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Bobby Long Interview

Bobby Long is one of the most interesting new songwriters to emerge in recent times.  Along with artists like Joe Pug, previously featured on this site, Long represents a literate, intelligent side to new music that brings it’s appeal back to the simple combination of words and music. The 25 year old Englishman, who now lives in New York, recently released his debut album A Winter Tale is currently... Read the full story

Van Dyke Parks In Conversation

Van Dyke Parks is one of the great (relatively unsung) heroes of modern music. He’s a composer, producer, arranger and recording artist, and in recent times a live performer. He was Brian Wilson’s collaborator in one of the most controversial albums of popular music, The Beach Boys, Smile. He’s worked in various capacities with artists such as Ringo Starr, Harry Nilsson, Laurie Anderson, Fiona... Read the full story

Guy Pratt – Sees The Funny Side Of Touring

Bass player Guy Pratt is in Melbourne on tour. There’s nothing unusual about that – as a band member for the likes of Pink Floyd, Gary Moore, Roxy Music, Michael Jackson, Echo & the Bunnymen, Coverdale Page, Kirsty MacColl, The Smiths, Tears for Fears, Lemon Jelly, The Orb, All Saints, Icehouse, Madonna, Stephen Duffy, Robbie Robertson, Robert Palmer and  Billy Pilgrim, it’s no surprise... Read the full story

Robbie Robertson – How To Become A Clairvoyant (429 Records)

How To Become A Clairvoyant is Robbie Robertson’s fifth solo album, and his first since 1998’s Contact From The Underworld Of Redboy. Perhaps the most acclaimed solo album was his self-titled album from 1987, which included songs like Showdown At Big Sky and Somewhere Down The Crazy River. That album was nothing short of magnificent. Robbie Robertson, of course, was one member of The Band and within... Read the full story

Janes Addiction With Tour and Album In That Order

Jane’s Addiction will be releasing their first album of new material in about 8 years and it’s called The Great Escape Artist. This news comes off the back of the announcement that Janes Addiction will be part of July’s Splendour In The Grass show, although the album wont be released until after that show. The Great Escape Artist  will be the fourth album from Jane’s Addiction since 1988’s... Read the full story

Lindsay Buckingham Has New Album On The Way

Fleetwood Mac singer and guitarist Lindsey Buckingham has completed  his fifth solo album with the title Seeds We Sow. It comes as part of a productive period for Buckingham who released the albums Under The Skin and  Gift Of Screws in 2006 and 2008 respectively. He plans to release the album in September and it’s likely to be released independently of any major label after Buckingham has been... Read the full story

Splendour In The Grass Line Up Announced

After much speculation the line-up for the 2011 Spendour In The Grass festival has been announced and it contain quite a few artsits that will be of interest to readers of this website. Probably most prominent among those will be the appearances of Coldplay and Janes Addiction, along with the return of Pulp and appearances from interesting newer artists like James Blake, The Hives, The Mars Volta and... Read the full story

Bruce Hornsby New Album

Bruce Hornsby is back with his band, Bruce Hornsby & the Noisemakers and are releasing a 25-track double live album, ‘Bride of the Noisemakers’on May 13.The album immaculately captures the playful, freewheeling spirit and unique chemistry of Bruce and his long-time band The Noisemakers. Recorded between 2007-2009, Bride Of The Noisemakers is the definitive live album from this band. Tapping... Read the full story

The Dave Graney Multi-Media Experience

Dave Graney is one of Australia’s most iconoclastic contemporary music artists.  He works outside the mainstream and inhabits that region somewhere between the spotlight and obscurity, consistently producing a prolific stream of high quality work that sometimes sneaks under the guard of the gatekeepers and becomes briefly visible to the masses. Graney is interesting and talented – but that’s... Read the full story

Joan As Policewoman To Tour

New York singer-songwriter Joan As Police Woman has announced that she will be touring Australia this June. These much anticipated shows come hot on the heels of her fourth solo album release – a collection called The Deep Field. The record begins with the words “Iwant you to fall in love with me,” (not an unreasonable expectation for many music fans) and continues to unfurl an unashamed lust... Read the full story

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