Articles by Brian Wise

Fleetwood Mac co-founder and influential blues rock guitarist Peter Green has died aged 73. Solicitors acting on behalf of his family said in a statement: “It is with great sadness that the family of Peter […]

Collaborating for the first time, Ben Harper and Rhiannon Giddens have released a new duet of the Nick Drake song “Black Eyed Dog”. Featuring Harper on lap steel and Giddens on banjo, listen to the plaintive track HERE. “Rhiannon and I […]

Acclaimed Canadian singer, songwriter and musician Kathleen Edwards makes her long-awaited return to music with her highly-anticipated new album Total Freedom, which will be released August 14 on Dualtone. The first Australian single from the album is ‘Options […]

‘Honey’ is the latest brilliant single from Melbourne outlaw country artist, Gareth Leach, landing at #1 on the iTunes Top Country Songs chart.   Distributed through Social Family Records, Honey was lifted from Gareth’s forthcoming new album, Trigger (slated for release September 4). A […]

Now based in the coastal steel city of Wollongong, Corey Legge is set to release his highly anticipated second album Some Days in early September 2020. Corey is also set to tour Europe for the […]

Gillian Welch and David Rawlings have recorded and released a new album of cover versions titled All the Good Times (Are Past & Gone). The album contains two Bob Dylan songs ‘Señor’ and ‘Abandoned Love’) […]

Sound Australia is pleased to announce the Savannah Summer Series , giving Tropical North Queensland some relief with a COVID-safe mini-festival , bringing the community together and celebrating the return of live music after 2020’s […]

“Last Cigarette” compares the grip of nicotine to a troubled relationship, co-written with Catherine Britt, it was the last track written for Melody’s upcoming album but hit with such force in the studio, with producer Neilson Hubbard suggesting it […]

Wednesday July 8th – Byron Bay Bluesfest – April 1-5, 2021 – releases the largest FIRST Artist Announcement made in the history of the festival. This highly anticipated release includes many of the artists intended for […]