Photos courtesy  ©  Gail Beckhouse It is more than forty years since I first saw TMG perform live and, from that moment, I was well and truly hooked. I saw the band countless times in the 70s and 80s and through to the 90s, with Ted at the helm and I never lost that love I always had for this …

Photos:  ©DOT HOPKINS   Growing up in the 70s, there were certain bands whose music became indelibly imprinted in my mind and my soul.  America was one such band. The rich harmonies of those classics like ‘Sister Golden Hair’ and ‘Ventura Highway’; lyrics and choruses that got stuck in my head. As a 12 year old girl, I used to …

Photos: Angie Paton   Mark Seymour and the Undertow are currently touring the country, performing songs from their album, Roll Back the Stone, a retrospective collection of songs written and recorded by Mark over the past three decades. It’s an album that perfectly showcases his prolific song writing and storytelling skills. A number of these songs, as Mark explained throughout …

Photos: Angie Paton Singer Jon Stevens’ highly anticipated ‘Starlight’ tour kicked off in Melbourne this weekend with not one but two shows at The Palms at Crown and we were there for the opening night of the tour. One of Australia’s leading guitarists, the enigmatic Phil Ceberano and his band opened the show and set the vibe for the night. …

I had no idea what to expect last night. All I had ever heard were a few songs, seen band photos on some vinyl and knew of the hysteria that had taken place all those years ago. Legendary 70’s pop/glam music icons Bay City Rollers are so deserving of their status that I now consider myself a bit of a …

Back in the 70’s, the Bay City Rollers were a phenomenon, a world-wide success story with millions of hysterical, adoring fans following their every move.  My cousin was a tartan-clad, die-hard devotee who amassed mounds of memorabilia and went to their first Australian concert chaperoned by her father, who was called upon to assist the venue with the enormous number …

I couldn’t think of a better way to spend a chilly Thursday evening in Sydney than by defrosting my weary self by the warm and sparkling fire of a Jimmy Webb concert. The City Recital Hall had just a man, with a piano, but with some of the most glorious songs you have ever heard, luscious song writing and storytelling …

To think this was a 40th anniversary tour is just unbelievable. Like most fans, my memories are from way back and start with the Donnie Sutherland “Sounds” era. Those Saturday morning music shows that were the crux of our musical youth, along with the seminal Sunday evening of Molly Meldrum’s “Countdown”. It would have been the Flowers music clips that got …

I have wanted to see and hear this fabulous woman live for a very long time. Etched into my childhood psyche, she has always been ‘around’, and there are not many of us who wouldn’t know her unique voice and sweeping dramatic songs. This fabulous woman is of course the eternal powerhouse Bonnie Tyler. When I think of Tyler, I think …

Timeless, ageless, fun and joyful (throw some rainbows and unicorns in there too.. ) This is what I think of when I think about this band and their music. Not many of us wouldn’t have childhood memories of the legendary Village People. Mine would be at about 8 years old and seeing my Mother’s vinyl with those outrageous outfits and striking poses. …