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 […]
Articles by Brian Wise
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 […]
VOTE IN THE RHYTHMS READERS POLL 2023!
The Rhythms Readers Poll for 2023 is here! VOTE HERE: READERS POLL Have your say in choosing the best albums, gigs, music books and films of the year. Democracy in action. We would love your […]
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Guy Clark Archive To Be Released In March 2024
November 6, 2023, Nashville When My Favorite Picture of You came out in 2013, it seemed likely we were hearing Guy Clark’s last batch of songs. Guy died three years later at age 74, but his legacy […]
Groundwater Country Music Festival Review
Review by Samuel J.Fell Groundwater Country Music Festival Broadbeach, Gold Coast, October 20-22 Broadbeach appears in the middle distance with the lethargic ease of some sort of leviathanic apparition, highrises wreathed in the salt haze that […]
THE ROLLING STONES’ HACKNEY DIAMONDS: A MUCH BIGGER AND BETTER BANG!
By Brian Wise THE ROLLING STONES – HACKNEY DIAMONDS (Polydor) There’s good news and there’s better news! The good news first. This is definitely the best Rolling Stones album since Steel Wheels in 1989 and […]
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Paul McCartney in Melbourne. A Tour De Force!
Review by Brian Wise PAUL McCARTNEY – Marvel Stadium, Melbourne, Saturday October 21, 2023 A few minutes into his first show here in six years, and only his fifth visit ever to Australia, Sir Paul McCartney said, […]
Hardly Strictly Bluegrass: Strictly Brilliance
By Brian Wise. Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival – Golden Gate Park, San Francisco. Sunday October 1, 2023. The fact that I made it to just one day of this extraordinary festival meant that I miss […]
Van Morrison Releases Second Album For 2023!
Van Morrison unveils his 45th studio album, Accentuate the Positive, available to pre-order HERE ahead of its release on November 3. This homage to rock ‘n’ roll is launched alongside its first single, a new take on the Johnny Kidd classic […]
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Bluesfest 2024 2nd Announcement: 15 More Artists
Bluesfest has revealed its second artist announcement for the 35th anniversary of the festival, to be held next Easter in Byron Bay, NSW, from March 28 to April 1, 2024. Festival Director Peter Noble has […]