Blues Explosion Cruise 15 June 2013
Story & Photos by John Snelson Another superb Blues Explosion Cruise on Sydney Harbour on Saturday – I dunno, Tony Cini must have sold his soul to the Devil to get a cracker day like this turned on for every cruise ! You can find more photos of the Blues Explosion Cruise here – but [...]
Baby Animals Fabulous Show
Story & Photos by John Snelson Last night, the crowd at The Factory Theatre were privileged to witness one of the best blues/rock bands fronted by a stunning, raunchy female singer I have seen for a long time – yes, it was that good – on stage the fabulous Baby Animals. More photos right here [...]
Mama Kin
Story & Photos by Carl Dziunka Following a great performance by Jess Ribeiro & The Bone Collectors, we were ready for Mama Kin. Mama Kin … there are many artists around that release albums and tour the country, but the standout for the first half of 2013 has got to be Mama Kin. Releasing her [...]
Jess Ribeiro
Story & Photos by Carl Dziunka Jess Ribeiro and the Bone Collectors appeared at The Caravan Music Club in Oakleigh as support for Mama Kin. A Country and Roots band that spends a lot of their time between Darwin and Melbourne, this is another band that is making a lot of headway in the first [...]
Getting On The Roll
Story & Photos by John Snelson Last night at The Hornsby Inn, a really good cover band The Roll Rock Band performed for the local punters – and what a good show they turned on. . The band is very busy, with plenty of experience and forward bookings with front singer Alyce Friendship, Tommy Monteith [...]
Martha Wainwright @ The Opera House
Story & Photos by John Snelson An enthusiastic audience pushed their way past the whooping families and crowds out to look at Vivid ! tonight, heading north. Well, not that far further north, to the Concert Hall in fact at The Sydney Opera House for a bit of Canadian songstress Martha Wainwright of the Wainwright [...]
Daniel Champagne
Story & Photos by John Snelson The Basement – the “club” that every serious performer wants to come to – to be appreciated by those who “know” good music. We’re here Wednesday night to see and listen to Daniel Champagne. This fits in with the quality component. Daniel is good – he’s very good. He’s [...]
Max Savage
Story and Photo by John Snnelson Max Savage – what to say. I can only take so much of a Tom Waits style vocal. Maybe he lost us when he appeared wearing one of those hats that “look at me – I’m serious” performers like to wear – and make the rest of us mutter [...]
Stone Monks
Story and Photo by John Snelson The Stone Monks appeared on Wednesday night at The Basement. The Stone Monks. Yah. They’re a slick, well rehearsed band – we liked the musicians and the sound. The singer had all the pop poses and contortions that are supposed to be sexy – they appealed to rent-a-crowd – [...]
Rev. Horton Heat
Story and Photos by Matt Young Hailing from the Lone Star State in the good old U.S.A, Reverend Horton Heat bought their unique sound to Brissies Hi Fi Bar last night. Blending punk, country, swing, big band and good time rockabilly rock ‘n’ roll, Reverend Horton Heat have been banging out their own signature Psychobilly [...]
The Rubens
Story by Regi Su It was a chilly May evening when I found myself meandering down the streets of Newtown and Enmore toward the Enmore Theatre. This weekend’s treat – The Rubens with Walk The Moon and other Triple J artists as support. What a fantastic night of music it was! The Enmore was the [...]
Bruce Mathiske
Story and Photos by John Snelson It’s a cold night in Sydney – but warm as toast in the bar down at Chatswood in the Zenith Theatre. I had not been here before and scored a neat parking spot just around the corner, so I was all set up for a nice evening with 1+1 [...]
Kaki King
Story and Photos by John Snelson Live ‘n cookin’ at Lizotte’s in Dee Why, the girl that Rolling Stone described as a “genre unto herself,” Kaki King performed to a smallish audience of 60 or so diners tonight. She is indeed very talented and manages to use every part of the guitar. Tonight she was [...]
Lloyd Spiegel
Story and Photos by John Snelson Top of the bill, Lloyd Spiegel took the middle set at Beaches Hotel at Thirroul on Sunday evening, coming on about 7-30pm to an excited and expectant crowd. More photos right here of Lloyd Spiegel at Thirroul. We have seen Lloyd many times but Colin Briscoe (from 2RRR 88.5fm [...]
Laura Zarb
Story by Colin Briscoe :: Photos by John Snelson Laura Zarb opened the proceedings at Beaches Hotel at Thirroul on Sunday Evening. More photos right here of Laura Zarb at Thirroul. Laura had a refreshing style about her playing and fine voice. I really enjoyed her own more hard hitting songs like “The Warning”, “Ode [...]
Jesse Valach & Blues Mountain
Story by Colin Briscoe and John Snelson :: Photos by John Snelson Closing act on Sunday was taken by Jesse Valach & Blues Mountain at Beaches Hotel at Thirroul. More photos right here of Jesse Valach & Blues Mountain. Jesse Valach and Blues Mountain were outstanding – coming up from Victoria for this gig and [...]
Dee Dee Lavell & Mama’s Boys
Story by Anthony Moulay & Mary Mackenzie, Photos by Anthony Moulay More Photos right here of Dee Dee Lavell & Mama’s Boys What does a girl have to do to get people out to a live music gig? The show in question was a performance by Dee Dee Lavell & Mama’s Boys at the Courthouse [...]
Ginhouse Blues Band
Story and photos by John Snelson Click here for more photos of the Ginhouse Blues Band at Towradgi show. One of the best blues bands you’ll ever see … The Ginhouse Blues Band … and were they on fire Sunday afternoon at Towradgi ! I have seen the band several times, but Sunday in front [...]
Stone Music Festival
Story & Photos by Ant Ritz Originally promoted as a music festival based on the cult Australian motorbike movie “Stone”, the Stone Music Festival was held at ANZ Stadium Homebush a few days ago. For some reason, some where along the way, the bikie link was quashed. In the run up to the festival there [...]
Guy Sebastian
Story & Photos by Ant Ritz Most people tend to think of Guy Sebastian as “a new kid on the block”. Yet you may be surprised to know that it was in 2003, 10 years ago, since Guy came to prominence as the first winner of Australian Idol. In that time he has become a [...]
Whole Lotta Love
Story & Photos by Ant Ritz What a fantastic night of celebrating the music of Led Zeppelin on Saturday in Wollongong at the Whole Lotta Love show ! What made it such a great night and more than just a tribute band was the calibre of the musicians and the performers. There were five different [...]
Mark Wilkinson
Story by Regi Su One Sunday, I found myself strolling down the main street of The Rocks Street Fair where lo and behold, I found myself tapping my foot to the tunes of busker Mark Wilkinson. Months later, I’m sitting in the audience of one of his Sydney gigs as he kicks off the promotional [...]
Blues Artist Beyond Years
Story by Emmajean Murphy Shaun Kirk admirably had his audience last night at the Cat & Fiddle Hotel, Balmain literally sitting on the side of their seats. The ever-growing and extraordinary young blues and soul multi-instrumentalist plays with accurate fever, as his songs weave a strong tapestry of love, loss, and the ability to live [...]
GTM 2013
Story & Photos by Geneva On April 27th, with the blessing of sunshine and a stunning blue sky, 16,000 punters wreaked havoc upon the Maitland Showground for the annual Groovin’ The Moo. After navigating through the traffic and oceans of twelvies, I made it to the grounds of this glorious festival. The bag checks and [...]
