Live: Mick Thomas & The Roving Commission Launch
Mick Thomas Where Only Memory Can Find You Album Launch, Memo Music Hall Melbourne Friday 19 May 2023 Review: Nick Corr Photos: Mark Hopper It was great to have a warm and crowded Memo Music Hall […]
Reviews
Ilaria Crociani – Connecting the Dots
Review by Des Cowley. Ilaria Crociani – Connecting the Dots (ABC, CD & digital) Italian-Australian singer Ilaria Crociani was mildly amused when, at age-50, she found herself recipient of a 2021 ABC Jazz Composer Commissioning […]
Mark Lockett – Swings & Roundabouts
Review by Des Cowley. Mark Lockett – Swings & Roundabouts (Thick Records, CD and digital release) When we think of band leaders, we tend to think of singers, guitarists, sax players, trumpeters. Less so drummers. But […]
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New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival 2023 – Weekend #1
New Orleans Jazz& Heritage Festival, Friday April 28, Saturday April 29 & Sunday April 30, 2023 By Brian Wise It has been four years since my last JazzFest, my 25th, so it felt somewhat like […]
Cresfest – A User-Friendly Alternative
CRESFEST 2023, March 31 – 2 April 2 Creswick, Victoria By Chris Lambie When major events grow too big and busy for some, smaller community-led gatherings provide an affordable user-friendly alternative. The CresFest folk & roots […]
Byron Bluesfest 2023 – Part Two: Saturday and Sunday
Review by Nick Corr | Images: Steve Ford A beautifully sunny Saturday kicked off with a similarly sunny set from Dog Trumpet. Brothers Peter O’Doherty and Reg Mombassa, best known as founding members of Mental as Anything, […]
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Bluesfest Melbourne – Day One
Bluesfest Melbourne – MCEC, Saturday April 8, 2023 By Brian Wise| Images: Michael Mackenzie Check Out the 2023 Bluesfest Byron and Melbourne Image Galleries Here It’s just over two decades since the first attempt to […]
Dangerous Decision: MacDonald, Burke, Grabowsky, Haywood, Floyd
Review by Des Cowley. MacDonald, Burke, Grabowsky, Haywood, Floyd Dangerous Decision (FMR Records, CD & digital release) This adventurous recording sees UK saxophonist Raymond MacDonald team up with a stellar group of Australian players: saxophonist […]
Port Fairy Folk Festival 2023 Review
PORT FAIRY FOLKIE – STORIES, RESPECT AND A WHOLE LOTTA MUSIC By Alan Calder. Proudly flying under the new Folkie branding and having been named Victoria’s Best Regional Festival in 2022, the Port Fairy Folk […]
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Billy Bragg@The Forum, Melbourne – Chop & Clang!
Review by Nick Corr Billy Bragg – Chop and Clang at The Forum, Melbourne, Thursday March 16, 2023 Night two of Billy Bragg’s One Step Forwards Two Steps Back three-night residency focusses on his earliest […]