Following their seven-year hiatus, the return to Australia of Canadian rockers THE TEA PARTY this July sees the band welcomed back with open arms.

Thanks to the overwhelming support by fans in Melbourne & Brisbane, the SOLD OUT sign is up at The Palais & The Tivoli, with the other states soon to follow suit. For those lucky folk in Melbourne however, The Tea Party are set to rock the southern state once more with a 2nd show on Sunday July 15 at The Hi-Fi. Stuart Chatwood says, “We asked Paul Dainty, the promoter, if he could accommodate a club show for us on this tour. While we love doing theatres, there’s something about rolling up your sleeves and playing a packed rock club. It speaks to the roots of this band, the immediacy, the excitement…. we wanted to give fans the opportunity to see us in a different environment as opposed to just doing a repeat of the first SOLD OUT show at the Palais”. Tickets for The Hi-Fi show go on sale Monday July 2.
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One of our nation’s most iconic voices, Xavier Rudd, is excited to announce the SPIRIT BIRD Australian Tour – his most extensive tour yet!

To celebrate the anticipated release of his striking seventh studio album, the tour will take Xavier Rudd to 28 cities and regional centers around the country, from Airlie Beach to Albany. Tickets go on sale at 9am on Thursday 21 June.

Already producing his highest-selling single to date with the beautiful Follow The Sun; Spirit Bird is Xavier’s deepest and most explorative album, finding the ever socially-conscience Rudd delving into his musical and spiritual ancestry.
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By Natalie Salvo
Barry Morgan’s a piano man but he’s not singing songs. The man who put the “organ” into “Morgan” is the alter ego of comedian, Stephen Teakle, who originally rose to fame on Spicks & Specks. On his debut album, The Touch Of You he pulls out all the stops (that’s an organ joke) with eight instrumental songs that sound as big as his wind-swept hairdo and as wide as his enthusiastic smile.

For most people the organ is typically associated with the sounds of church or hold music, like muzak. But here we get a retro guy from the city of churches (we’re told his shop is in Adelaide’s Sunnyside Mall) and some rather real sounding music. Consider that he couples warm and velvety tangos with some lounge-style grooves and a few sultry bossa novas, for a start.
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After entrancing a lucky audience at his outstanding sold out performance in Sydney earlier this year; The Frontier Touring Company has announced an East Coast tour for the incredible singer-songwriter, James Morrison.

Morrison will be visiting Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane as part of ‘The Awakening World Tour’ which will see the much loved Englishman perform crowd favourites including ‘I Won’t Let You Go’, ‘You Make It Real’ and the song that started it all, ‘You Give Me Something’.
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Due to the large amount of rain over the last week and the upcoming forecast, we have made the hard discussion to postpone the festival and use our reschedule date, Saturday 25th August.
The inaugural Home Festival at Raymond Park, Kangaroo Point, will be the community’s ‘home’ for a day. Guests will feel the power of a place where you are included, safe, and welcome to join in with a wealth of creative energy.

Settle into the Pineapple Lounge or check out the Shed for live music including local talents of gypsy outfit Greshka and the gorgeous guitars of The Deckchairs, with many more performers yet to be announced. Enjoy a beer, wine or sip on the famous champine in the lounge bar area.

Visit the Kitchen for delicious, healthy food from local vendors. Dive into the Garage Sale for a monster Suitcase Rummage. Children are welcome to build a cubby in the Backyard, with materials supplied by Reverse Garbage. And finally, sit back as the sun goes down for a free outdoor screening of The Castle – the quintessential Aussie story of home.
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‘Waste Me’ is a commanding slice of frantic-paced pop, once again featuring the fervent vocal of the group’s co-lead vocalist Hannah Shepherd and bolstered by the savvy production muscle of Brisbane’s Matt Redlich (Hungry Kids of Hungary, Ball Park Music, emma louise) – it certainly is Charlie Mayfair like you’ve never heard them before. Since the percussive ‘Tell Her’ laced national and community radio airwaves, the guitars have been turned up, the drums have become more feverish and the melodies have been sharpened to pop supremacy.
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12 Weeks Only. Melbourne Only.
Her Majesty’s Theatre – From 20 October 2012

Academy®, Tony® and Emmy Award® winner Geoffrey Rush returns to his true home on stage in the absurdly funny musical A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum.

With music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, under the direction of Simon Phillips (Priscilla Queen of the Desert), this shamelessly retro musical pays homage to vintage vaudeville in an orgy of classic theatrical comedy, bawdy stage high jinks and sensational slapstick.

Geoffrey Rush bounds onto stage as the scheming slave Pseudolus, attempting to win his freedom from the henpecked Senex and his overbearing wife, Domina. When he learns his master’s dim-witted son has fallen in love with a virgin courtesan, he seizes the opportunity to secure his release.
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Cool video #guitar lesson: “All Along the Watchtower”…
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All Along the Watchtower
Mike Pachelli will help you learn all the parts to “All Along the Watchtower” by Jimi Hendrix. The song was written and recorded by Bob Dylan in 1967, but Hendrix recorded it a year later. The recording of “All Along the Watchtower” began at Olympia Studios in London early 1968, but was finished in the summer of ’68 at the Record Plant in New York City. Hendrix wasn’t satisfied with what he had recorded in London, so in order to complete the song, many tracks had to be erased to make room for new takes.

Mike plays a Gibson Custom Les Paul Axcess Standard in this lesson.

Cool video #guitar lesson: “All Along the Watchtower”…
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Three stages, eight hours of non-stop music and a variety of genres spanning from indie-folk to heavy metal, Brisbane’s 4 Walls Festival is an event geared to bring you the very best of Australia’s freshest up-and-coming talent. Now in its third year, the all ages event has seen the likes of Matt Corby and Last Dinosaurs take to the stage in the past, right before they were swept up into the loving arms of our nation. This year’s festival boasts a similar caliber of talent with The Paper Kites, The Medics, Millions, Cub Scouts, The Belligerents and Fairchild Republic announced as festival headliners.

Held at the Queensland Academy of Creative Industries in the heart of Kelvin Grove’s urban village, 4 Walls was launched by Youth Music Industries in 2010 who saw a gap in the all ages market. Initially set up to provide new musicians with the chance of gaining festival experience alongside some fresh Aussie talent, the festival has flourished into a hotly anticipated sell-out event.
Continue reading Festival News: 4 Walls Festival – Brisbane – August 4, 2012 →