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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 […]

The Rhythms Readers Poll for 2023 is here! VOTE HERE: READERS POLL Have your say in choosing the best albums, gigs, music books and films of the year. Democracy in action. We would love your […]

Shane MacGowan, the lead singer and songwriter of genre-breaking Irish band The Pogues has died aged 65 following a long period of ill health. A statement issued by his wife Victoria Mary Clarke, his sister […]

Following a successful run of shows this spring and summer in both Australia, Europe and North America in support of his critically acclaimed album Spanish Villager No. 3, and the release of new single “Winter […]

Ireland’s Lisa O’Neill is one of the most striking folk singers performing today has announced an Australian tour for early 2024. Lisa will be joined by fellow Irish musician Brian Leach playing hammer dulcimer. A […]