Barb Waters Rosa Duet vinyl reissue
Originally released in 2003, Barb Waters’ ‘Rosa Duet’ was featured in Rhythms Magazine’s Top 10 albums for 2003 and got a runner-up gong for album of the year from Rhythm’s editor and Off the Record […]
Reviews
Robert Ellis “Yesterday’s News” Cassette Party
The Merri Creek Tavern, Melbourne – Sunday 10th December. Partway through a national tour supporting Courtney Marie Andrews, it was great to see this Texan musician’s intricate fingerpicking and sharp storytelling stretched out over a […]
The Victims Final Melbourne Show
Friday 1 December – The Brunswick Ballroom. The final Melbourne show for Perth punk founders The Victims. Led by Dave Flick (aka Dave Faulkner of The Hoodoo Gurus) with James Baker (The Scientists, Hoodoo Gurus, […]
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Groundwater Country Music Festival Review
Review by Samuel J.Fell Groundwater Country Music Festival Broadbeach, Gold Coast, October 20-22 Broadbeach appears in the middle distance with the lethargic ease of some sort of leviathanic apparition, highrises wreathed in the salt haze that […]
THE ROLLING STONES’ HACKNEY DIAMONDS: A MUCH BIGGER AND BETTER BANG!
By Brian Wise THE ROLLING STONES – HACKNEY DIAMONDS (Polydor) There’s good news and there’s better news! The good news first. This is definitely the best Rolling Stones album since Steel Wheels in 1989 and […]
Paul McCartney in Melbourne. A Tour De Force!
Review by Brian Wise PAUL McCARTNEY – Marvel Stadium, Melbourne, Saturday October 21, 2023 A few minutes into his first show here in six years, and only his fifth visit ever to Australia, Sir Paul McCartney said, […]
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OUT ON THE WEEKEND – Saturday October 14 – Seaworks, Williamstown
Review by Brian Wise Over the years, the Out On The Weekend festival has established itself as Victoria’s premier ‘Americana’ festival, featuring an array of some established and many up-and-coming acts from the USA mixed […]
Hardly Strictly Bluegrass: Strictly Brilliance
By Brian Wise. Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival – Golden Gate Park, San Francisco. Sunday October 1, 2023. The fact that I made it to just one day of this extraordinary festival meant that I miss […]
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Eric Clapton’s Crossroads Guitar Festival Day 2: Guitar Attack
Review by Brian Wise. Eric Clapton’s Crossroads Guitar Festival Crypto.com Arena, Los Angeles, Sunday September 24, 2023 It’s possible that I could have been suffering a severe case of FOMO (fear of missing out) this […]