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Powerhouse and We Are Warriors are proud to announce the lineup for the second Blak Powerhouse, a First Nations community-led event on 26 January 2024. Blak Powerhouse will present work from artists Shal, Michael Cook, […]

WOMADelaide has announced the addition of four international artists – trailblazing Afrobeat luminary Seun Kuti & Egypt 80 (Nigeria); tropical pop-reggae artist Hollie Cook (UK); the intoxicating Mauskovic Dance Band (The Netherlands) and worldrenowned DJ-producer […]

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 […]