025 Trip: Week One
The JazzFest 2025 Trip – Week One By Brian Wise ‘Welcome home,’ said our landlady Marie-Francoise when we arrived at our apartment. We’re on Ursulines Ave at one end of the quarter, close to Esplanade […]
New Orleans JazzFest 2025 – First Weekend
NEW ORLEANS JAZZ & HERITAGE FESTIVAL WEEKEND 1 – THURSDAY APRIL 24 – SUNDAY APRIL 27, 2025 It has been two years since my last JazzFest but some things about it never change. The range […]
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Adelaide Guitar Festival First Shows Announced
The Adelaide Guitar Festival has announced the first two shows in the upcoming 2025 program, a exceptional tribute to Led Zeppelin’s Physical Graffiti and world leading South Australian duos are set to perform with tickets […]
Faces In The Street – Bring Back Tomorrow
Review by Chris Lambie. Faces In The Street – Bring Back Tomorrow (Independent) Think global, act local. So the saying goes. The sentiment is illustrated by Melbourne-based group Faces In The Street. Their debut album shines […]
Jimmy Dowling – Sounds Like A Saturday
Review by Sam Fell. Jimmy Dowling – Sounds Like A Saturday (Independent / MGM) I bumped into Jimmy Dowling last week, outside the Tex Perkins gig in Byron on a warm Friday night. We stood on […]
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Shane Howard, Bart Willoughby and David Bridie Collaborate on Powerful New Song, ‘mannalargenna’
‘mannalargenna’ a powerful new song by Shane Howard featuring Bart Willoughby and David Bridie has been released to accompany an extraordinary book, Trouwerner, by Aunty Patsy Cameron and Martin Flanagan Aunty Patsy Cameron is an Aboriginal Elder […]