The venue may have been the iconic and stunning Newcastle Civic Theatre, but on this night it became Bernard Fanning’s living room. Fanning, obviously very comfortable and enjoying himself, held the crowd in the palm […]
October 22-23, 2016 Chicago bluesman Lil Ed Williams might be packing them in for his usual, bouncing, boisterous sets in the Carribean right now, as part of the Legendary Blues Cruise, but only a few […]
As a long time Melbournian but having grown up in Sydney, it’s been eons since I last visited Windsor (I had some school camps there in the 60s!!). It’s somewhat changed in the intervening decades! […]
Friday 28 October, Spotted Mallard Sean McMahon reunites with former Downhills Home cohort Mick Hubbard, tight Josh Duiker drums and woozy pedal steel to get old lovers waltzing along on the dance floor from the […]
A friend recently declared she was ‘over big auditorium shows’. She’d stick to low-key, intimate and informal gigs from now on. The following night, I’m in the stylish surrounds of the Melbourne Recital Centre with […]
“You cast a shadow on my heart babe, every time you move a certain way/Put pressure on the blood veins/Resuscitate the heavy weight but alleviate the pain/Nothing ever came so easy/Nothing ever came so hard/Am […]
The Palais Theatre in Melbourne has hosted many events from The Rolling Stones in the sixties to Buddy Guy in 2012, and like this old lady which is getting a wonderful makeover, Joe Bonamassa has […]
Sarawak Cultural Village, Malaysian Borneo Many elements make the Rainforest World Music Festival unique. The ‘living museum’ setting, a 35-minute drive from the state’s capital Kuching, is a sprawling green and serene world of its […]
Cahors Blues Festival is now clearly the premier blues event in France, having comfortably overturned Cognac’s claim for the title by remaining firmly rooted in blues music with many quality US and European players guesting […]
Cognac used to host the premiere blues festival in France, if not Europe. Sadly, now however, it seems to have largely lost its way with blues players mostly sidelined to smaller side-stages, while mega-stars rule […]
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