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I felt refreshed on Saturday, and vowed to make this a big day…..and so it turned out that I would catch 11 acts throughout the day. This began with Australian cult TV (and now, live) music-trivia quiz show, Rockwiz. Hosts, Brian Nankervis and Julia Zemiro selected 4 panellists from the audience, who were later joined …

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The Friday at Bluesfest is traditionally one of the bigger days as far as crowd attendance is concerned, with many 3-day ticket holders beginning their festival on this day. To kick off proceedings, who better than one of Australia’s finest party bands, 19-Twenty to launch into a set full of fun, frivolity and fervour with …

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Guitar-slinger, Albert Cummings has written and recorded his third album for release on his own indie label imprint, Ivy Music Company, and will be his eleventh overall album in a career spanning back to the 1990’s. Cummings began his musical journey as a self-taught banjo player, but soon progressed to guitar after seeing Stevie Ray …

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With only 15 weeks to go, Bluesfest Byron Bay has just added a further two artists (along with special guests) to its’ already impressive lineup for Easter 2024. These additions take the total number of acts up to 51, with more to be announced. Making his way onto the lineup will be four-time Grammy Award …

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On a lazy Sunday afternoon in sunny Melbourne, The Silversound came to show their latest wares with the launch of their new EP, FuzzBoxGirl (available via Cheersquad Records). In an early surprise, the band initially took to the stage minus their rhythm section of Stu Thomas and Leroy Cope. The two guitar players of the …

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Melbourne psychedelic supergroup, The Silversound, have re-convened after a short break, re-set their effects pedals, turned the fuzz up to 11, and added to their 2023 recorded haul with the release of new EP, Fuzz Box Girl, a tasty book-end to their March debut, self-titled album. The EP, while obviously a vehicle for the title …

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Iconic Aussie guitarist, Mark ‘Diesel’ Lizotte, played a mini-tour through Tasmania this past weekend, with his final show being at the beautiful Franklin Palais in Franklin, south of Hobart in the Huon Valley. This performance was a continuation of his ‘Greatest Hits Alone With The Blues Tour’, and was conducted to showcase his 2021 blues …

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Iconic Aussie rock band Grinspoon‘s ‘Easy Detention Tour’ rolled into Hobart last night with an electric show from go to whoa, as each band in the lineup successively ramped up the excitement before culminating with the headliners playing a mash-up of songs from their two albums, Easy and New Detention. First up were Byron Bay’s …

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Bluesfest Byron Bay has just released the third announcement of artists for it’s 2024 festival. The announcement concentrates on those artists who will appear, and headline the festival on the first day, Thursday 28th March. Heading up the 11 artists in this announcement are US pop-rock sensations, Portugal. The Man; Australian independent singer-songwriter and global …

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Six years on from their last recorded outing, Pleasure Maps, The Sand Pebbles have finally managed to out-manoeuvre a global pandemic to release what is arguably their finest work to date, The Antagonist, the seventh long player (and eighth if you include the US compilation, A Thousand Wild Flowers) from the band. Over a 21 …

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