CD Reviews

By Brian Wise If you saw Samantha Fish at Bluesfest in 2019 you probably don’t need me to tell you what a dynamic performer she is; her shows were spectacular. The good news is that […]

By Jeff Jenkins. Legacy (1973 – 1981) by Kevin Borich Kevin Borich is one of Australia’s greatest road warriors. Sixty years after he started making music in New Zealand, he’s still out there. After the […]

LISA RICHARDS – WAITING TO FLY (Independent) Review by Chris Lambie Lisa Richards’ seventh album was aptly named I Got A Story. Her biography – both personal and professional – reads like a ready-made film script. […]

Melbourne singer / songwriter Grace Cummings makes a grand statement with her powerful new album, Storm Queen. By Ian McFarlane. GRACE CUMMINGS – STORM QUEEN (Sugar Mountain Records) For Melbourne singer songwriter Grace Cummings it’s […]

By Bernard Zuel. THEY’RE PUTTING US ON VINYLl! Top of the world, Ma, top of the world. In some ways it’s old news for Peter O’Doherty and Reg “my mother called me Chris O’Doherty” Mombassa, […]

CAHILL KELLY – CLASSICAL AND COOL JAZZ  (Cheersquad Records) Review by Chris Lambie. Neither Classical nor Jazz You never know what potential simmers within a band line-up. Fortunately, Melbourne-based artist Cahill Kelly has made the move […]

The Path Of The Clouds (Bella Union/PIAS) By Bernard Zuel It’s a Pink Floyd day today. At least the Floyd of drifting cumulus, uncertain thoughts and slowly unspooling guitars rather than the crushed spirit, missing […]

By Bernard Zuel. Charm of Finches – Wonderful Oblivion (AntiFragile Music) On their third LP Melbourne-based siblings – Ivy and Mabel Windred-Wornes – beg to differ with L.P. Hartley. For them, the past isn’t a […]