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 […]
Bluesfest Day 2 – Kerrie Hickin Reports (Images: Michael Mackenzie)
By Kerrie Hickin Bluesfest 2019 – Day #2 (Photos by Michael Mackenzie) Since her 2002 debut solo album Come Away With Me, Norah Jones has held a singular occupancy of her swoonsome territory. In the […]
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Bluesfest Day 1 Part 1 – Kerrie Hickin Reports
By Kerrie Hickin Bluesfest Day 1 Thursday 18th April 2019 First day of Bluesfest – traditionally the cruisiest day, as people get their bearings, work out which stage is which, what they want to see (or […]
Sean McMahon – You Will Know When You’re There
Reviewed by Chris Familton. SEAN MCMAHON – YOU WILL KNOW WHEN YOU’RE THERE Blind Date Records Melbournian Sean McMahon’s new album is a beguiling affair. It occupies a gently rolling middle ground where songs never […]
WOMADelaide 2019 Review
By TONY HILLIER (Photos Rob Sferco) Wondrous as always, this year’s WOMADelaide festival provided a perfect platform for some power-packed and socio-politically vociferous African divas to strut their stuff on International Womens Day weekend. While […]
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The Soul Movers – Bona Fide
THE SOUL MOVERS – BONA FIDE By Stuart Coupe. There’s no question that intellectually the principles in The Soul Movers can quote chapter, verse and obscure B-sides by the dozen when it comes to the rich […]
Sticky Fingers – Yours To Keep
By Matt Rocke Coming Unstuck Sticky Fingers fourth album, Yours To Keep, is a bridge over troubled waters. The licence granted to rock stars in the seventies to behave as they liked was revoked by […]
Neneh Cherry Live @ The Recital Centre
By Martin Jones. Neneh Cherry Melbourne Recital Centre – Tuesday January 22 The Melbourne Recital Centre was a perfect setting for Neneh Cherry’s latest performance. Part cutting edge/ultra modern, part sophisticated and elegant, the venue […]
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REVISITING THE BEATLES’ WHITE ALBUM
By Michael Goldberg. Fifty years on the White Album sounds better than ever. I was 15, lying on my back on the green and white shag living room rug, a few feet from my best […]