Articles by Brian Wise
Port Fairy Folk Festival 2024 – Tony Hillier’s Review
OCTOGENARIANS TO THE FORE AT PORT FAIRY Having performed in Cairns-based bands at Port Fairy Folk Festival on four occasions (once with Snake Gully and thrice with Kamerunga), senior Rhythms scribe TONY HILLIER returned to […]
Dave Hole Announces Dates In Victoria!
Dave Hole, Australia’s premier internationally successful bluesman and highly acclaimed slide guitar virtuoso, is playing a rare run of Victorian shows this month. Widely regarded as one of the all-time greats, Dave Hole’s playing is […]
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World Party’s Karl Wallinger R.I.P.
Karl Wallinger, Welsh-born frontman of World Party and former member of the Waterboys, died on Sunday, March 10, according to a statement from his publicist. No cause of death was announced. He was 66. Wallinger […]
CARAVAN CLUB TO GO OUT WITH A BANG!
The Caravan Club, located for the past five years in Archies Creek, Victoria, has announced that after 20 years it will be presenting its final concerts under the stewardship of Peter Foley and to celebrate […]
Blackberry Smoke – The Here And Now
By Bernard Zuel It may be true that the principal calling card of Charlie Starr is that he is singer/guitarist and principal songwriter of Atlanta southern rock/Americana band, Blackberry Smoke, which is no small thing. […]
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Richard Thompson’s New Album Ship To Shore Out May 31
The legendary Richard Thompson will return with Ship To Shore on May 31, 2024 via New West Records. The 12-song set was produced by Richard Thompson and recorded in Woodstock, NY. Ship To Shore follows […]
Jon Cleary & The Absolute Monster Gentlemen To Tour In May!
Rhythms perennial favourite, Grammy award winning multi-instrumentalist, singer, songwriter and producer Jon Cleary returns for his first Australian tour in five years with his band The Absolute Monster Gentlemen, to celebrate twenty years since the […]
Bonny Light Horsemen Release New Single, ‘When I Was Younger’
Bonny Light Horseman – the trio of Anaïs Mitchell, Eric D. Johnson, and Josh Kaufman – have released ‘When I Was Younger’, their debut single for the Jagjaguwar label. The band also announced a headlining […]
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Mickelson – Now A Known Unknown! Touring Here Soon.
By Michael George Smith Singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, arranger, philosopher, producer, exhibited artist, children’s book author, husband, father, failed “rock star”, successful roots/folk artist, Grammy nominee, NYC escapee, San Franciscan… Scott Mickelson is all these things […]