Articles by Brian Wise

Welsh pianist-singer-songwriter Judith Owen is currently riding the wave of a tremendous couple of years. Her previous album Somebody’s Child was adored by critics around the world – The Sunday Times UK chose it as one of the best […]

Tim Ries (long-time saxophone player with The Rolling Stones) is playing two exclusive shows in Melbourne this week, with a one-off all-star local Soul supergroup, Soul Serenade, on Thursday 16 January at Cherry ‘Soul In […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — An impressive assembly of blues music masters, ranging from Blues Hall of Famers to rising stars, will gather in Memphis on Thursday May 7, for the 41st annual Blues Music Awards. Presented by The Blues Foundation, the […]

MARTIN JONES TOP ALBUMS Patty Griffin,Patty Griffin Guesswork, Lloyd Cole           Run Home Slow, The Teskey Brothers Years To Burn, Calexico & Iron And Wine Kitty & Frank, Lucie Thorne You Be The Lightning, Tracy McNeil […]

Organisers have been forced to cancel the remaining days of The Falls Festival in Lorne, Victoria, due to the predicted extreme weather conditions forecast for Monday December 30 in the Otways and surrounding region, creating a […]

See if your favourites made the list with the most spins this year. The Americana Music Association has just announced its year-end Top 100 Radio Airplay Albums and Singles. The Teskey Brothers made the Top […]

Ray Beadle Sr, father of Aussie blues guitarist Ray Beadle lost his home and everything in it during the Mooral Creek Bushfires.So, to help add to the GoFundMe campaign, Only Blues Music is running a […]

Since forming in 1981, Hoodoo Gurus boast 9 ARIA Top 20 albums, 9 ARIA Top 40 singles and a host of multi-platinum albums – they’re mainstays on the live scene, and influential to a new generation of […]

4 December 2019 The latest additions to the Bluesfest line-up have been announced and they include Kool & The Gang, Dweezil Zappa, The Gipsy Kings, Guy Sebastian, Allen Stone, Troy Cassar-Daley, The Waifs, Erja Lyytinen, […]