Photos by Peter Coates – www.facebook.com/InsideEdgePhotography
featuring Bailey Zimmerman – Corey Kent – Hailey Whitters – Kip Moore – Mitchell Tenpenny – Randy Houser – The Wolfe Brothers – Cam
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Bailey Zimmerman
Cam
Corey Kent
Hailey Whitters
Kip Moore
Mitchell Tenpenny
Randy Houser
The Wolfe Brothers
Photos by Peter Coates – www.facebook.com/InsideEdgePhotography
Gallery featuring: Zac Brown Band – Travis Collins – Ashley McBryde – Madeline Edwards – Jordan Davis – Caroline Jones – Cam – Brittney Spencer – Bailey Zimmerman
Ashley McBryde
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Bailey Zimmerman
Brittney Spencer
Cam
Caroline Jones
Jordan Davis
Madeline Edwards
Travis Collins
Zac Brown Band
Review by Peter Coates – www.facebook.com/InsideEdgePhotography
A scorching hot and humid day welcomed the crowds to CMC Rocks on Day 1 proper of the festival, with all the usual sights and sounds of this iconic feature of the Australian and global Country Music calendar, curated by Michael Chugg and his incredible team at Frontier. The sad news was the death this week of Foxtel boss Brian Walsh, who along with the late Rob Potts and Michael Chugg were the three key founders of the CM Rocks phenomenon, and a toast and cheer from the crowd was warm and genuine.
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Continue reading Live Review: CMC Rocks 2023 Willowbank Raceway, Ipswich – Day 1Review and photos by Peter Coates – www.facebook.com/InsideEdgePhotography
KIP MOORE / RANDY HOUSER
Hordern Pavilion, Sydney
16th March 2023
This was the second show of this CMC Rocks week of sideshows and festival, after Melbourne the night before, and a sold out crowd at the Hordern Pavilion in Sydney had streamed in from the country and was ready to get down and party.
Randy Houser may be one of the undercard for CMC Rocks , but he has perhaps the best voice in country music, and from the first line of the Whistlin’ Dixie he is right on song, with a voice like honey smoked JD that hits the spot immediately. After Boots On we get the monster hit of How Country Feels, with some great guitar interplay and a massive crowd reaction. Randy lets the super tight band let rip with a hoe-down middle eight that absolutely rocked, and there was lots of crowd singing in an extended back half of the song.
Continue reading Live Review and Photos: Kip Moore + Randy Houser at Hordern Pavilion, Sydney – 16th March 2023
With just over ten years since the release of their staggering debut album Neverbloom, Aussie metal leviathans MAKE THEM SUFFER have continued to flourish in the decade that has since passed.
MAKE THEM SUFFER will also pay homage to the album that started it all with the Neverbloom 10 Year Anniversary Tour this May and June, with special guests FIT FOR AN AUTOPSY all the way from New Jersey, as well as metalcore locals OCEAN SLEEPER.
Continue reading Make Them Suffer Celebrate 10 Years Of ‘Neverbloom’ With Anniversary Tour
When Richard Clapton told us the party never ends, he meant it.
Ralph, as he’s affectionately known, is celebrating 50 years as one of Australia’s foremost singer / songwriters with anniversary shows at the State Theatre in Sydney on Saturday, 15 April and the Palais Theatre in Melbourne on Friday, 19 May. Tickets for both shows go on sale at 9.00am on Monday, 20 February from Ticketmaster.
Continue reading Richard Clapton celebrates 50 years with shows in Sydney and MelbourneBrad Cox has announced his “Yarns and Yodels” shows for March and April 2023.
Australian chart-topping and ARIA-award winning act Boy & Bear announce their forthcoming self-titled fifth studio album, Boy & Bear, set to be released independently on May 26. To celebrate, the band shares the news that their latest single “Apex” is available today, and that they will hit the road touring Australia and New Zealand throughout June and July.
Following four ARIA top-10 charted albums, including two number ones, the indie band are following up with a new body of work, self-produced and recorded at Golden Retriever Studios in Marrickville, Sydney, and mixed by Craig Silvey at Toast Studios in London.
Continue reading Tour News: Boy & Bear Australia & New Zealand Tour 2023Multi-award winning artist set to support KINGSWOOD and perform headline shows through into June 2023
Boorloo/Perth-based indie-folk artist Jordy Maxwell has returned with his touching new single ‘Let Me Out‘ – produced by Andy Lawson (Noah Dillon, Death By Denim, Eskimo Joe).
Review by Peter Coates – www.facebook.com/InsideEdgePhotography
STARCRAZY
ANOTHER DAY ANOTHER SQUALOR EP
Released – March 10th 2023
Seldom does a new band appear on the Sydney scene with such a polished set of songs, and a live performance that goes perfectly with the music. When I saw them live at Glamfest last month I was taken aback at just how good Starcrazy turned out to be!
Continue reading EP Review: Starcrazy – Another Day, Another SqualorReviewer 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 Hell
