The winners of the Koyama Kings Road to Cairns Ukulele Festival music video competition, Melbourne based ukulele orchestra Uke4Kids Family Orchestra (UFO) have launched a crowd source funding Pozible campaign Get the Kids to Cairns, which aims to fly 11 kids up to Cairns in time for the Cairns Ukulele…
With her recent international release of Idyllwild, Mia Dyson has proven that success on her own terms is possible and is celebrating with the launch of a video for the album’s single “When We’re Older”. The video has been pieced together from footage sent in from Mia’s loyal fans, showing…
GRAMMY-nominated guitar superstar Joe Bonamassa recently announced his brand new solo album Different Shades Of Blue (J&R Adventures) is to be released September 23, 2014, two days after his final Australian tour date in Perth. This is Bonamassa’s first studio album in two years and the first album of his…
Acclaimed around the world as one of the most technically accomplished and respected guitarists in rock music, JOE SATRIANI returns to Australia for his first headline shows since 2008. The tour, which is in support of Satriani’s most recent and 14th studio album, Unstoppable Momentum, begins with two shows in…
It’s no coincidence that some of the greatest drummers in contemporary music, such as Tommy Aldridge, Steve Gadd, Billy Cobham, and Larry Mullen Jr to name a few, have chosen Yamaha drums as their tools of trade. Yamaha is a world leading drum manufacturer with over 45 years of accumulated…
Run For Your Life, the new single (see video below) from Bertie Blackman is now available digitally. For this first single, Bertie enlisted Louis Schoorl as a co-writer and sent it off to be mixed by Alan Moulder (Nine Inch Nails, Yeah Yeah Yeahs). The rest of the album, to…
Legendary rock pioneer, IAN ANDERSON – best known as the flute and voice behind the genre-defying Jethro Tull – will breath new life into the best of his epic catalogue in Australia this December. When Jethro Tull released their iconic album Thick As A Brick in 1972, front man Ian…
Circa Waves have revealed the video to their new single, Young Chasers which is available digitally via Dew Process now. The visually stunningly video, directed by Davis Silis and featuring a live performance by the band. “Young Chasers is one of our most immediate songs, literally. It was written in…
Australian Musician was saddened to hear of the death of singer songwriter Jim Keays this morning. The former lead singer of iconic Australian band The Masters Apprentices had been suffering from Multiple Myeloma for seven years. The Masters Apprentices had several charting singles in the 60s including Turn Up Your…
Live Nation by arrangement with Artist Voice are thrilled to present bohemian rock’n’roll outfit, HOWLING BELLS in Australia this September. In support of their recently released fourth album, Heartstrings, the band will return for their first set of national headline shows since 2011. Tickets for all shows go on sale…