Cedric Burnside – Live Hill Country Blues
By Samuel J Fell. Cedric Burnside / Warren Earl Band – Mullumbimby RSL – March 12, 2020. The rain has stopped. Mullumbimby gleams under street lights, the odd car moving slowly down the main drag […]
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Port Fairy – Crowd Surfing, Special Events and Virtuosity.
44th Port Fairy Folk Festival – 6-9th March 2020 Rhythms subscriber Alan Calder sums up his Port Fairy experience. Award-winning Canadian modern folk trio The East Pointers may well have just endangered the somewhat staid stereotype of the Port Fairy […]
Womadelaide 2020 – A Smorgasbord of Musical Delights
By TONY HILLIER (Photos by Rob Sferco) If the age-old aphorism is accurate in suggesting that variety is indeed the spice of life, last weekend’s WOMADelaide 2020 festival served up a smorgasbord of delights sufficient […]
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Nick Lowe @ The Forum
Nick Lowe & Los Straitjackets – Forum Theatre, Melbourne – Tuesday February 18, 2020 By Brian Wise. In an alternative universe somewhere, Nick Lowe is packing large arenas and outdoor venues like Elton John is […]
This World – Mike Nock, Hamish Stuart, Julien Wilson, Jonathan Zwartz
This World – Mike Nock, Hamish Stuart, Julien Wilson, Jonathan Zwartz (Lionsharecords) By Des Cowley This album brings together four luminaries of the Australian jazz scene, all leaders in their own right. The simple fact […]
Elton John: Brilliance at A Day On The Green
ELTON JOHN: FAREWELL YELLOW BRICK ROAD A DAY ON THE GREEN, ROCHFORD WINERY – SATURDAY FEBRUARY 1, 2020 By Brian Wise It seems astonishing that Elton John has been coming to Australia since 1971 and, […]
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Tribute to Jazz Guitar Legend Ike Isaacs
Review by Des Cowley. VARIOUS ARTISTS: We Like Ike: 100th Birthday Tribute to Jazz Guitar Legend Ike Isaacs (Triangle 7 / The Planet Company/MGM) While guitarist Ike Isaacs (1919-1996) is not exactly a household name, his […]
Xylouris White: The Sisypheans – A Wondorusly Odd Beast
Xylouris White is a wondrously odd beast. A duo birthed in Melbourne, comprised of a Cretan lute devotee, and one of the most joyously unorthodox drummers in modern music, their immersive, deeply resonant records – a deep, […]
Bob Dylan’s Country Life: In a Nashville studio with Johnny Cash!
TRAVELIN’ THROUGH 1967-1969: THE BOOTLEG SERIES, VOL.15 By Michael Goldberg. Bob Dylan had vanished. In the midst of a 1966 world tour in which he played his recent rock music with the future members of […]
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Out On The Weekend
By Brian Wise. All photos by Stephen Boxshall. OUT ON THE WEEKEND – SEAWORKS, WILLIAMSTOWN – SATURDAY OCTOBER 12, 2019 If you want to know what the ideal size for a music festival is then […]