Feature Stories

By Bernard Zuel It may be true that the principal calling card of Charlie Starr is that he is singer/guitarist and principal songwriter of Atlanta southern rock/Americana band, Blackberry Smoke, which is no small thing. […]

By Michael George Smith Singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, arranger, philosopher, producer, exhibited artist, children’s book author, husband, father, failed “rock star”, successful roots/folk artist, Grammy nominee, NYC escapee, San Franciscan… Scott Mickelson is all these things […]

By Brett Leigh Dicks Twenty years ago, Tucson, Arizona was a very different place. Local representative Gabby Giffords had just been elected as the youngest woman to serve in the Arizona Senate, Wavelab Studios was […]

By Brian Wise Irish folk-singer Luka Bloom is on his 15th Australian tour, a visit that will keep him here until April. Since his last journey he has released three albums –  Live De Roma […]

By Steve Bell For almost 60 years now Philadelphia-born and bred singer-songwriter/producer Todd Rundgren has marched resolutely to the beat of his own drum, conceiving and making music across a vast array of musical styles […]

Rebecca Lovell of Larkin Poe talks about her guitars and her relationship with Gretsch on its 140th anniversary. By Brian Wise. “It was incredible,” says Rebecca Lovell of the recent Larkin Poe tour of Australia […]

With the Rolling Stones well into their umpteenth world trek in 2012, TONY HILLIER caught up with a man who was pivotal in the success of the band’s first fair dinkum tour. The late Sam […]