Tinariwen Bring Their Saharan Blues To Australia!
By Chris Lambie. Like the desert blues of Tuareg group Tinariwen, my video call with member Abdallah Ag Alhousseyni feels like a trip through space and time. I’m in a campervan in the south of […]
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Check Out Full Line-Up for This Weekend’s Blues On Broadbeach
The Gold Coast will be transformed into a rhythm and blues mecca come 16-19 May whenBlues on Broadbeach presents one of its strongest lineups to date, with more than 65 international, national and local acts, […]
RocKwiz Goes On Tour!
The RocKwiz gang are back on buses, trains, planes and automobiles and coming to a theatre near you! Julia, Brian, Dugald and the ever-expanding RocKwiz OrKestra, are coming your way, revelling in the chaos and […]
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Corey Legge Releases New Single, ‘I’m Coming Back.’
‘I’m Coming Back’ is the third single from Corey Legge’s forthcoming 4th studio album and is a throwback to the 1970’s, with a feel-good upbeat rock vibe. Recorded with producer Nash Chambers and co-produced by […]
THE CARAVAN MOVES ON!
By Brian Wise A Goodbye To The Caravan Club , Archie’s Creek Hotel, Sunday March 31, 2024 ‘The dogs may bark but the caravan moves on,’ Paul Keating once famously remarked and, after five years […]
Elvis Costello: Rusty Never Sleeps!
By Brian Wise. Elvis Costello has returned to Australia for Bluesfest and sideshows but last year he released an album of songs he used to play as DP McManus with his friend Allan Mayes 50 […]
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Rickie Lee Jones: Jazzing It Up (Touring This Week And Appearing At Bluesfest)
By Brian Wise. Last year when we spoke to Rickie Lee Jones about her beautiful Russ Titelman produced jazz album Pieces of Treasure she wasn’t feeling embraced by the larger jazz community. Festival and club […]
Womadelaide – Hot Weather and Hotter Music!
Review by Chris Lambie. Photos by Rob Sferco. WOMADELAIDE 2024 – Botanic Park / Tainmuntilla, Adelaide, South Australia. March 8-11 WOMAD – A World of Music, Art and Dance. A world of sanctuary within our […]
Jim Moginie’s Memoir: The Silver River
Reviewed by Bernard Zuel. JIM MOGINIE The Silver River (Harper Collins) There are many things in this book, by Midnight Oil’s founding member/songwriter/guitarist, could be called, but one that does not and never was intended […]
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Teenage Fanclub @ The Croxton, Saturday March 9, 2024
By Nick Corr. Images by Michael Mackenzie Great sold out show for Scotland’s Teenage Fanclub at The Croxton bandroom drawing heavily from their most recent albums. The current line-up of Teenage Fanclub features founding members […]