Features News What is Delta blues and why was it so influential? by Luke Saunders From Ma Rainey to Robert Johnson, many voices became a choir that birthed Delta blues and spawned a cultural wave that still rocks music today. The Mississippi Delta: the ‘land…
Features The Rolling Stones – ‘Sticky Fingers’: Why It Mattered by Daniel Croft Despite the group falling to the lowest of lows, The Rolling Stones found themselves at their peak after Sticky Fingers was released. Boasting a tracklist that features a massive chunk…
Features Pro Audio 8 tracks that make a hero of the harmonica by Happy The harmonica can cut through any mix with brilliant tone and sound redolent of the human voice. Here are 8 tracks that make a hero of the harmonica. The harmonica…
Music Fusion-act Vissac have offered up a playlist of pure groove-centric bliss by Cassia Briscoe Fremantle five-piece Vissac are legendary composers: both in creating divine instrumental soundscapes and musical mood-setting playlists. Since releasing their sophomore single Nitro this month, Vissac have come back to prove their…
Interviews Music John Lawrie & The Welcome Strangers chat their ambitious new single ‘Park Bench’ by Emily Elvish John Lawrie & The Welcome Strangers are a band willing to stretch music as far as it can go. A group on the rise, we caught up with the band…
Lists News 10 artists we can’t wait to see at Bluesfest 2021 by Kayla McNicoll With COVID-19 creating uncertainty all over the world, it’s damn great to finally have some live music to look forward to. And what better festival to get excited about than…
Features Louis Armstrong: The genius who shaped music as we know it by Emily Elvish Legacy is a fragile thing these days. When our time is up, we leave behind two very defining monuments; what we have created and the memories we have made. While…
News Indigenous musician Aunty Marlene Cummins victim of horrid Newtown racial attack by Rachel Daniel Last weekend, Indigenous blues musician and Elder Marlene Cummins fell victim to a disgusting tirade of racial abuse while busking outside popular Newtown bookstore Better Read Than Dead. No bystanders…
Features Film and TV ‘The Blues Brothers’: a piece of musical and cinematic history by Kayla McNicoll When John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd decided to bring their famous Saturday Night Live characters Jake and Elwood Blues to life in the name of cinema, The Blues Brothers was born. What started…
Music Aaron Marc establishes a far-reaching artistic vision on his debut EP by Luke Saunders Originating from Perth and now based in Berlin, Aaron Marc is a composer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist who has just released his first solo EP. The self-titled three-track EP explores the texture of…
Features Dixieland and a Stratocaster: the story of Dire Straits’ ‘Sultans Of Swing’ by Luke Saunders One rainy night in Deptford, 1977, Mark Knopfler ducked into a deserted pub to avoid an approaching storm and possibly grab a beer in the meantime. A lousy jazz band…
Features Why It Mattered: The Doors – ‘Morrison Hotel’ by Luke Saunders At the end of 1969, The Doors were in disarray. But amidst the dregs of darkness, they crafted a resounding return to form on Morrison Hotel, heralded by the fanfare of…
Features ‘Little Wing’: From Jimi Hendrix to Stevie Ray Vaughan by Luke Saunders When Jimi Hendrix left this world he left a smoking crater in his wake that has yet to be filled. The rock world has reeled from the blow ever since…
