Todd Rundgren: A Wizard, A True Star!
Todd Rundgren, currently in Australia, has certainly lived up to the title of his fourth solo album A Wizard, A True Star, released in 1973. First, he was a wizard as a producer in his […]
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Ruthie Foster – More Milestones!
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 Aussie Jedd Hughes’ New Album
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 […]
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Grammy Awards For Sierra Ferrell and Gillian Welch & David Rawlings
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 […]
Worshipping At The Church of Gillian & Dave in Hamer Hall
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 […]
A Complete Unknown Review. Is It The Best Ever Music Biopic?
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 […]
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The Band’s Garth Hudson Dies, Aged 87
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. […]
A Complete Unknown – Podcast Review
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 […]
Trio – Glenn Doig
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 […]
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Rufus Wainwright @ Melbourne Recital Centre
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 […]