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Festival News: Goulburn Valley Country Festival – April 2022

With little over a month to go until the highly anticipated Goulburn Valley Country Festival, organisers have announced the final release of tickets for the April event. Headlined by Lee Kernaghan, with Brad Cox, Casey Barnes, Felicity Urquhart, Andrew Swift and The Davidson Brothers, plus many more incredible artists, the inaugural festival promises to be a jam-packed day of country fun. To get music fans ready for the day, organisers have also confirmed the playing times, with the gates opening at 11am, an official Welcome To Country at 11.30am and live music commencing from 11.40am. The music will continue all day with Lee Kernaghan taking the stage at 8pm to wrap-up the evening.

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Album Review : FM – Thirteen

Review by Peter Coates – facebook.com/InsideEdgePhotography

FM – THIRTEEN
Released March 18th 2022
Frontiers Records

It is always a joy to get to hear a new FM album…….from the very first listen to that first FM record Indiscreet in 1986, having been a fan of Wildlife before then, and seeing them as the ultimate AOR support band over the next couple of years, including the epic Astoria show in 1987 with White Sister as the opening act.

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Album Review : Kris Barras Band – Death Valley Paradise

Review by Pete Coates – facebook.com/InsideEdgePhotography

KRIS BARRAS BAND  –  DEATH VALLEY PARADISE
Mascot Records
Release Date 4th March 2022

Steamrolling out of the end of 2021, the Kris Barras Band have announced their brand-new album, Death Valley Paradise, along with their most anthemic, call-to-arms song to date, My Parade.  The new album produced this time by Dean Weller (Enter Shikari, Bury Tomorrow, SiKth) will be released on 4th March 2022 via Mascot Records/Mascot Label Group (Black Stone Cherry, Fozzy, Crobot).

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KISS Reschedule Australian Tour – 2022

With the recent announcement that Western Australia’s borders will remain closed for an indefinite period of time, One World Entertainment and TEG Live have been forced to postpone the Kiss ‘End of the Road’ tour until August / September 2022.  The band is passionate and determined to perform for all their Australian fans – they do not want to leave Perth out of the equation. 

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Album Review : The Karma Effect

Review by Peter Coates – www.facebook.com/InsideEdgePhotography

THE KARMA EFFECT
Released – 18th March 2022
TMR Rock Records

Debut albums are always really interesting to review, and while this one only has 8 songs on it, it delivers a solid punch.  Closer to home for me is that the band are from my home town of Oxted in the UK, and are launching the album at one of my early watering holes – where us cocky 16 year olds could always get served!

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EP Review : NAKED GYPSY QUEENS – Georgiana

Review by Peter Coates – www.facebook.com/InsideEdgePhotography

NAKED GYPSY QUEENS – Georgiana EP
Released – Feb 11th
MASCOT LABEL GROUP

I heard the first release from this EP a few months ago and started raving about the band then – loving the vintage classic rock sound, heavily amplified blues, rock solid drums and a twin-guitar assault steeped in the likes of MC5, Free, Deep Purple, Lynyrd Skynyrd and Bad Company – all brought up to date with some supercharged hooks that combines that true classic rock sound with a modern southern-rock swagger!

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Album Review : Wille and the Bandits – When The World Stood Still

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WILLE & THE BANDITS – WHEN THE WORLD STOOD STILL
Release: 28th Jan 2022
FAT TOAD RECORDS

Wille and the Bandits are a British-based band from Cornwall who play a mix of different genres spanning across the Blues, Rock, Roots and Folk rock styles, with a somewhat epic overall effect that channels the monstrous riffs of Led Zeppelin and the atmospheric warmth and depth of Pink Floyd, but all the time seeing the band push the boundaries of sound and rhythm to create a dynamic and unique sonic experience that should appeal to a broad range of classic and contemporary rock music fans.   

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Where the Devil welcomes New Bassist

Where the Devil would like to officially welcome its newest member to the family, Hamish Unahi. Normally known as a monster on the six- and seven-string in both Take My Soul and Faith in Lies, Hamish will be picking up a bass in his new position.

“I used to play bass back in the day for a punk band and a progressive rock band,” Hamish says. “It’s been a while, but I’ve been locked in my studio for a couple of weeks getting the low-end skills sharp again.”

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Album Review : Jack J Hutchinson – The Hammer Falls

Review by Peter Coates – www.facebook.com/InsideEdgePhotography

JACK J HUTCHINSON – THE HAMMER FALLS
Release – 4th Feb 2022

London-based guitarist / vocalist Jack J Hutchinson has been one of the busiest musicians out there during the COVID-19 pandemic, doing live streams, special edition recordings, cover versions (including an epic version of War Pigs) and released his last studio album – Who Feeds The Wolf – in Oct 2019, along with a “Live” album Who Feeds The Lockdown in 2020.  

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Album Review : SCARLET REBELS – See Through Blue

Review by Peter Coates – www.facebook.com/InsideEdgePhotography

SCARLET REBELS – See Through Blue
Released – 28 Jan 2022
Earache Records

I have been fortunate enough to get access to a whole host of albums in the past 18 months from the vibrant and booming rock scene in the UK in particular – whether NWOCR or otherwise, and as we roll into 2022, one of the first of the New Year releases has hit my in-box thanks to PK at TMR PR and Media.

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Tour News: Robben Ford 2022 Australian Tour

Legendary US artist Robben Ford to tour Australia in May, 2022.

Headline performances at Blues on Broadbeach, with Newcastle, Melbourne, Sydney & Adelaide side shows added.

Presented by Gerard Allman Events.

Renowned American artist Robben Ford returns to Australia in May 2022 for headline appearances at Blues on Broadbeach, and a run of not-to-be-missed exclusive dates in Melbourne (Memo Music Hall), Sydney (Factory Theatre), Newcastle (Lizotte’s) and Adelaide (The Gov).  As an added treat, Ford will be bringing his band with him – Doug Belote on Drums, Andy Hess on Bass and Jovan Quallo on Keys and Sax.

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Album Review : Devil Electric – Godless

Review by Peter Coates – www.facebook.com/InsideEdgePhotography

DEVIL ELECTRIC – Godless
Released – 12/11/21

Melbourne fuzz-rock band Devil Electric have just released their highly anticipated new album, Godless. The record is a collection of ideas and experiences that can simply be described as “the next evolution” of their sound.  While keeping true to the band’s DNA, you’ll still find the heavy grooves and tones of 70’s inspired hard rock as Godless takes it one step further by peeling back to a rather more LoFi sound, a credit to producer Julian Schweitzer who worked with the band on the album.

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