Articles by Brian Wise

Tickets are now on sale for the five-day celebration of our national folk life which will be headlined in 2023 by Australian folk rock legends The Waifs, known for their hits “London Still” (2002), “Bridal […]

Tim Rogers and Tex Perkins, two of Australia’s musical icons and raconteurs have a long history together, sharing many stages across the years and a mutual love of each other’s work (not to mention plenty […]

While Yolngu rapper Baker Boy emerged as the big winner at the 2022 ARIA Awards on Thursday (November 24) at Sydney’s Hordern Pavilion with five awards, there were other awards of note in categories of […]

WOMADelaide today announced the final 35 artists for its 10-13 March 2023 festival in Adelaide’s Botanic Park.  Adding to the 35 artists already announced, the program now includes an exclusive performance by Colombian supergroup Ondatrópica, […]

Eric Bibb has the perfect background for a folk/blues musician. His father was the renowned singer Leon Bibb which enabled Eric to mix with some of music’s greats – including Bob Dylan – in New […]

Vieux Farka Touré, “The Hendrix of the Sahara”, today announces his 2023 Australian tour that sees the legendary guitarist and full band tour Australia from February 24 until March 11. One of the world’s most […]

The Port Fairy Folk Festival has just announced its third artist line-up for its major four-day event running across the long weekend, 10-13 March 2023. Artists announced in the third line-up are: Andrew Gurruwiwi Band, Blues […]

Legendary guitarist REDD VOLKAERT will be travelling to Australia for a double bill tour with RAY BEADLE. Redd and Ray will actually head into Studios 301 in Sydney on Wednesday 8th February to record a live […]

November 17, 2022-New York, NY-Columbia Records and Legacy Recordings, the catalog division of Sony Music Entertainment, will release Bob Dylan – Fragments – Time Out of Mind Sessions (1996-1997): The Bootleg Series Vol.17 on Friday, […]