Live Review : Bluesfest Byron Bay 2022 – Day 3

By Wanda Hill

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Well it’s not a dream, it is real and it’s happening again. After so long without festivals it doesn’t seem possible to see live music, five consecutive days in a row. Day three and everything is smooth. The parking and traffic situation has been sorted, the long queues are a thing of yesterday and everything just feels a bit more relaxed. Families are out with their kids, many having their first ever festival experience.

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Album Review : THUNDER – Dopamine

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

THUNDER – Dopamine  
Double LP 
Released – April 29th 2022 via BMG

Thunder may be the band who will just never give up – having been a fan from the earliest Terraplane days in the late 1980’s, and having been lucky enough to be present at the 10th Anniversary “farewell” tour in 1999, and the 20 Years & Out show at Hammersmith Odeon in 2009 (despite moving to Australia in 1998) and even getting to shoot the sold-out Hammersmith Apollo show in March 2015, we felt thrilled to get the band to Australia in 2017 for some intimate, but very raucous club shows.

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Live Review : Goulburn Valley Country Music Festival 2022

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Goulburn Valley Country Music Festival 2022
Shepparton Showground Victoria  
Review by Natasha Rachow 

Photo Gallery : Goulburn Valley Country Music Festival 2022

Driving down to what was a hometown gig, I was full of excitement. Nobody parties like a country crowd, and boy, was this a long time coming. From the beginning, I must compliment the promoters’ commitment to bringing this event to the town; after two years, who would not be excited.

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Live Review : Bluesfest Byron Bay 2022 – Day 2

By Wanda Hill

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Bluesfest has been reborn in full glory after years of pandemic restrictions preventing the festival from going ahead. Friday’s epic line up saw the venue packed with music lover’s eager to feast on the gods of Australian rock music as well as welcoming international artists who have waited a long time to grace our shores. 

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Where the Devil – Beaten Down Broken Crown (Official Video)

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Newcastle’s Where the Devil is back with a vengeance on single number six, ‘Beaten Down Broken Crown’. The chameleonic Aussie five-piece has enjoyed widespread praise for its efforts straddling numerous metal sub-genres and its newest single and frenetic new music video is set to turn things up to 11. 

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The Whitlams, Black Stump Band Return With New Single ‘The Day John Sattler Broke His Jaw’

In 2021, during the depths of Covid, Tim Freedman loaded his piano into the back of the car and headed out on a solo regional tour. While driving between Gunnedah and Mudgee, via Black Stump Way, he discovered that The Whitlams’ ‘Man About a Dog’ – a song about driving through the country after heavy rains have broken the drought – had been added to country radio.

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Tour News : Full Tilt Festival Returns In July With A Huge Line-up!

Just when you thought Full Tilt was done and dusted for 2022, the team at Destroy All Lines have brought their A game to deliver a sequel of truly epic proportions, with an army of international and local alternative acts ready to descend on the East Coast this July.

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Live Review : Catherine Britt at Crown Hotel Wentworth – 1st April 2022

Reviewer David Jackson – shotz by jackson   

Every Catherine Britt concert is a reminder of how she is one of country music’s finest vocalists. Hailing from Newcastle, Britt continued her around Australia Bush Pubs Tour at Wentworth on Friday night. Describing her tour as a labour of love inspired by the late Slim Dusty, Britt’s goal is to take her music to every corner of the country. Despite the Covid disruptions, she has managed to cover a considerable amount of it.  Having three golden guitars and nominated for three more from her latest venture, ‘Home Truths’ in Tamworth, in two weeks. Britt has a long history of playing and collaborating with some of music’s best, including Sir Elton John. Britt is an artist that crosses many music barriers from blues to roots to heartfelt country.  

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Blacken Open Air Festival – 2022 – Line Up Announcement!

July 29 – August 1, Ross River Resort, Central Australia

Unstoppable BLACKEN OPEN AIR Returns with Full Force

How far would you go to attend a heavy metal camping festival in the heart of Australia? How about a 40,000 km return trip, nearly the circumference of the globe? For American tech death titans, REVOCATION, this is the insane itinerary! Traveling all the way from Boston, Massachusetts, REVOCATION are making an exclusive headline appearance at BLACKEN OPEN AIR.

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Kasey Chambers and Busby Marou ‘Behind The Barricades Tour’ 2022

Good mates, Kasey Chambers and Busby Marou announced their ‘Behind The Barricades Tour’ last year. After a few scheduling changes we’re excited to announce the 17 date tour along the east coast and South Australia is due to kick off in Victoria in four weeks.

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