Andrew Fuller, Author at Backseat Mafia

News: The festival proper begins – Bluesfest Byron Bay, Day 1, Thursday 28.03.2024

Following on from the special Camper’s Night show, Bluesfest Byron Bay began in earnest with its’ first full day’s entertainment. It is impossible to shoot/see everybody, but we tried to…

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News: …..and so it began: Bluesfest Byron Bay Campers Night Wednesday 27.03.2024

Traditionally, Bluesfest Byron Bay commences on the Thursday before Easter, and goes through until Easter Monday, providing adoring crowds a full 5 day music extravaganza. However, in the last two…

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News: Tinariwen announce Australia/New Zealand tour

Desert-blues pioneers, Tinariwen, have announced an eight-date tour of New Zealand and Australia in May/June of this year. The tour begins in New Zealand before winging its’ way across the…

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Album Review: Cedric Burnside brings us a breath of fresh air with some sweet Hill Country Love

Grammy Award winning bluesman, Cedric Burnside returns with his latest long-play offering, Hill Country Love, 14 tracks of authentic Mississippi hill country blues which is the follow-up to his Grammy…

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Album Review: The Kill Devil Hills 7th album, the masterful Matango!

6 years on from their last release, Pink Fit, The Kill Devil Hills have released a juggernaut of an album in Matango! For those who may be unaware of The…

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Album Review: Observers – The Age Of The Machine Entity

Martin Kennedy has been nothing if not prolific in recent times. From All India Radio to collaborations with Gareth Koch and Steve Kilbey, Kennedy has brought us some of the…

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Live Gallery: MONA Foma Festival – QOTSA – MONA lawns 16.02.2024

Very privileged to have had Queens Of The Stone Age play twice in Hobart during the Museum of Old & New Art’s MONA Foma Festival 2024. These shots are from…

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News: Aussie independent darlings, Hussy Hicks, release gripping new blues track, Fool On The Hill on back of news of upcoming album

16 years in, and the fiercely independent and hard-working Hussy Hicks, continue to bring us truly wondrous new music. This time, it is the southern blues-inspired Fool On The Hill,…

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Live Review + Gallery: MONA FOMA festival – Mogwai, Kutcha Edwards & The Australian Art Orchestra and The Shruti Sessions MONA Lawns, 23.02.2024

An eclectic mix of artists played the Friday edition of The MONA Sessions, with headline act Mogwai being joined by indigenous star, Kutcha Edwards (accompanied by the Australian Art Orchestra)…

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Album review: Giving It Away by Claire Anne Taylor

If there is one name that is synonymous with independent folk and folk-rock in Tasmania today, it is Claire Anne Taylor. The girl with the fiery red hair and the…

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