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Multi-instrumentalist, composer, arranger, producer, educator and sax guy for The Rolling Stones, TIM RIES is currently in Melbourne for some dates before jetting off to join
The results of a survey released last week showed that Melbourne’s music scene is so healthy that many declared the southern city the world’s music capital!
American drummer, guitarist, songwriter, producer and musician Jellybean Johnson is part of the fabric of the Minnesota music scene. Jellybean was a high school friend of
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
Last week, Ivy League Records and Hottest 100 winners The Rubens announced the third studio album – LO LA RU (out June 29) – a bold
It’s always great to hear of a new music venue opening, particularly when the people behind it are MUSIC people and know what they’re doing. A
The Australian Independent Record Labels Association (AIR) will celebrate the 12th AIR Awards at Adelaide’s Queen’s Theatre on Thursday 26th July, 2018. Thanks to the continued
DJs, producers, remixers, radio presenters and all round legends, The Aston Shuffle, otherwise known as Vance Musgrove and Mikah Freeman, have today announced their epic national
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
Saxophonist, composer, arranger, producer, educator and brass guy for The Rolling Stones, Tim Ries makes a quick trip back to Australia for some dates before jetting
Byron Bay singer-songwriter and one of Australia’s most loved musicians, Pete Murray has announced a stunning remix of his song Heartbeats, by ARIA-awarding winning Peter Mayes
Their second full-length LP As Above, So Below (2016) firmly established Stonefield as one of the key players in the current wave of Australian psych-rock, but Far From Earth –
Alex the Astronaut and Stella Donnelly’s hotly anticipated national co-headline tour kicked off this week, starting at The Northern, Byron Bay last night Thursday 12th and
Ernie Ball is excited to announce the launch of the 2018 Prodigy picks – the latest high performance guitar picks manufactured with superior design in mind.
Innovative Music Australia is proud to welcome renowned market leading microphone brand Blue Microphones to their catalogue. Stock is now in Australia! Founded in 1995 as
Melbourne indie rockers, Shiva And The Hazards have just released their debut EP Future Cult Classic, featuring the dreamy single East India Empress. The group has
Launched in 1982 in France as the Fête de la Musique, it is now held on the same day in more than 750 cities in 120
Second Live Music Census shows Melbourne is the music capital of the world The second Melbourne Live Music Census, conducted on Saturday 25 November 2017, analysed
Australian acoustic blues luminary Lloyd Spiegel is delighted to announce the release of his 8th album ‘Backroads’ and is touring to back it up. Backroads
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
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
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
SQUEEZE TO RETURN TO AUSTRALIA WITH JOHN COOPER CLARKE South London new-wave legends Squeeze are headed for Australia in 2018 for a run of not-to-be-missed shows.
It’s been a while since we’ve seen Sheryl Crow or Melissa Etheridge in Australia, so it was with a great sense of excitement that fans heard
Reverb.com has hired Gérard Danjou — former Executive Vice President of Global Business Development at Gibson Brands, Inc — to drive growth of Reverb in EMEA and
One of the most keenly anticipated new instruments of 2018, Moog Music’s Drummer From Another Mother, is here at last. DFAM is the newest addition to the
The Beasts of Bourbon will re-form to headline a benefit concert in Melbourne to help bandmate and legendary Australian alternative rock and blues bassist, Brian Hooper,
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
REVIEW: Bluesfest sideshow. Newton Faulkner, supported by Tom Richardson. Corner Hotel Melbourne. April 4, 2018. Review: Greg Phillips. Photos: Mark Moray of Wicked Rock Photography Like
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
Review: Bluefest sideshow – Robert Plant and the Sensational Space Shifters. Seth Lakeman support. Palais Theatre. April 2, 2018 Review by Greg Phillips. Photos by Mark
Our ace photographer Jason Rosewarne rounded up his Bluefest 2018 experience by photographing; Bali Blues Brothers, Caiti Baker, Con Brio, Steve Smyth, Lukas Nelson & Promise
There’s never ever a dull moment at Bluesfest and day 4 was no exception. Thankfully we have Jason Rosewarne on the ground capturing all of the
Day 3 at Bluesfest presented some classic Australian blues in the form of Chain, who even after 50 years in the business, still have fire in
Good Friday blessed Bluesfest audiences with even more colour and joy at the festival which just keeps on giving. Jason Rosewarne captured the Day 2 action
BLUESFEST SIDESHOW: WALTER TROUT Corner Hotel, Melbourne March 29, 2018 Report and Photos: Mark Moray (Wicked Rock Photography) Every music venue has a story to tell,