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by Various Artists Produced and presented by Multicultural Arts Victoria, Emerge Festival commemorates United Nations World Refugee Day and celebrates Refugee Week in Victoria. The 2013 Emerge Festival will take place from May 18 to...

by Snow White's Poison Bite Roll Up, Roll Up! Its the 'Gruesome Gory Horror Show', featuring of course the gruesomely gory Dr Gruesome! In the land of the dark and stormy, 4 piece Finnish horror-mongers,...

by Cal Peck and the Tramps Lots of great rock music has come out of Perth in recent times with Abbe May and The Floors just a couple that come to mind straight away. Cal...

Soul-A-Go-Go is back hitting the boards on Saturday 4th May over two rooms at The Workers Club.

The 2013 Australian Jazz Bell Awards are pleased to announce this year’s nominations with winners to be announced on May 2nd.

by Manu Chao Being familiar with the contrasts between Manu Chao’s studio recordings & live performance I was intrigued at how this iconic musician would go combing the two, translating the extreme energy of his...

by Fatti Frances In a strange kind of time warp release schedule, Fatti Frances’ studio polished debut album, completed over a year ago, finally appears with little fanfare direct to bandcamp, six months AFTER the...

This year we’ll be featuring five different recordings each and every week!

by Spiritual Beggars Ah, the Swedes. They do indeed love their metal. I love their metal too! 'Earth Blues' from Spiritual Beggars sounds exactly as you would expect an album with a name like that...

by Rokia Traore Malian singer/songwriter/guitarist Rokia Traoré has been releasing albums since 1998 but for her latest album 'Beautiful Africa', she has changed styles quite radically. Now equppied with a Gretsch guitar, a blues influence...

by Snog It seems that David Thrussell has been an agitator in Australia’s electronic music scene forever. Formerly an influential broadcaster on PBS 106.7, Thrussell appears to have an endless desire to critique, challenge and...

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Listen back to Fiesta Jazz with Saul Zavarce for a live set from Los Cougarmen.

by Bombino "The themes of Love, Power, Freedom, Cultural Preservation, Inner Strength and Unity flow consistently through Bombino's second international solo album “Nomad”, released on April 2nd 2013 on Nonesuch Records. He was born Omara...

by Brothers Grim and the Blue Murders As promised, just months after Brothers Grim and The Blue Murders whipped the East Coast into a frenzy on their ‘Been A While’ single tour the boys are...

by Ronnie Earl and the Broadcasters "New York born Blues Guitarist/Composer Ronnie Earl & The Broadcasters, his Band for 25 years, celebrated this milestone by releasing ‘Just for today’, their 7th album, all of which...

by Ainslie Wills Following two solid EPs Ainslie Wills this month launches her debut full length album “You Go Your Way, I’ll Go Mine”. Wills has expressed a desire to explore more positive and uplifting...

by Shuggie Otis Shuggie Otis is one of those guys who should be alot better known than he is. A child guitar prodigy and the son of R&B legend Johnny Otis, he released 3 quite...

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