Review by Natasha Wyborn
Don McLean Live in Concert
Palais Theatre Melbourne Australia
Saturday, 29th April 2023.
Don Mclean has been announcing through his extensive 19-date Australian tour that this would be his last. On Saturday night, it was Melbourne’s turn to experience the 77-year-old American troubadour’s presence and what better venue to see him than the Palais Theatre.
Continue reading Live Review: Don McLean at Palais Theatre, Melbourne – 29 April 2023Photos by David Jackson – shotz by jackson
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Red Hot Summer Tour
Gateway Lakes Wodonga Victoria
April 1st, 2023
featuring: Paul Kelly, Bernard Fanning and Missy Higgins, Mark Seymour, Vika & Linda, Ian Moss and Troy Cassar-Daley
Attending a Red-Hot Summer Tour is like witnessing the perfect storm without the rain. Combine an incredible line-up, a great venue, and a schedule that runs like clockwork. Add in near-perfect weather; seriously, what else could a person want? On Saturday, the crowd flocked to the Gateway Lakes in Wodonga, Victoria, selling out the show weeks before. Listening to the crowd on the way in this is the staple music diet of many, often buying tickets months in advance, and there is little wonder why. This is one of the country’s best venues to see a live act. Unlike many other venues, the venue has easy driving and parking access without the headache of waiting hours to get out. The mood throughout the day was one of ease and calmness. Children were welcome, with many getting an early education into some of the country’s best music and artists.
Continue reading Live Review: Red Hot Summer Tour at Gateway Lakes, Wodonga – 1 April 2023Photos by David Jackson – shotz by jackson
featuring: Paul Kelly, Bernard Fanning and Missy Higgins, Mark Seymour, Vika & Linda, Ian Moss and Troy Cassar-Daley
Reviewer and photos by David Jackson – shotz by jackson
Brad Cox has grown a reputation throughout Australia as a country rock artist collecting thousands of fans. Since hitting the country scene five years ago, Cox has shown his writing, and performing skills are some of the best in country music. This tour and opening concert, in particular, allowed fans to hear traditionally louder songs in an intimate environment. For a confessed “softie” that “cries when he gets a mosquito bite”, Thursday night’s warm-up show of the ‘Yarns and Yodels’ tour in Victoria must have been emotional overload.
Continue reading Live Review + Photos: Brad Cox – Yarns & Yodels Tour at Riverlinks Westside, Shepparton – 16th March 2023Reviewer and photos by David Jackson – shotz by jackson
Chocolate Starfish plays Bat Out Of Hell
Albury Entertainment Centre Friday, February 10th 2023.
The “sirens are screaming, and the fires are howling way down in the Albury tonight”
The enthusiastic crowd at the Albury Entertainment Centre got to witness Chocolate Starfish’s latest in their classic album series.
I will disclose from the onset that I have an unashamed bias for the showmanship of Chocolate Starfish, in particular frontman Adam Thompson. Few music frontmen can play a show full throttle from the first note to the last, engaging every audience member. Few bands would dare to tackle in full one of the greatest albums produced in the 20th century; however the task seemed easy for this band.
Continue reading Review + Photos: Chocolate Starfish – Bat Out Of HellPhotos by David Jackson – shotz by jackson
Chocolate Starfish
Reviewer Natasha Wyborn
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One Electric Day
Kent Reserve Victor Harbour South Australia
Saturday, November 5, 2022
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The Temper Trap supporting Kings of Leon at Mildura Sporting Precinct
Read our Live Review : KINGS OF LEON at Mildura Sporting Precinct – 29 October 2022
Continue reading Photo Gallery : The Temper Trap at Mildura Sporting Precinct – 29 October 2022Photos by David Jackson – shotz by jackson
Big Country Festival – 7th May 2022
Berry Showground, NSW
https://www.facebook.com/BigCountryFestival
Festival Line Up
Mel Dyer, Amber Lawrence, Adam Harvey Kaylee Bell, Casey Barnes, The McClymonts, Shannon Noll, Wolfe Brothers, Travis Collins, Steve Forde, Adam Brand, Lee Kernaghan, Lanco.
Review by David Jackson
Released on April 15, 2022, to coincide with his birthday. Lee Kernaghan has provided his thousands of country fans with an opportunity to cruise the highway listening to his past thirty years of hits and memories.
Recorded Live in 2019 at, the Deni Ute Muster live is a compilation of Kernahans greatest hits recorded in one of the unique places on the planet.
Continue reading Album Review : Lee Kernaghan – Live At Deni Ute MusterReviewer David Jackson – shotz by jackson
https://www.goulburnvalleycountrymusicfestival.com.au/
Continue reading Photo Gallery : Goulburn Valley Country Music Festival 2022Photographer: David Jackson
St Kilda Festival is Australia’s largest community festival; a celebration of community spirit, live local music and the beautiful St Kilda foreshore.
Since the first St Kilda Festival in 1980, this well-loved annual summer celebration has established itself as an iconic event that brings hundreds of thousands of people together for one massive day of free fun!
Continue reading Photo Gallery : St Kilda Festival – 9th February 2020
