Photographer: Calvin Cropley
Photographer: Matt Holliday
Photographer: Matt Holliday
Continue reading Photo Gallery : You Me At Six at The Forum, Melbourne (with Hellions + Columbus) – 24 September 2017
Photographer: Peter Coates
Photographer: Peter Coates
Continue reading Photo Gallery : Dream Theater “Images, Words & Beyond Tour” at Palais Theatre, Melbourne – 20 September 2017
Written by Natasha Wyborn
Quiet please there’s a lady on stage and boy what a lady she is. In todays music industry marked with tantrums and constant drama Tina Arena is a stand out, a survivor. In fact Tina has been a star since she first hit Australian television as part of the Young Talent Team all those years ago. Unlike a lot of artists Arena’s history is promoted proudly throughout the show. There is reference to it and photographs on the multiple screens provide the audience to transform back to a time when life was so much simpler.
Continue reading Live Review : Tina Arena at Ulumbarra Theatre, Bendigo – 13 September 2017
Photographer: David Jackson
Photographer: David Jackson
Continue reading Photo Gallery : Tina Arena at Ulumbarra Theatre, Bendigo – 13 September 2017
Photographer: Wendy Robinson
Photographer: Wendy Robinson
Continue reading Photo Gallery : Niall Horan at Enmore Theatre, Sydney – 10 September 2017
Review by Peter Coates
One of the old guard of the US Blues battalion, equally respected by the likes of John Lee Hooker, Canned Heat and John Mayall with whom he earned his stripes in the 1970s and 1980s, and the young upstarts of the industry, such as Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Joe Bonamassa and Eric Gales, Walter Trout has basically gathered together a who’s who of the modern blues family to perform with him and his band in a joyous project that really delivers a fantastic collection of original tracks written by Trout specifically for the guitarist joining him for the track (with a little help from his wife in channelling the different blues styles to the right guest!).
Continue reading Album Review : Walter Trout – We’re All In This Together
Review by Peter Coates
Another Nashville trio who spends more time on the road than in the studio, performing live, writing on the bus and in dressing rooms, with 215 shows in 2016 supporting their debut album, Let Love Show The Way, SIMO are way more than just a vehicle for the ridiculously talented singer / guitarist JD Simo, whose serious blues chops were showcased in the loud and raucous songs on the first album.
Continue reading Album Review : Simo – ‘Rise & Shine’
Photographer: Wendy Robinson
Photographer: Wendy Robinson
WITH CONFIDENCE – AUSTRALIAN HEADLINE TOUR 2017 details here…!
Continue reading Photo Gallery : With Confidence + Seaway + WSTR at The Factory Theatre, Sydney – 18 August 2017
Review by Peter Coates
Brisbane band The Dustflowers belong somewhere south of the Mason-Dixon line in the southern USA, with their first release ‘Get There’ a collection of 5 songs that are gritty hip-swinging blues-rockers with a country twist, or country-rock with some added soul! You can take your pick – whatever style you like, the songs are all class! Recorded on the Gold Coast at Blind Boy Studios, and produced by Brad Hosking, a well-known session player and producer, this EP is a great intro to an Aussie band with stacks of international appeal.
Continue reading Album Review : THE DUSTFLOWERS – GET THERE
Photographer: David Jackson
Photographer: David Jackson
Continue reading Photo Gallery : Broadbeach Country Music Festival, Queensland – 28-30 July 2017
Photographer: Peter Coates
Photographer: Peter Coates
Continue reading Photo Gallery : Steve Hackett at The Tivoli, Brisbane – 02 August 2017
Review and photo by Peter Coates
The original band’s front man Patrick Monahan is Train now, offering up a greatest hits set, with a terrific sound and production, supported by a band of very competent session musicians and two female backing vocalists bulking up the harmonies.
Continue reading Live Review + Photos : TRAIN at The Tivoli, Brisbane – 31 July 2017 (support J.R. Reyne)
Another high quality and interesting release from Provogue / Mascot Label Group which is becoming something of a powerhouse for both established and up and coming blues artists of all persuasions. Clyde Vernon “Sonny” Landreth is a renowned slide guitarist, and “the King of Slydeco”, hailing from the deep south of the USA in Mississippi who has been based in Lafayette for many years . His background includes being part of both John Hiatt’s band and John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers, as well as featuring on both live and studio recordings with the likes of Marshall Crenshaw, Eric Clapton, Jimmy Buffett, Little Feat and Mark Knopfler.
Continue reading Album Review : Sonny Landreth – Recorded Live In Lafayette
Review and Photos by Meghan Player
Photographer: Meghan Player
There’s little doubt that Grinspoon’s return to touring wouldn’t have received the response they have thus far.
Continue reading Live Review + Photos : Grinspoon at Enmore Theatre, Sydney – 6th & 7th July, 2017
