The Dockland Blues Music Festival is set to rock Melbourne music fans this weekend, with twenty bands across five stages and there is some great talent amongst the impressive line-up. And none more talented than guitarist Jimi Hocking who is headlining the event. Known as one of this country’s best and most versatile players, he is equally at home …

The singer with a voice as smooth as silk, Rick Price, returns to Australia this month for a tour that will combine festival performances with some very special intimate shows at selected venues around the country. And he will be previewing tracks from his new album which is due to be released early next year. I had the pleasure of …

The last time I spoke to Dragon bass player, Todd Hunter a few months ago, Dragon was getting ready to wind up their tour and about to take some time out from performing to devote to finishing their new album and now they have done just that. The band’s latest CD, ‘Roses’ is released this week and I had the …

It has been seven years since singer John Swan’s last album release, ‘Have a Little Faith’. Now, finally, Swanee is excited to see the long-awaited release of his latest work, ‘One Day at a Time.’ I caught up with John recently to talk about the new album and the journey he has taken in his life both musically and personally. “I was …

Winner of two Golden Guitar awards for his work in country music, singer/songwriter and actor, Darren Coggan has been impressing audiences around the country with his show ‘Peace Train – the Cat Stevens Story’. A musical journey through the life of one of the most prolific artists of our time. And it has been quite a journey for Coggan as …

  Last year, Aussie rock band Baby Animals released their first studio album in twenty years and it was worth the wait. ‘This is Not the End‘ is arguably their best work yet and, just to prove that point to those who might have been hiding under the proverbial rock at the time and missed it, the band has rereleased …

  They have become something of an institution in the music scene in Australia and, of course, across the Tasman in their homeland of New Zealand. Notwithstanding a hiatus here and there, rock band Dragon has managed to endure forty years as a major part of our musical landscape. Yes, the line-up has changed. Bass player and founding member Todd …

  Screaming Jets bass player and founding member, Paul Woseen, has been a musician since he was 14 years old and has been writing and recording songs for many years. The songs that he wrote for The Screaming Jets have become a familiar sound to Australian music fans and we are used to hearing them good and loud with plenty …

  Jess Holland has released her second album, ‘Whole Lot to Say ‘ and the winner of the 2011 Voice of Urban Country award had a lot to say about the album and her music when Rock Club 40 caught up with her recently. “I started writing for the album in the back half of 2012 so it was a bit of …

  ‘It’s Only Rock and Roll’ is more than just a rock show. This is a ‘rockumentary’ that takes audiences on a musical journey through a time when The Rolling Stones reigned supreme in rock and roll. With over twenty Rolling Stones songs performed ‘live’ by the Rolling Stones Show and a narrative of the stories behind them, this show …