16 November 2015
While serving in the RAAF in 1944, musician Abe Monsbourgh wrote to his friend C. Ian Turner with an idea about running a “jazz convention” once the war had ended. The first event was held in 1946, attended by local and interstate artists.
16 November 2015
A heads-up that Music Man Megastore’s Live Music Family Fun Day will return to Bendigo in 2016, following a successful debut in 2015. After all, music should be a family experience. How else are our children going to grow up to be satanic rockers without the loving guidance of parental figures?
16 November 2015
Tickets for 2016’s Rainbow Serpent Festival are selling like hotcakes, with early bird tickets sold out at the time of writing. For those not up to speed, tickets are limited to the same numbers as 2015, which the festival hopes will maintain the friendly vibe it’s known for.
15 November 2015
In 1983, David Bridie formed Not Drowning, Waving with John Phillips. Combining elements of rock, ambient and world music, the band released a handful of albums and soundtracks before disbanding in 1994.
14 November 2015
When it comes to musical experiences, you will be hard-pressed to beat the experience shared by 14 Mick Thomas fans earlier in the year. With his old mate Squeezebox Wally, Mick treated these lucky fans to a tour of South Africa, playing everywhere from around campfires on safari to venues in Johannesburg.
14 November 2015
It’s time to gather the posse for a night out with Sydney folk-punk band The Rumjacks when they hit Geelong’s Barwon Club on November 20. While the band may have been missing from our shores, they were busy on their debut overseas tour, playing to some 50,000 people across a three-month stretch.
13 November 2015
It’s doubtful that Tequila Mockingbyrd could do anything wrong at the moment. The “jagerbomb-fuelled” trio of Estelle Artois, Jess Riley and Josie O’Toole recently enjoyed an experience of a lifetime when they rocked it for troops in the Middle East, and now they’re tougher than hell.
13 November 2015
Aboriginal cultural centre Narana will host NaranaFEST this Saturday, November 14. Narana is a significant attraction on the Great Ocean Road that seeks to “build understanding of Aboriginal history and culture in a welcoming, friendly and relaxed atmosphere, through personal interaction with groups and individuals from all community backgrounds”.
12 November 2015
Songbird Dana Hassall recently released ‘Spinning Wheels’, a song which she describes as something that “comes from that twenty-something feeling of wondering whether all your effort is going to amount to anything, but soldiering on when it feels like you’re getting nowhere”.
12 November 2015
Harry Coulson’s Rain Dogs is the combined powers of Harry Coulson on guitar, James Thompson on drums and Glen Davidson on bass. They play jazz, Jim, but not as you know it. Why take my word for it, though.
12 November 2015
The good music times continue to roll in Geelong. This Saturday we welcome Streetlife, Geelong’s first laneway festival, and it’s looking like being a ripping new addition to the festival family.
12 November 2015
I am a sucker for wellness tools. I have tried, reign, crystals, meditation, listening therapy, psychology, yoga, natural health supplements like wheat grass and LSA among many other things.
12 November 2015
After recently playing a sell-out show in Geelong, The Waifs are back as the special guests alongside none other than the talented John Butler Trio. Both bands hold a deep mutual respect for one another and the same respect for their time on stage.
12 November 2015
Suttons House of Music kicks off their first birthday celebrations tonight, November 12. Festivities will continue through to November 15. Kerryn Fields performs at Martians Café, Deans Marsh on November 13.
12 November 2015
Summer and the tunes of Ziggy Alberts go down pretty well. With a home-schooling background, Ziggy was writing and surfing from a young age. In 2011, he decided to teach himself the guitar, releasing his debut EP, Feels Like Home, the following year.
11 November 2015
If The Barwon Club is rockin’, please come knockin’. That’s right, you’re invited to River Rocks, the greatest little music fest to feature both the words ‘River’ and ‘Rocks’.
11 November 2015
All it can take is a song. It was on hearing Paul Kelly’s ‘From Little Things Big Things Grow’ that convinced Kerryn Fields to move out of a “dodgy haunted house” in New Zealand, sell her Kombi van and buy a one-way ticket to Melbourne.
11 November 2015
Following a pretty sweet debut in Nagambie (some 5000 people turned out), A Day on the Green returns to Goulburn Valley Highway in 2016 with an Australian all-star cast. Icehouse, Baby Animals, Diesel, Models and Deborah Conway will perform.
10 November 2015
Songbird and storyteller Kasey Chambers is taking her ‘Bittersweet’ tour back on the road for a final run of shows, paying particular attention to regional areas.
10 November 2015
What happens when you are without a job, your girlfriend has left you and your band is no more? Write a country song? Buy a one-way ticket to Bangkok? Meet Brett Newski, a guy who, in 2011, was down on his luck when he headed for Bangkok, spending the next six months wandering around while recording in makeshift studios.
10 November 2015
Tickets for 2016’s National Celtic Festival will go on sale November 1. Held at the historic coastal township of Portarlington, the festival takes place across the June long weekend.
9 November 2015
The Lady Luck Clothing Fair is a quarterly event and the first of its kind in Castlemaine – not to mention it has a strong focus on sustainability and style. They’re pretty happy that the warmer weather is here, too, with their next outing set to take place at St Mary’s Hall, Castlemaine on November 28. 30 clothing stalls and vintage hair styling will feature, as will the cool sounds of The Seduceaphones.
8 November 2015
Have you secured your ticket for the Queenscliff Music Festival yet? Go on, do it now. I will wait. I think we are all in agreement that Angus & Julia Stone, Hoodoo Gurus, Kate Miller-Heidke, Paul Dempsey, Augie March and Lior, as well as internationals Ron Sexsmith, The California Honeydrops, Hollie Smith and Trinity Roots, is a fine start.
8 November 2015
The 2015 Lorne Film Festival program is up and running, with tickets available for purchase now. The festival is running with the theme ‘Making Waves’, in reference to its selection of films featuring surf and/or ocean-related themes. 33 films will screen in total.
