Rosebud Buskfest 2015
Rosebud’s busking festival will launch on the morning of Saturday 14 November. Once again there is an impressive $1000 cash prize for the overall winner, plus other prizes of cash, music services and gigs at local venues. Performers with skills in music, dance, acrobatic skills and comedy, that are transferable to a street environment, are encouraged to submit their entry before Monday 31 August. Speaking to last year’s overall...
Shane Nicholson
By LACHLAN BRYAN Brisbane born Shane Nicholson has long been recognised as a fine singer-songwriter. His two collaborations with then-wife Kasey Chambers rank among the most critically acclaimed and popular local releases of recent times whilst his work as a producer for artists such as Angie Hart, Catherine Britt and Beccy Cole has garnered much praise and admiration from within the industry. In August, it will be Shane’s solo work...
Jazz party a Grand event
By KIM ROWE Hitting centre stage at The Grand Hotel this Winter Jazz Festival is Melbourne band Jazz Party. Made for the bar room not the ballroom, Jazz Party is a loose collective of jazzbos with a reputation for their sporadic take-over residences in unassuming rooms across Melbourne. Known as the coolest, most elusive members of Melbourne’s jazz elite, they are usually found in dark, smoky rooms around town, late at night, giving...
King Willie’s blowout
By SIMON MILLS Well known to many Australians as the resident talking saxophone player on the widely popular television show Hey Hey It’s Saturday, Wilbur Wilde has been one of Australia’s most celebrated musicians, media celebrity and all-round entertainers for decades. King Willie’s back in town for two great shows this month including a return to Mornington Jazz Festival and a his debut at Davey’s Sunday Soultrain. Wilbur Wilde...
The Rat Pack are heading to Australia
Direct from Las Vegas and following a sold out tour of the US and the UK, ‘The Rat Pack’ will be making their way to Australia in June. ‘Frank’ (David deCosta), ‘Dean’ (Johnny Edwards) and ‘Sammy’ (Nicholas Brooks) are back in town and will be lighting up stages across the country as they bring back the grand old days of those classic crooner hits that we all know and love. Johnny Edwards brings the magic and charm of Dean Martin...
Melody Pool
By LACHLAN BRYAN Of all the young singer-songwriters to emerge in recent years, few have made anywhere near the impression of Melody Pool. The 23 year-old from the tiny town of Kurri Kurri in NSW burst onto the scene in 2013, winning the Telstra Road to Discovery Talent Competition, landing a record deal with Michael Gudinski’s Liberation label and a publishing deal with Mushroom Music Publishing. But as is so often the case, Pool’s...