16 Apr 2012
With a four day break, idle minds soon find a myriad of bizarre things to ponder, the first being the Byron Bay Bluesfest. Parts of this post first appeared in The Weekly Review.
14 Mar 2012
MOST recording artists enjoy a purple patch that defines their careers and for Detroit rocker Bob Seger it was the years 1976 to 1978. The songs from that era are the backbone of his new double-CD compilation, Ultimate Hits: Rock and Roll Never Forgets.
14 Feb 2012
If you love that good old fashioned, knee-slappin’, honky tonk country music then the latest album by The Little Willies, For The Good Times, is a must have.
The Little Willies is made up of the highly acclaimed Norah Jones (piano, vocals), Lee Alexander (bass), Jim Campilongo (guitar), Richard Julian (guitar, vocals) and Dan Rieser (drums).
06 Feb 2012
This is club music at its finest. Even to someone who’s gone a few years beyond the club scene demographic, that’s obvious because David Guetta has a hand in three tracks, Pitbull and Snoop Dog appear twice each, and there’s a lot of collaborations that either “feat.” another artist or that pit one “vs” the other.
That’s apparently how collaborations are done these days.
06 Feb 2012
It is the epitome of a bush cliché. You can take the boy out of the bush, but you can’t take the bush out of the boy.
Whilst Slim no longer walks this fine country with us, his music resonates through the voices of fellow Aussie artists in “Not so dusty 2 – The bushies tribute to Slim Dusty”
03 Feb 2012
So I was offered this amazing opportunity get a free copy of the new Roxette album Charm School Revisited, and all I have to do to get it is write a review. My inner 16 yr old self took over and I immediately jumped at the chance, or I tried to, only to find out that someone else had beaten me to it. A very well respected journalist.
13 Dec 2011
ELTON John is still standing, make no mistake. Despite reportedly battling bronchitis the 64 year old singing knight finished his world tour in Perth on December 11 with a bang.
26 Oct 2011
In this day and age, technology appears to be infiltrating every corner of our increasingly hectic lives. For the most part, people tend to see this as a good thing, with the ability to carry information with us and communicate on the go.
