Queensland Bluesman Wiley Reed Dies At 68

Keith Richards has recorded a new version of Jimmy Reed's "Bright Lights, Big City" for Grand Theft Auto VI: The Album, revisiting a blues song The Rolling Stones themselves recorded more than six decades ago.

Nina Simone's 1966 album Wild Is The Wind reaches its 60th anniversary with a reputation built on interpretation, restraint and songs that continued to influence generations of artists.

John Mayer's third studio album, Continuum, was released on September 12, 2006, marking a decisive shift from the pop-rock sound of his first two records towards blues, soul, R&B and more restrained songwriting.

Steve Cropper's final recordings bring together an exceptional group of guitarists, with Brian May and Billy F. Gibbons joining Cropper on the soulful tribute My Angels Are Calling.

The Blues Train will stage its first Off-Track Blues Sessions at Queenscliff Town Hall during its winter break, with 19-Twenty leading a line-up that also features Phil Coyne & The Wayward Aces and Anna Scionti.

Sixty years after its release, Blues Breakers with Eric Clapton, widely known as The Beano Album, remains one of the defining recordings in British blues and an album that helped reshape the sound of electric guitar in rock music.

Murray & The Movers, featuring original Wiggles member Murray Cook, have released a new interpretation of the classic song ‘I Put A Spell On You', drawing inspiration from both Nina Simone and Screamin' Jay Hawkins.