Rainforest Festival, Sarawak
Rainforest World Music Festival (Sarawak, July 2019) By Chris Lambie On trips across Vietnam in 2012 and 2103, I was surprised to hear very little traditional music. The closest I came – outside Ha Noi’s […]
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NEIL YOUNG WON’T BE DENIED: TUSCALOOSA
Neil Young’s Tuscaloosa Live recordings from The Loner’s craziest tour. By Michael Goldberg. “Neil had the wasted Charles Manson mountain man deal going, hair shaggy-uncombed past his shoulders, a wrinkled black-on-black striped film noir jacket, […]
Revisiting Bob Dylan’s Rolling Thunder Revue: By Michael Goldberg
Was it Dylan’s greatest tour? By Michael Goldberg Things were decidedly in flux for Bob Dylan. Professionally, he had fallen from the heights of both fame and artistry reached in ’65 and ’66 (Highway 61 […]
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Herbie Hancock Live In Melbourne
By Tony Hillier Herbie Hancock runs hot at Hamer Hall (2019 Melbourne International Jazz Festival) Melbourne, Saturday, June 8 Like great artists in other realms, American jazz musicians seem to defy Anno Domini. Age has not […]
Tweedy – Solo in Australia: Review!
By Martin Jones. Jeff Tweedy – Brisbane Powerhouse – Wednesday May 22, 2019 Anyone who has seen a Wilco show appreciates how much manpower, equipment, preparation and coordination is applied to make it so great. […]
Gumball 2019 – A Boutique Festival That Gets Things Right.
Gumball 2019 – Thursday April 25 – Sunday April 28, Belford, Hunter Valley, NSW By Stuart Coupe. (Photos by Susan Lynch). Beware of the brown acid. Music festivals and I don’t have a great history. Mainly […]
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A ‘Vantastic’ 50th New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival
By Brian Wise. New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival 2019 Fairgrounds Racecourse, New Orleans, April 25 – May 5, 2019 The First Weekend While the 50th anniversary of the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival […]
Bluesfest Day 5 – Kerrie Hickin Reports
ByKerrie Hickin. Bluesfest Day 5 In the past I’ve seen versatile vocalist Mojo Juju perform on lineups as diverse as at grungy rock venue The Old Bar and on a glamorous cabaret lineup – she’s […]
Bluesfest Day 4 – Kerrie Hickin Reports
By Kerrie Hickin Bluesfest Day 4 The majority of today for me, and many others, was spent just floating around the various stages sampling any and every musical offering like a smorgasbord of tasty treats. […]
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Bluesfest Day 3 – Kerrie Hickin Reports (Photos by Michael Mackenzie & Steve Ford)
By Kerrie Hickin (Photos by Michael Mackenzie & Steve Ford) Bluesfest Day 3 It’s an unfortunate reality that as many things that are programmed, some will be missed, due to logistics (or fatigue). You can […]