TELL ME A SWAMP STORY – TONY JOE WHITE
Although Tony Joe White has been in the music business for around 50 years, time doesn’t mean anything to him. Music is not a career that you do for a certain amount of time and […]
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MARTY STUART AND HIS FABULOUS SUPERLATIVES GO ‘WAY OUT WEST’
Marty Stuart is about to release his latest album ‘Way Out West’ and it’s an absolute cracker! Along with his amazing band – the Fabulous Superlatives, and producer Mike Campbell from the Heartbreakers, Stuart has […]
INTERVIEW WITH ROBBIE FULKS by Sarah Carroll
American country artist Robbie Fulks is huge in small circles here in Australia. Active since the late 80s as a singer, guitarist and writer, he’s the author of insurgent country classics, heart-stopping ballads, honky tonk […]
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Crowded House, Jimmy Barnes, Sydney Opera House (without and within) by Glen A. Baker
It seems hard to imagine now but the first Crowded House album almost tanked in Australia. Known as The Mullanes (Neil’s middle name) until not long before release, the trio had to emerge from the […]
ANDY FAIRWEATHER LOW by IAIN PATIENCE
Andy Fairweather Low is possibly one of those names that doesn’t truly register with many. And yet, this guy from Wales is without doubt one of the most important and significant musicians of a generation. […]
Live Review: Queenscliff Music Festival 2016 – 20th Anniversary by Chris Lambie
25-27 November, Queenscliff, Victoria Tickets sold out for the first time in the Queenscliff Music Festival’s 20 year history. But organisers haven’t sold out in any commercial or artistic compromise of the unique event. They’ve […]
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BACKTRACK BLUES BAND – WAY BACK HOME
FLAMING CHEESE/PLANET CO. Blues Taking their name from a Little Walter song, Florida-based Backtrack Blues Band have been performing together continuously since 1980. Lead singer/harmonica player Sonny Charles is the band’s chief songwriter, Kid Royal […]
ABC RADIO AXES MUSIC SHOWS by Tony Hillier
ABC Radio National’s long-running late-evening radio program The Planet is to be axed from the 2017 schedule, along with other music shows on the network, including The Inside Sleeve, which currently occupies the weekday afternoon […]
Mullumbimby Music Festival, November 17-20 by Nada van Kempen
On the Friday night of the 2016 Mullumbimby Music Festival, Matt Andersen, the blues man with the power of coal miner and the softness of a mouse, said “We’re telling stories all weekend so you […]
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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 […]