On the Friday night of the 2016 Mullumbimby Music Festival, Matt Andersen, the blues man with the power of coal miner and the softness of a mouse, said “We’re telling stories all weekend so you […]
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 […]
Australian bluesmen and pals Gwyn Ashton & Chris Finnen are both inductees into the South Australian Rock Hall of Fame. Ragas, Jugs & Mojo Hands now marks the first time these axemen have collaborated on […]
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 […]
RICHARD RAY FARRELL I Sing The Blues Eclectic Blue Beet I Sing The Blues Eclectic first saw the light of day in 2011 but is once more now available this year. Farrell is a US […]
“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 […]
XL Rock/folk When I saw Jack White step up from a dilapidated sidewalk table and blow the stage of Melbourne’s Evelyn Hotel apart to about a dozen witnesses fifteen years ago, I knew I’d just […]
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