MOSE ALLISON OBITUARY by Iain Patience
November 11, 1927 – November 15, 2016 Mose Allison, who died on November 15, aged 89, was a singularly original US blues/jazz piano troubadour. Always something of a maverick, he started out as a kid […]
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LEON RUSSELL OBITUARY by Iain Patience
April 2, 1942 – November 13, 2016 Leon Russell passed on Sunday November 13, 2016, aged 74, in the country music capital, Nashville, Tennessee. Instantly recognisable with his enormous, seemingly unruly shock of latterly grey […]
COHEN IN CAIRNS by TONY HILLIER
Cairns Convention Centre, November 26, 2013 Seven words are all that’s required to explain the worldwide phenomenon that Leonard Cohen in concert has become, and they came from the mouth of the man himself early […]
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Bernard Fanning – Friday 21st October, Civic Theatre, Newcastle
The venue may have been the iconic and stunning Newcastle Civic Theatre, but on this night it became Bernard Fanning’s living room. Fanning, obviously very comfortable and enjoying himself, held the crowd in the palm […]
Seasick Steve
1. Is that an old saying: “keeping the horse between me and the ground”? A: Yeah, it’s an old saying. It’s not mine. It’s just like, you know, “better to have a horse between you […]
Izzy Young by Iain Patience
Just for starters, no doubt many will be asking themselves just who is Izzy Young. The answer to those old enough to be in the know: a genuine roots music giant, a guy whose huge […]
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Gwyn Ashton & Chris Finnen – Ragas, Jugs & Mojo Hands by Perry Grayson
Australian bluesmen and pals Gwyn Ashton & Chris Finnen are both inductees into the South Australian Rock Hall of Fame. Ragas, Jugs & Mojo Hands now marks the first time these axemen have collaborated on […]
BLUES AT SEA, STOCKHOLM by Iain Patience
October 22-23, 2016 Chicago bluesman Lil Ed Williams might be packing them in for his usual, bouncing, boisterous sets in the Carribean right now, as part of the Legendary Blues Cruise, but only a few […]
THE 2016 SYDNEY BLUES AND ROOTS FESTIVAL by Nick Charles
As a long time Melbournian but having grown up in Sydney, it’s been eons since I last visited Windsor (I had some school camps there in the 60s!!). It’s somewhat changed in the intervening decades! […]
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Jenny Biddle by Sue Barrett
Singer/songwriter Jenny Biddle’s Australian tour kicks off in Sydney in early November. Now residing in Scotland, Biddle has new songs that reflect her Scottish experiences, as well as Australian-focussed songs, like ‘Our Darkest Day’ (about […]