BRUCE MATHISKE: INTERVIEW
AustralianMusician
April 19, 2018
Australian guitar virtuoso Bruce Mathiske has released a new solo guitar album, Six String Anthology and he’s hitting the road for an east coast tour. AM’s
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DAVE WECKL: MIKE STERN/DAVE WECKL BAND TOUR INTERVIEW
AustralianMusician
April 16, 2018
Modern Drummer magazine named Dave Weckl as “one of the 25 best drummers of all time”. He’s played drums for some of the world’s most respected
THE HARD ACHES: THE ‘MESS’ INTERVIEW
AustralianMusician
April 10, 2018
Adelaide’s fave indie-punk duo, The Hard Aches (Ben David and Alex Upton) release their sophomore album, Mess on April 13 via Anchorhead. The duo teamed up with Melbourne producer
JORDAN BRODIE AND HIS GUITAR ARE IN GOOD COMPANY
AustralianMusician
April 10, 2018
Cairns based finger style guitarist Jordan Brodie released his second album, titled In Good Company in March this year. It’s the follow up to his acclaimed
SCREAMING JETS: ‘ROCK RADIO RIOT’ TOUR INTERVIEW
AustralianMusician
April 9, 2018
Next year marks the 30 year milestone for Newcastle’s finest rockers The Screaming Jets, a significant achievement for any band in the music business. For three
CITY CALM DOWN: ‘ECHOES IN BLUE’ INTERVIEW
AustralianMusician
April 5, 2018
Melbourne based electro-rock band City Calm Down release their new album Echoes in Blue today (April 6), the follow up to their acclaimed 2016 record In
SETH LAKEMAN INTERVIEW (ON TOUR WITH ROBERT PLANT)
AustralianMusician
April 4, 2018
Following the success of British multi-instrumentalist, singer and composer Seth Lakeman’s latest album Ballads of the Broken Few (Cooking Vinyl), the acclaimed multi-instrumentalist had been tapped
SIX QUIX and Q&A WITH BLACK SUMMER
AustralianMusician
March 30, 2018
Musical wunderkind Black Summer, otherwise known as Rhys Toms, is back with a luminescent new song Sadness, featuring Bahamian vocalist Chloe Campbell, which was released on
YOLANDA BROWN: AUSTRALIAN TOUR INTERVIEW
AustralianMusician
March 25, 2018
Growing up, YolanDa Brown played piano, violin, drums, and oboe before settling on the saxophone as her main instrument. As further proof that her thirst for
GRAHAM GOULDMAN: 10CC AUSTRALIAN TOUR INTERVIEW
AustralianMusician
March 22, 2018
Well before seventies’ art rockers 10cc were churning out hits, band member Graham Gouldman was already a bonefide chart-topping songwriter, having penned some of the biggest
ST. PAUL PETERSON: NOTHING COMPARES 2 PRINCE TOUR INTERVIEW
AustralianMusician
March 19, 2018
In 2017 David Bowie fans were treated to some very special shows when past members of Bowie’s band gathered to perform the music of the rock
LUKE PLUMB & THE CIRCUIT: THE ‘TURN & RETURN’ INTERVIEW
AustralianMusician
March 15, 2018
Branching away from his classical piano and violin training in 1997, Luke Plumb began teaching himself the mandolin and swiftly became one of Australia’s most sought
CLAIRE ANNE TAYLOR INTERVIEW: PORT FAIRY FOLK FESTIVAL 2018
AustralianMusician
March 14, 2018
Claire Anne Taylor grew up in Tasmania’s ancient Tarkine rainforest. Taylor’s music reflects the wild, rich and creative world she was immersed in as a child.
STELLA DONNELLY INTERVIEW AT PORT FAIRY FOLK FESTIVAL 2018
AustralianMusician
March 14, 2018
Perth-based singer songwriter Stella Donnelly’s career has been on a steady incline since the release of her debut single Mechanical Bull and the EP Thrush Metal
MIA DYSON: THE ‘If I Said Only So Far I Take It Back’ INTERVIEW
AustralianMusician
March 7, 2018
Much like a home cooked meal composed of whatever ingredients were on hand, a mix of staples and some from unlabelled containers, Mia Dyson has uninhibitedly
NAMM 2018: JIM PETERIK (SURVIVOR, IDES OF MARCH)
AustralianMusician
February 26, 2018
Australian Musician editor Greg Phillips sat down with American musician and songwriter Jim Peterik at the 2018 NAMM Show to chat about his career. Peterik is
DARYL ROBERTS (HEY GRINGO): ‘NOT THE SAME PLANET’ INTERVIEW
AustralianMusician
February 21, 2018
Australian Musician’s Greg Phillips caught up with Melbourne based multi-instrumentalist Daryl Roberts to chat about his band Hey Gringo’s brand new album Not The Same Planet.
BOBBY RUSH: BLUESFEST BOUND
AustralianMusician
February 20, 2018
“If you don’t like the blues, you probably don’t like your mama,” states Bobby Rush, the passionate blues legend who turns 85 in November. Rush is
NAMM 2018: JOHN JORGENSON INTERVIEW
AustralianMusician
February 19, 2018
Perhaps best known for his guitar work with bands such as the Desert Rose Band and The Hellecasters, JOHN JORGENSON is also proficient in the mandolin,
NAMM 2018: HENRY DILTZ INTERVIEW
AustralianMusician
February 14, 2018
Although Henry Diltz was making a reasonable living for himself playing banjo in the Modern Folk Quartet in the 60s, recording albums for Warner Brothers, which
DAVE KILMINSTER (ROGER WATERS BAND) INTERVIEW
AustralianMusician
February 13, 2018
Based on previous tours, there’s an expectation upon attending a Roger Waters concert that you’re going to witness something very special but surely nothing could come
RUBY BOOTS: THE ‘DON’T TALK ABOUT IT’ INTERVIEW
AustralianMusician
February 8, 2018
At 14 years old, Ruby Boots—real name Bex Chilcott— left a conflicted home in Perth to do grueling work on pearling boats and she hasn’t stopped
STEVE GADD: BLICHER, HEMMER, GADD AUSTRALIAN TOUR INTERVIEW
AustralianMusician
February 8, 2018
Asked to name a legendary guitarist, most musicians will fire back with Hendrix, Clapton, Beck or Page as the staple answers. Ask the same question of
CORROSION OF CONFORMITY: MIKE DEAN INTERVIEW
AustralianMusician
February 8, 2018
Corrosion of Conformity – MIKE DEAN interview by Baz Bardoe For almost four decades North Carolina hard rockers Corrosion of Conformity have commanded respect from both
NEWTON FAULKNER INTERVIEWED BY OPAL OCEAN
AustralianMusician
February 6, 2018
UK singer songwriter Newton Faulkner has just released his 6th album Hit The Ground Running. Newton will be touring Australia in April, including performances at Bluesfest.
NAMM 2018: MOHINI DEY INTERVIEW
AustralianMusician
February 5, 2018
Indian bass prodigy Mohini Dey first picked up the bass at age three and was playing professionally by age ten. She became a global YouTube sensation
NAMM 2018: STERLING BALL & STEVE MORSE ON MUTUAL ADMIRATION SOCIETY
AustralianMusician
February 4, 2018
Ernie Ball Music Man supremo Sterling Ball and guitar legend Steve Morse sit down with Australian Musician editor Greg Phillips to talk about Sterling’s new album
NAMM 2018: NICKO MCBRAIN (IRON MAIDEN) INTERVIEW
AustralianMusician
January 25, 2018
Australian Musician editor Greg Phillips catches up with legendary Iron Maiden drummer Nicko McBrain at NAMM Show 2018
NAMM 2018: DAN DEL FIORENTINO (NAMM MUSIC HISTORIAN)
AustralianMusician
January 24, 2018
Australian Musician editor Greg Phillips chats with Dan Del Fiorentino, NAMM’s music historian about the work that he does compiling interviews for the NAMM Oral History
CHRIS BOTTI: 2018 AUSTRALIAN TOUR INTERVIEW
AustralianMusician
January 14, 2018
The world’s biggest selling jazz instrumentalist, Chris Botti, returns to Australia in February 2018. AM’s Greg Phillips chatted with Chris about the upcoming tour Grammy-winning American
DEAN RAY DELIVERS THE MESSENGER
AustralianMusician
January 8, 2018
It’s taken quite a few years, many hurdles and some heartache but Dean Ray has finally released The Messenger, the album he has always wanted to
ORIANTHI: THE 2018 RSO AUSTRALIAN TOUR INTERVIEW
AustralianMusician
January 3, 2018
Adelaide-raised, American-based guitarist, singer, songwriter Orianthi is back in Australia with her partner, former Bon Jovi guitar legend Richie Sambora, playing tunes from the pair’s new