Dragon fires up
By TERRI LEE FATOUROS Iconic rockers band Dragon flew into town recently and dazzled supporters with a spectacular show at the Palms at Crown singing their Body and The Beat album in its entirety. Why you may ask? Well the guys are celebrating their platinum selling album, Body and The Beat 30th year anniversary by doing weekend gigs around Australia. The current line-up of founding member Todd Hunter bass, Mark Williams lead...
Wendy and Jon Wade swing with style
By TERRI LEE FATOUROS The Mornington Winter Jazz Festival kicked off to a great start when Wendy and Jon Wade quartet delighted all with their swing Jazz set at God’s Kitchen recently, pulling in a packed house. Their polished and sophisticated sound comprised of Jon Wade on Hammond keyboard, Alex House on guitar, Peter Hodges drums, and Wendy Wade on vocals. The whole show was cultured and extremely enjoyable with that ‘pizazz’...
Extraordinary funk is cool man, Ismaila
By TERRI LEE FATOUROS Born in Sierra Leone and singing tunes seeped in roots with combos of funk, blues and reggae thrown into the pot and in his words “I kinda get folky when I throw in acoustics”, is cool dude, Ismaila. Ismaila is a natural born showman with a showbiz persona going way, way back to his early growing years in Sierra Leone. Coming from comparatively well to do parents who owned a respectable food shop selling the...
Rob Papp
By TERRI LEE FATOUROS Rob Papp wooed diners at eighteen 78 @ Brooklands in Tanti Ave, Mornington recently when he was their featured artist in Come Dine with Me A La Carte dinner during the Mornington Winter Jazz Festival. All guests were greeted with a complimentary glass of Champagne on arrival, which set the mood for the quality jazz being played. His ensemble aptly named Rob Papp and The Manhattan Trio comprised of Dale finch on...
Stibbo and Greenhatch
By TERRI LEE FATOUROS New blues duo Stibbo and Greenhatch AKA Chris Hanger and Luke Greenhatch have been cutting their teeth with solid performances around the burbs of late since their formation a few months back. Together they bring years of experience from other bands to play up-tempo Chicago, Jump, and Mississippi 30s, 40s, and 50s blues. Hanger’s dry yet rich, mellow vocals makes good contrast to Greenhatch’s soul infused,...