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Album Review: The Milk Men – Holy Cow
Review by Peter Coates
THE MILK MEN – HOLY COW
Released – 3rd May 2024
The Milk Men are: Adam Norsworthy (The Mustangs) on guitar, Jamie Smy on vocals, Lloyd Green (son of Mick Green – Johnny Kidd & The Pirates) on bass guitar, and Mike Roberts (from the excellent Pirates) on drums. The guys have been rocking around the UK for the past 14 years, with an exhilarating live show, and Holy Cow is their fifth studio album release.
Continue reading Album Review: The Milk Men – Holy CowLive Review: Joe Bonamassa at Royal Albert Hall, London – April 4th 2024
Review – Peter Coates
Photos – Marty Moffatt
Any Joe Bonamassa show is something of an event, and the now fairly regular occurrences at the Royal Albert Hall are on another level. This was the 11th show here in 15 years, and the first of two nights, and the local musician network was out in force to watch one of the masters at work. The lights dim, and the intro tape gets overtaken by the band, and then Joe hits the stage in sharp suit, shades and sneakers, and we are off and running.
Continue reading Live Review: Joe Bonamassa at Royal Albert Hall, London – April 4th 2024Music Spotlight – 06.04.24
Featuring: A Short Walk to Pluto – Mia Wray – Missy Higgins – Frank Turner – Drahla – Wisp – Boston Manor – Microwave –
Hayley Marsten – Alpha Wolf –
Live Review + Photos: Byron Bay Bluesfest – Monday 01 April 2024
Review by Wanda Hill
Photos by Ant Ritz
A vigorous end to the 35th Bluesfest was had with Californian band Infectious Grooves powering up the Mojo with unprecedented levels of exhilaration and raw energy. Front man Mike Muir (also from Suicidal Tendencies) spoke between songs, espousing living life your own way and the benefits of abstaining from alcohol. Hardcore motivational speaking between funk/metal masterpieces that are a rare treat stylistically for Bluesfest. Festival director Peter Noble was down the front enjoying the final night’s headline act. Clearly his passion for music across a diverse range of genres is what makes his musical curation such a success year after year. Bassist extraordinaire Rob Trujillo (current Metallica and former Suicidal Tendencies) brought his signature heavy yet deeply funky basslines to the show, and towards the end of the set his son Tye Trujillo (current Suicidal Tendencies) also a bass player of phenomenal skill, joined the band on stage for double delivery of bass brilliance.
Continue reading Live Review + Photos: Byron Bay Bluesfest – Monday 01 April 2024Live Review + Photos: Byron Bay Bluesfest – Sunday 31 March 2024
Review by Wanda Hill
Photos by Ant Ritz
Great to witness some new to Bluesfest artists performing over the weekend. The Jambalaya was alive with powerful female vocalists this easter Sunday. Fresh Australian talent WILSN blew everyone away with the beauty and clarity of her tone. Citing a few years living in Nashville as seminal in her song writing development. She is back in Australia now sharing her contemporary soul music with new audiences. Don’t miss the opportunity to see her emerging brilliance 5pm today at the Delta stage.
Continue reading Live Review + Photos: Byron Bay Bluesfest – Sunday 31 March 2024Live Review + Photos: Byron Bay Bluesfest – Saturday 30 March 2024
Review by Wanda Hill
Photos by Ant Ritz
Saturday Night Bluesfest 2024
Big bands and big personalities were the flavour of Saturday night. Age is no impediment to pulling a crowd at Bluesfest. Tom Jones had the lion’s share of the festival crowd donning portable camp chairs at the Crossroads, while he sang Sex Bomb and other hits to the largest audience so far at this year’s festival. At 83, women are still throwing their underwear at him. The Blind Boys of Alabama joined him on stage for a few songs making the one man show a more collaborative experience. With that much love in the room for one man he must be able to float to his next show. An aeroplane is probably unnecessary.
Continue reading Live Review + Photos: Byron Bay Bluesfest – Saturday 30 March 2024Live Review + Photos: Byron Bay Bluesfest – 28-29 March 2024
Review by Wanda Hill
Photos by Ant Ritz
Celebrating 35 years of Byron Bay Bluesfest
With recent seminal festival cancelations front of mind, celebrating 35 years of Byron Bay’s Bluesfest really is a remarkable achievement. In a press conference yesterday Peter Noble announced that the 36th Byron Bay Bluesfest will be a four rather than a five day event next year, to help ease music industry pressures and ensure continued delivery of the regions premiere world class music event.
The 2024 iteration started in glorious sunshine and good vibes. The thinner crowds of Thursday night enabled friends to find each other easily amidst a sense of being in a magical place for a marathon of music. The sunset obliged filling the sky with golds and reds, illuminating the feelings of happiness oozing from the venue.
Continue reading Live Review + Photos: Byron Bay Bluesfest – 28-29 March 2024Music Spotlight – 30.03.24
Featuring : Girl and Girl – St. Vincent – The Vulcan Itch – Slash feat. Brian Johnson – Ruel – DMA’S – Letters Sent Home – Tiny Habits – This Space Is Ours – Sum 41
Continue reading Music Spotlight – 30.03.24Photo Gallery: Lainey Wilson at Hordern Pavilion, Sydney – 22 March 2024
Photos by Peter Coates – www.facebook.com/InsideEdgePhotography
Lainey Wilson at Hordern Pavilion, Sydney – 22 March 2024
With special guests Jackson Dean & Kameron Marlowe
Photo Gallery: Letz Zep at The Tuning Fork, Auckland, NZ – 6th March 2024
Music Spotlight – 10.03.24
Featuring The Bankes Brothers – Joan & The Giants – Orianthi – Joe Bonamassa – Marcus King – Otis – The Butterfly Effect – Philip Sayce – Bex Marshall – Jack J Hutchinson
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featuring Hollow Coves – The Dandy Warhols – Slash – Jet City Sports Club – Beastö Blancö – Lutharo – ALESTORM – Patty Gurdy – Katy Steele – Beans – Chloe Styler
Continue reading Music Spotlight – 02.03.24Album Review: Walter Trout – Broken
Review and live photos by Peter Coates – www.facebook.com/InsideEdgePhotography
WALTER TROUT – BROKEN
PROVOGUE RECORDS / MASCOT LABEL GROUP
Release Date – 1st March 2024
All of us are broken. But no-one is beyond repair. It’s a philosophy that Walter Trout has lived by during seven volatile decades at the heart of America’s society and blues-rock scene. Even now, with the world more fractured than ever – by politics, economics, social media and culture wars – the fabled US bluesman’s latest album, Broken, chronicles the bitter schisms of modern life but refuses to succumb to them.
Continue reading Album Review: Walter Trout – BrokenAlbum Review: Bex Marshall – Fortuna
Review by Peter Coates – www.facebook.com/InsideEdgePhotography
BEX MARSHALL – FORTUNA
Released – 1st March 2024
Dixie Frog Records
The long-awaited studio album from Bex Marshall, Fortuna, is a ten-track blues tapestry that bulges to the edges with addictive hooks and story lines. Bex is a writer of notability, she pushes the boundaries of blues and weaves the genre in and out of blues, funk, rock, and Americana.
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