Articles by Brian Wise

The Teskey Brothers have announced the release of their highly anticipated new studio album, The Winding Way – out on Friday June 16. Four years after the boys from Warrandyte’s globe-conquering second LP, Run Home Slow […]

By Steve Bell In the third instalment of Francis Ford Coppola’s revered The Godfather trilogy, newly reformed Mafia kingpin Michael Corleone famously quips, “Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in”, […]

By Steve Bell Even for a craftsman as experienced and successful as Melbourne artist Peter Farnan, there’s still an intriguing aura of mystique surrounding the art of songwriting. After more than 40 years honing his […]

Bonnie Raitt, who. will be appearing at Bluesfest and will be touring here in April, has just won three Grammys at the 2023 GRAMMY Awards, bringing her a total of 13 across the span of […]

Liam Gerner will be launching his brand new album Toodeloo Tuvalu, recorded with his latest outfit Los Perros Perdidos, on Saturday March 4 2023, 8pm –  Archies Creek Hotel and Sunday March 19th 2023 3pm – George Lane, St Kilda. […]

With just nine short weeks till Bluesfest, the finishing touches are being put on the festival line-up, and they have announced that the following 18 artists (in alphabetical order) will be joining the bill: Bobby […]

In just under ten weeks from now, BOOGIE happens again, just up the Hume from Melbourne in Tallarook, Victoria. In its 16th year fans can expect the same ol’ magic, shenanigans, masterpiece moments and colourful […]

Titan of the Telecaster Redd Volkaert has barely stopped in a career spanning almost fifty years, and he’s bringing that energy back to Australia, where he’ll team up with our own Ray Beadle, writes Samuel […]

Tributes have been pouring in for Tom Verlaine, founding member of the group Television and one of the most influential guitarists of the modern era. Verlaine (birth name Tom Miller) died on Saturday January 28 […]