by Ian Bell | Sep 9, 2021 | Music, News, Pop Culture
[NEWS] by Ian Bell… welcoming the return of ABBA. What crazy times we live in: corruption, extremism, little or no compassion for the rights of humans and animals, we have terrorism, fake information, war, the growing gap between the poor and wealthy, global...
by Ian Bell | Jan 22, 2020 | Live Music, Music, Reviews
[MUSIC/Rock – AUS] Governor Hindmarsh Hotel, Sat 18 Jan, 2020. Skyhooks! What a brilliant game changing, life-altering, behemoth of band they were. When they exploded into our lives in the early 1970s they were unlike any other band out there; colourful, energetic,...
by Luke Balzan | Jul 7, 2019 | Live Music, Music, Reviews
[MUSIC/ROCK ~ CAN] HQ, Adelaide, Sun 30 Jun, 2019. I’ve lost count of the number of times I’ve had the pleasure of seeing The Tea Party and/or Jeff Martin in one of his musical guises, but despite being very familiar with their live set, it’s always a thorough...
by Catherine Blanch | Jul 6, 2019 | Adelaide Festivals, Guitars In Bars 2019, Interviews, Live Music
[GUITARS IN BARS ~ SA ~ACOUSTIC] by Catherine Blanch. The musicians of Adelaide four-piece outfit Acoustic Tull all have one major thing in common – a love for the music of Jethro Tull. Expanding from a three-piece in January, the group consists of Michael...
by Luke Balzan | Jul 4, 2019 | Live Music, Reviews
Schlachthof, Weisbaden, Germany, Fri 21 Jun, 2019. I first came across Victorian band Stonefield late one night on ABCs Rage when they were playing a great sounding bluesy rock act with a bunch of female players. I’d missed the title to find out who the band was, and...