This year’s Bluesfest at Byron Bay features a star studded line up and one of the brightest is definitely Joan Armatrading whose latest album, ‘Starlight’, is the third and final album in a trilogy of Blues, Rock and Jazz that Joan has recorded. The singer has lost count of the number of times she has been to Australia. She …

  The Red Hot Summer Tour kicked off last month and is already pulling big crowds at some very scenic locations around NSW, Victoria and South Australia. And it certainly has been a Red Hot Summer so far! I had a chat with Ian Moss recently, following some of the hottest temperatures this country has ever seen. “One show in …

ARIA and Golden Guitar Award winners, The McClymonts, are taking it back to how it all began. Mollie and Samantha McClymont recently spoke to Rock Club 40 about their upcoming acoustic tour. “People keep asking us at our gigs if we could do songs without the band,” explains Mollie and we thought, ‘Yeah, that’s a great idea for a tour’. …

Quintessential eighties rock band Choirboys are back, although as lead singer Mark Gable confirms, they have never really been away.  ‘Unlike a lot of other bands from that era,” he says, “we never really broke up.”  Mark tells me that the band formed in 1976 and has been functioning professionally since 1978. “The line-up has changed over time,” he explains, …

  With temperatures soaring all around the country at the moment, the Red Hot Summer Tour is definitely appropriately named. Dragon lead singer, Mark Williams is looking forward to being a part of it all but not too sure if he is looking forward to the heat. And I can’t say I blame him. 2013 is off to a scorching …

It had been a few years since I last had a chance to chat with Ross Wilson so I welcomed the opportunity to catch up recently and hear his latest news. Having just returned from a well-earned holiday in Bali, Ross was feeling rested, rejuvenated and ready for what sounds like another very busy year in 2013.   This month, …

Her music is a blend of pop, funk and soul that appeals to both young and old. Her voice has that indefinable quality of an ascending star, creating her own unique style along the way. Laura Loe is one singer/songwriter who knows what she wants and she is shaping her future to reach her destiny. Originally from Borneo, Laura came …

  Sister act, the Sunny Cowgirls, will launch their fifth album, What We Do, at Blazes Auditorium on 23rd January, 2013 at the Tamworth Country Music Festival. And it promises to be one helluva show. Tamworth, however, is not exactly foreign territory for older sister, Sophie Clabburn. Sophie lives in Tamworth, on a small farm just out of town. She says …

What happens when you get a charismatic, middle-aged, Englishman playing drums in Australia?  You get 80s pop icon and singer-songwriter, Rick Astley! Astley, who has has sold over 40 million records and held the No 1 spot with Never Gonna Give You Up in 25 countries, is currently touring Australia and, do you know what? His show is brilliant! Astley …

  Photos courtesy of Angie Paton © 2012    Aussie rock fans are in for another Red Hot Summer when the Aussie Rock Extravaganza kicks off in January. The line-up for this tour is huge, featuring some of the country’s biggest names including Jimmy Barnes, Ian Moss, Baby Animals, Dragon and the Melbourne band who dared to be different when …