Feature Stories

Brian Wise talks to director Nick Broomfield. In his new film, veteran British documentary-maker Nick Broomfield offers a uniquely personal view on the lengthy relationship between Leonard Cohen and Marianne Ihlen which began on the […]

By Marty Jones. With a remarkable career spanning 35 years and following a sold-out tour of Australia in 2017, Lloyd Cole returns with a special concert series featuring his classic hits, and introducing his newest […]

By Brian Wise. Joe Pug‘s latest Australian tour has been hit with a slight setback in that support act Ian Noe has been forced to cancel his trip to Australia, with dates that included the Queenscliff Music […]

By Andy Hughes. Jacob Collier is a London UK-born musician who specialises in complex re-imaginings of both original material, and classic pop songs. He is currently working on the third stage of his four-stage album […]

Acclaimed bassist’s latest work featuring at the Melbourne International Jazz Festival. By Brian Wise. Linda May Han Oh’s Adventurine is one of the centrepieces of the current Melbourne Jazz Festival and premieres this coming Saturday […]

By Martin Jones. Jeff Tweedy steps out on his own with a memoir, solo album and acoustic tour. Look at the poster for the upcoming Australian Jeff Tweedy tour – the hat the glasses. Tweedy […]

It’s only Steven Van Zandt’s nickname that is little. Everything else about this musician is larger than life. By Brian Wise. Little Steven’s biography credits him as musician, performer, songwriter, arranger, music producer, music supervisor, […]

WAITING FOR THE VAN: THE RE-EMERGENCE OF VAN DUREN By Brian Wise Have you heard the story of the musician who had a brief brush with fame in the ‘70s only to sink into obscurity […]

By Brian Wise. One measure of the esteem in which Alejandro Escovedo is held is that last year he received the Townes Van Zandt Award at the Austin Music Awards, joining other Texas legends Joe […]