The Southern River Band has been gaining much attention and growing its fanbase accordingly thanks to their endless on-stage energy and the antics of electric frontman Cal Kramer. They’ve recently released an epic single titled “Chimney”, the tantalising preview of their upcoming second album Rumour and Innuendo due in August…

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…

Today empowered songwriter and producer Fluir releases her stellar new single Higher Ground, a hook-laden, uplifting track that encourages listeners to break away from the dull routines that can sometimes take over our lives. Higher Ground is one of those songs that manages to combine a number of different genres…

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…