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NICK BARKER (Musician) TOP 10 ALBUMS OF THE YEAR No Ordinary Crown – Will Johnson I loved Centro-magic for so long and was gutted when they broke up. This record slays me .The king of […]

MARTIN JONES (Senior Contributor) TOP 10 ALBUMS OF THE YEAR The Record – Boy Genius False Lankum – Lankum I Inside The Old Year Dying – PJ Harvey This Stupid World – Yo La Tengo […]

It has been a bumper year for Australian music – although that might not be reflected on the commercial charts, with only a few of our readers’ choices cracking the Top 50 albums. But what […]

Melbourne singer-songwriters Delsinki and Mick Thomas have come together to write and record the song “‘Sunkilda Sinset (A Song for Dion)” in tribute to their “dear friend and musical partner” Dion Hirini, who passed away […]

With only 15 weeks to go till Bluesfest kicks off its 35th anniversary special, another artist announcement has been unveiled. With an already star-studded lineup that includes the Welsh Crooner superstar Tom Jones and Australia’s […]

The Blues Train, based on the Bellarine Heritage Railway on Victoria’s Bellarine Peninsula, has announced its newly curated Women In Blues Concert Series. The series kicks off early in 2024, and will help mark The […]

On the eve of his Australian tour with Nashville’s Courtney Marie Andrews, and following the announcement a week or so ago of an intimate, standalone solo show at Brisbane’s Stranded on Friday, December 15, Robert […]

Guitar badass Samantha Fish returns to Australia in May 2024; this time bringing outlaw country maverick Jesse Dayton, her collaborator on the Grammy Award nominated Death Wish Blues album. Fish and Dayton got together via […]

One of Australia’s largest music festivals, Blues on Broadbeach, returns from 16-19 May 2024 with an electrifying first lineup set to transform the Gold Coast into a rhythm and blues mecca for four days. Blues-Rock […]

GRAMMY Award-winner and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee, James Taylor announces his 2024 Australian tour, An Evening with James Taylor and His All-Star Band. As a recording and touring artist, James Taylor has […]