By Brian Wise Ruthie Foster’s tenth studio album Mileage finds the folk-blues singer-songwriter reflecting on a musical journey as a self-described “little Black girl with a guitar” singing at churches in rural Texas, to multiple Grammy […]
Nashville-based Australian musician Jedd Hughes who has played with many of the greats there, including Emmylou Harris, Rodney Crowell and Vince Gill, is set to release his third album, Nightshades, on May 2. “I came […]
Recent visitor to Australia Sierra Ferrell has capped off an amazing couple of years with four wins in yesterday’s Grammy Awards in Los Angeles. Ferrell won Grammys for Best Americana Album with Trail of Flowers, Best […]
By Brian Wise AN EVENING WITH GILLIAN WELCH & DAVID RAWLINGS Hamer Hall, Melbourne – January 28, 2025 The reverence of the audience for Gillian Welch and David Rawlings, on only their third tour here […]
By Brian Wise TIMOTHÉE CHALAMET CHANNELS DYLAN IN THIS EXTRAORDINARY FILM. Let’s face it, the problem with most music biopics is that musically most of them are not entirely convincing. No matter how good the […]
Garth Hudson, multi-instrumentalist, keyboard player, founding and last surviving original member of the Band died on Tuesday (Jan 21), after a lengthy illness, at a nursing facility in his hometown of Woodstock, N.Y. aged 87. […]
RHYTHMS PODCAST: A COMPLETE UNKNOWN REVIEW (Click here or poster below). Listen to Brian Wise and Michael Mackenzie review A Complete Unknown, the Bob Dylan biopic that opens across Australia this week. Last weekend they […]
Review by Des Cowley. Glenn Doig Trio Earshift Music, CD & digital release When considering piano trios, I am constantly amazed by the contrasting approaches that pianists adopt. A few historical examples will suffice: Bud […]
Review by Brian Wise RUFUS WAINWRIGHT Melbourne Recital Centre, Saturday January 11, 2025 While he comes from a famous musical family, it is possible to argue that Rufus Wainwright has become the pre-eminent representative of […]
AUSTRALIAN ALBUMS OF 2024 1. More Life Jeff Lang Jeff Lang’s most assured album to date with an array of excellent guests after a career that has seen him also establish a reputation as a […]
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