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Australian Musician’s Greg Phillips sat down for a chat with Living Colour’s drummer Will Calhoun while he was in Melbourne playing at Bird’s Basement with jazz
Any preconceived ideas of how you think the new long-player from Melbourne-based rockers Kingswood might sound, could well be thrown out the window when you hear
Six-time Grammy-nominated American jazz guitarist Mike Stern chats with Australian Musician editor Greg Phillips on March 1, 2017 at Melbourne jazz club Bird’s Basement. Mike chats
Scottish singer, songwriter and producer Midge Ure … he of Ultravox, Visage, Band Aid, Live Aid, Thin Lizzy and The Rich Kids fame is returning to
On the surface, Melbourne based singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist JULITHA RYAN has released her second solo album, THE WINTER JOURNEY. Dig a little deeper and you’ll
Eric Gales has just finished blowing people away with his incredible guitar skills at the Mark World booth at NAMM 2017. He’s in his element, playing
The trio of Richard Pike, Laurence Pike and Dave Miller have forged a career on constantly breaking the boundaries of expectation and conformity with every new
Nick Miamis of Side Liner interviewed by Baz Bardoe Nick Miamis, aka ‘Side Liner’ has released an incredible fifteen studio albums and had countless tracks on
AM editor Greg Phillips sits down with Morgs and Tuka from Sydney based hip hop act Thundamentals to chat about the creation of their wonderfully uplifting,
American singer, songwriter and producer Rickie Lee Jones is coming to Australia in April, performing at Bluesfest for the first time as well as playing side
Australian Musician’s Greg Phillips caught up with LA based keyboard player, composer and singer Victoria Theodore at NAMM 2017 to discuss her role in Beyonce’s band
Guitar pickin’ legend Albert Lee chats to Australian Musician’s Greg Phillips about his signature model Music Man guitar Ernie Ball Music Man distributed in Australia by
Steve Lukather chats about the new Luke III Music Man guitars and upcoming Toto tour and recordings at NAMM 2017 Ernie Ball Music Man distributed in
Dream Theater’s John Petrucci chats to Australian Musician editor Greg Phillips at NAMM 2017 about the new Music Man Majesty Monarchy, JP15 and the very limited
Brit-born, American rock goddess Lita Ford was thrust into the rock n roll world without an instruction manual as a 16 year old lead guitarist in
Nili Brosh’s path to distinction in the rock guitar world has been an organic one, based on skill, determination and respect. From her days at Berklee
Melbourne jazz fans are in for a real treat next week when Australia’s own Grammy Award-winning guitar virtuoso Frank Gambale plays a week long residency at
Adelaide’s Ben Todd has just wrapped up a role in Cirque du Soleil’s Australian tour of its show Kooza. He tells digitalDrummer editor Allan Leibowitz how
AM’s Baz Bardoe chats with Australian-based composer, media artist and curator Lawrence English. Lawrence English – a path less travelled. I first met Lawrence English when
Brisbane-based songwriter, producer & multi-instrumentalist Alex L’Estrange releases his debut EP Auchenflower on Friday December 16. Alex has been busy traveling around the country supporting Holy Holy
Rock music drum royalty comes to town next year when the Appice Brothers, Carmine and Vinny bring their Drum Wars tour to Sydney and Melbourne in
I’m sure American heavy rockers Baroness look forward to the day when they aren’t constantly reminded of the devastating bus crash in 2012 which caused severe
Acclaimed American fingerpicker Doyle Dykes was in Australia to perform a series of clinics for Godin and Seagull guitars. Australian Musician editor Greg Phillips caught up
Colin Lillie is a journeyman if ever there was one. Born in a small mining town near Dalkeith in Scotland, Lillie battled drugs, alcohol and life
Australian Musician’s Greg Phillips sat down with US blues guitar great Coco Montoya for a chat about his career and gear at Bird’s Basement, where Coco
Two words come to mind when thinking about British R&B singer, songwriter Corinne Bailey Rae … serenity and soul. Her feel-good vocal delivery and cleverly constructed
Best known for his work with electronic dance duo Itch-E & Scratch-E, Andy Rantzen has just released a new album. Baz Bardoe tracked Andy down for
Four years after the release of his acclaimed ‘Into the Bloodstream’ record, celebrated Australian singer, songwriter Archie Roach releases his 10th album, ‘Let Love Rule’ on
Suzi Quatro returns to Australia in February 2017 on her Leather Forever Encore Tour. This time she’s bringing her old mates, Don Powell from Slade and
Steve Gadd is arguably the greatest living drummer in the world, having performed with so many high profile artists on countless classic recordings. The great news
Acclaimed American vocalist, guitarist and songwriter Allan Harris is in Melbourne this week playing a residency at Birds Basement. So highly regarded is Harris that the
Swedish psych-rock quartet Dungen are heading to Australia in December, armed with Häxan, a brand new album which will be released on November 25. AM editor
If rock and soul music was a crime scene, Booker T Jones’ DNA would be all over it. As a member of the Stax Records’ house
They were the bad boys of the 80s, the goth version of The Stones or The Faces. At one point, The Mission were one of the
In a world full of uncertainty, thankfully some things just remain the same. Take The Dandy Warhols for instance. Wherever they are and whatever they’re doing,
The Panics have always created a breed of music which is as much nutriment for the mind as it is cause to swing and sway. Their
