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Known as one of Tasmania’s (and Australia’s) premier guitarists, Pete Cornelius has just released his 10th album, the aptly named Southern. Opening track, Cruikshank is an epic, sprawling tale about the tragic fate of the MV Blythe Star which foundered off of the SW coast of Tasmania in 1973. The song is an homage to …

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For the uninitiated, Thorbjørn Risager & The Black Tornado are an 8-piece blues/roots band hailing from Denmark. With a traditional set up of vocals, guitars, bass and drums, they are joined by piano/keyboards, woodwind, brass and strings, amongst others, and multiple backing vocalists. The band have spent the last two decades traversing Europe, covering almost …

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Australia continues to carve out a rich tradition of excellent blues musicians and artists, a history which stretches back into the 1950’s and continues to this very day, and is seemingly going from strength to strength. To that end, winners of the solo/duo section of the 2024 Sydney Blues Challenge, Nathan Beretta and Dan Sullivan …

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It has been almost a year since I reviewed Claire Anne Taylor’s Giving It Away (review here), and over 55 gigs later after touring mainland Australia, she and her band brought the album home to her Tasmanian base along with some surprise new tracks which have been written and road-tested while on the long haul …

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On the back of the August release of their 8th album, Whatever, Whatever, Grinspoon continued their Whatever, Whenever, Wherever tour at The Odeon Theatre here in Hobart on Friday night. Almost 30 years have elapsed since the band became an entity in Lismore, New South Wales, and despite the highs and lows that they have …

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The legends that are The Church winged their way into Hobart to roll out the Tasmanian leg of their ‘The Already Yesterday Tour’, a celebration of the first four albums from the band, spanning the years 1981 to 1985, with those being Of Skins & Heart, The Blurred Crusade, Seance and Heyday. Steve Kilbey has, …

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Reincarnated punk legends, The Saints, hit The Odeon on a sultry Wednesday evening to deliver some large slices of Australian rock and roll history from the seminal period of the band’s early days from 1973 through to 1978. Founding members, Ed Kuepper on guitar and Ivor Hay on drums were joined by a veritable who’s …

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Grammy Award-winning guitar virtuosos Rodrigo y Gabriela are set to embark on an electrifying Australian tour in April 2025, bringing their acclaimed live performances to six cities. Known for their unique instrumental performances, the Mexican-born duo will grace audiences in Brisbane, Sydney, Thirroul, Canberra, Adelaide, and Melbourne with their intricate guitar work and infectious energy.  …

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It was an evening of firsts, as Hobart’s post-rock supergroup, follow, took to the live stage for the very first time and played songs from their debut LP, Old Haunts (album review by Senior Editor, Arun Kendall, here), which was released back in May 2023. Formed by past and present members of Luca Brasi, Silver …

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Grammy-nominated Tibetan singer/musician/composer, Tenzin Choegyal has just released the first track, the titular “Snow Flower” from his forthcoming album, a collaboration with multi-instrumentalists Matt Corby and Rohin Jones (of The Middle East), and songwriter Alex Henriksson.  The song is a poignant exploration of life’s impermanence, beautifully rendered in Tibetan and played on the dranyen, a …

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