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 […]
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Eric Clapton’s Crossroads Guitar Festival 2023: When Too Much Guitar is Never Enough!
Review by Brian Wise. Eric Clapton’s Crossroads Guitar Festival Crypto.com Arena, Los Angeles, Saturday September 23, 2023 Adam Grandluciel of The War On Drugs summed it up when he said, “It’s a lonely night for […]
Squeezing Out Sparks of Brilliance: Squeeze & The Psychedelic Furs Live In Nashville
By Brian Wise Psychedelic Furs/Squeeze – Grand Ole Opry, Nashville, Sunday September 17 It probably seems somewhat incongruous for these two Brit bands from the 80’s to appear at one of the shrines of country […]
Mark Isaacs – Sonata (ABC Classic)
Mark Isaacs – Sonata (ABC Classic, CD & digital) Mark Isaacs is one of Australia’s finest pianists, whose career habitually criss-crosses jazz and classical. Possessed of a pitch-perfect ear, he was dabbling with jazz improvisation […]
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Teddy Thompson’s Love of Country
Review by Bernard Zuel. Teddy Thompson – My Love Of Country (Chalky Sounds) Yes, just as it says on the tin. Breaking no new ground, nor claiming to; done with reverence rather than adventure, and proudly […]
Those Pretty Wrongs Live
Awesome acoustic show from Those Pretty Wrongs at the intimate Merri Creek Tavern. While most of Those Pretty Wrongs Australian tour included a full band set backed by Alex Hamilton and band – who is […]
Minor Gold Create Intoxicating Sounds
Review by Chris Familton. MINOR GOLD – MINOR GOLD (Independent) Both members of Minor Gold have already individually carved out successful careers – Tracy McNeil with her band The GoodLife and Dan Parsons with his three […]
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Mark and Rob Snarski Live
While they initially started together with Chad’s Tree in the early 80s; brothers Mark and Rob Snarski have taken very different approaches to their solo careers. With Mark now based in Spain – this show […]