Veteran Australian singer, songwriter Kevin Johnson, best known for his 70s hits Bonnie Please Don’t Go and Rock n Roll I Gave You The Best Days Of My Life, has just released a new album, The Devil Found Work. Australian Musician’s Greg Phillips had great pleasure in catching up with…

Innovative upcoming pop artist Jayden McGrath has recently announced his debut single Conditions, a fascinating track that explores a feeling of acceptance towards less-than-ideal circumstances in life, out May 31.  The accompanying video to Conditions, made in collaboration with Dave Hunter of Band Factory Digital Media (Drown This City, Captives) and artist Joey Klarenbeek, is a dark, hypnotic reflection of that…

HAKEN By Peter Hodgson ( I Heart Guitar) Haken aren’t like all the other prog bands out there. In a genre that has ironically come to take on certain stylistic hallmarks that it seems like every prog band needs to have, the British quintet manage to remain actually progressive. Where…

Short history lesson kids! Dating back to the early ‘50s, Rockabilly is one of the earliest forms of rock music. Pioneering rockabilly artists included Bill Haley and The Comets, Elvis Presley, Carl Perkins, Wanda Jackson and Jerry Lee Lewis to name a few. Known for its mix of Rock n…

Australian Musician’s Greg Phillips spoke with respected Australian singer, songwriter Vanessa Amorosi about her return home after spending the best part of a decade in Los Angeles developing her craft. With a vibrant new single already out and plenty more in the can, Vanessa was excited to talk about her…

Acclaimed Mississippi bluesman Cedric Burnside has music history running through his veins. The son of drummer Calvin Jackson and grandson of the legendary R.L. Burnside, as a child Cedric was touring internationally playing drums behind his ‘Big Daddy’ (R.L.), as well as playing with other notable Hill Country artists such as Junior…

Some bands have a better formation story than others, take Miles Recommends for instance. Conceived whilst living through the military coup in Bangkok in 2014, Miles Recommends is the brain-child of singer/songwriting and production duo Des Atkinson and Lou Cadell. Taking their moniker from their childhood video store clerk, Des…

Two-time Grammy nominated, acclaimed blues journeyman Eric Bibb has released 37 albums since his recording debut in 1972. As he tells us down the line from London, where he’d won Best Blues Act in the 2019 JazzFM Awards the night before, there was never much of a chance he’d become…

American blues guitarist Chris Cain had the best music education anyone could ask for. As a young kid in San Jose, Chris’s father would take him to see the greats… Ray Charles, BB King, James Brown. He was never lectured or forced to like the blues, jazz or soul, his…

The ever-popular Leesa Gentz and Julz Parker aka Hussy Hicks are back at Bluesfest this year for their 6th appearance at the event. Playing now as an all-female 4 piece band Hussy Hicks have been travelling the globe increasing their fanbase along the way off the back of their brilliant…