HouseWreckers – up close & unplugged
By TERRI LEE FATOUROS The HouseWreckers definitely live up to their namesake but in a good solid way. Just imagine a hard rockin’ party with everyone just shaking it out dancing, with the music so worthy that you don’t give a **** as the house shakes apart with the heartbeat of music gone wild. Come on… what do you expect when you have guys like Greg Trennery legendary bass player from Phil Para band and Andy Phillips Cadillac Walk,...
Jed Rowe
By TERRI LEE FATOUROS Dandenong Ranges-based folk and roots artist Jed Rowe has made a name for himself amongst the blues and roots crowd over recent years with his passionate storytelling, stirring vocals and outstanding slide guitar playing. In recent years he has found a friend, ally and collaborator is legendary Australian blues guitarist Jeff Lang, who produced Jed’s breakthrough 2012 album The Ember and The Afterglow. That...
Pokey hits our shores
By TERRI LEE FATOUROS The Caravan Music Club in Oakleigh recently played host to US seven-piece Pokey LaFarge along with his support act, Luke Wilson King. LaFarge did a run of East Coast gigs which saw his ragtime, string band jazz, western swing, old country blues, and various other subgenres of American folk and roots music packing out venues everywhere he went. The St. Louis based singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist is...
Andy Jans-Brown
Compassionate, sensitive, and soulful lyrics imbued with life’s experiences are probably the best words to describe music sensation, Andy Jans-brown’s tunes. Creating a rich tapestry of diversity within his song writing and collaborating with experienced musicians, Jans-Brown is certainly forging an exceptional musical path with superstar stamped all over it. Hailing from Byron Bay, Jans-brown embodies that arty, hip and ever so cool...
Hat Fitz & Cara Robinson – up close & unplugged
At first you hear the lyrical sound of a tin whistle trailed by the thrum of a washboard, next comes a flute, drums, zippy guitar riffs and finally the combined vocals of the dynamic duo creating these amazing and original compilations