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Mia Dyson Suffered Heart Failure After LA Earthquake

Australian blues guitarist Mia Dyson is recovering from heart surgery after suffering heart failure following a recent earthquake in Los Angeles.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, Australia, blues, Mia Dyson

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Drummer Mick Fleetwood of Fleetwood Mac performs at ADOTG at Mt Duneed Winery on 7 November 2015. Photo by Ros O'Gorman

Mick Fleetwood Has A Tik Tok Viral Smash Hit

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Mick Fleetwood recreated a clip on the video-sharing platform of Nathan Apodaca, who skateboarded to the band’s 1977 hit and lip-synced to it while sipping on cranberry juice.

Tagged as: 60s, 70s, 80s, blues, Fleetwood Mac, Mick Fleetwood, rock, UK

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Listen to Keith Richards’ Previously Unreleased Solo ‘Little T&A’

by Paul Cashmere

Keith Richards and the X-Pensive Winos 1989 live album ‘Live At The Hollywood Palladium’ is getting a make-over. The new 2020 edition includes three additional tracks including Keith Stones ‘Tattoo You’ rocker ‘Little T&A’.

Tagged as: 60s, 70s, 80s, blues, Keith Richards, Live At The Hollywood Palladium, rock, Rolling Stones, UK, X-Pensive Winos

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Taj Farrant Premieres ‘Just Can’t Sleep’ Video

by Paul Cashmere

11-year old guitar prodigy Taj Farrant has released his debut song ‘Just Can’t Sleep’.

Tagged as: 20s, Australia, blues, guitar, rock, Taj Farrant

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Roy Head Dies Aged 79

by Paul Cashmere

Roy Head, best known for his 1965 global hit ‘Treat Her Right’, has died at the age of 79.

Tagged as: 60s, blues, rock, Roy Head, soul, Texas, USA

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Van Morrison Is A Covidiot It Turns Out

by Paul Cashmere

Van Morrison has outed himself as an idiot. A Covidiot to be exact.

Tagged as: 60s, 70s, blues, Coronavirus, Covid, Covid19, Ireland, jazz, rock, UK, Van Morrison

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Jimi Hendrix Died 50 Years Ago On 18 September 1970

by Paul Cashmere

18 September 2020 marks the 50th anniversary of the death of Jimi Hendrix.

Tagged as: 60s, blues, Bob Brown, guitar, Jimi Hendrix, rock, USA

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Taj Farrant ‘Just Can’t Sleep’ Gets A Release Date

by Paul Cashmere

11-year old guitar prodigy Taj Farrant will release his single ‘Just Can’t Sleep’ on September 21.

Tagged as: 20s, Australia, blues, guitar, rock, Taj Farrant

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Vika and Linda Bull on Friday 17 November 2017. Photo by Ros O'Gorman

Vika & Linda Discuss There Most Prolific Year Ever In Lockdown

by Paul Cashmere

2020 was meant to be spent touring for Vika & Linda Bull. They were about to head out on the APIAT Good Times tour when Covid hit and the plans moved to 2021. They set them thinking about what to do. Now its six months and two albums later with the ‘Anthology’ and the ‘Sunday’ albums.

Tagged as: 90s, Australia, blues, folk, Linda Bull, roots, soul, Vika & Linda, Vika Bull

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The Rolling Stones Hope To Tour In 2022 For 60th Anniversary

by Paul Cashmere

The rockers – Sir Mick Jagger, 77, Keith Richards, 76, Ronnie Wood, 73 and Charlie Watts, 79 – have no plans to retire and Keith hopes they will all still be playing together in two years to celebrate the milestone.

Tagged as: 60s, 70s, 80s, blues, rock, Rolling Stones, Ronnie Wood, UK

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Ben Harper To Release Lap Steel Guitar Album

by Paul Cashmere

Ben Harper’s next album will be the solo work ‘Winter Is For Lovers’, featuring 15 songs performed on Ben’s Monteleone lap steel guitar.

Tagged as: 90s, Ben Harper, bluegrass, blues, roots, USA

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This Way North Debut Hector In ‘Driving Roads’ Video

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Leisha Jungalwalla and Cat Leahy from This Way North have introduced their new star Hector the van for the new video ‘Driving Roads.

Tagged as: 10s, Australia, blues, folk, roots, This Way North

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Diesel Connects Connects The Sunset With Suburbia On New Album

by Paul Cashmere

Diesel’s latest album ‘Sunset Suburbia’ is about the connection between the romance of sunset with the harsh reality of suburbia.

Tagged as: 80s, 90s, Australia, blues, Diesel, Mark Lizotte, rock, roots

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Van Morrison Urges Artists To Revolt Against Restrictions

by Music-News.com

Van Morrison has called on fellow musicians and industry folk to “speak up” to get full-capacity gigs back up and running again.

Tagged as: 60s, 70s, blues, Ireland, jazz, rock, UK, Van Morrison

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The Rolling Stones, Ros OGorman photographer, Rod Laver Arena

The Rolling Stones To Open Store In London

by Paul Cashmere

The Rolling Stones will open their first store in London in September.

Tagged as: 60s, 70s, 80s, blues, Carnaby Street, London, rock, Rolling Stones, Ronnie Wood, RS No 9, UK

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Ronnie Wood, photo by Ros O'Gorman, the rollings stones melbourne 2014

Ronnie Wood Says The Rolling Stones Have Spare Songs Up Their Sleeves

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Ronnie Wood says The Rolling Stones have some “lovely music on the back burner”, and the band hope to return to the stage next summer.

Tagged as: 60s, 70s, 80s, blues, rock, Rolling Stones, Ronnie Wood, UK

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Rare Rory Gallagher and Jerry Lee Lewis Stones Cover To Be Released

by Paul Cashmere

An unused track from the 1973 London Sessions by Jerry Lee Lewis featuring Rory Gallagher will surface on the upcoming ‘The Best of Rory Gallagher’.

Tagged as: 60s, 70s, Albert Lee, blues, Ireland, Jerry Lee Lewis, Peter Frampton, Rory Gallagher, The Faces, UK

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Widespread Panic Drummer Todd Nance Dead At 57

by Paul Cashmere

Todd Nance, the original drummer for Widespread Panic, has died at the age of 57.

Tagged as: 80s, 90s, Americana, blues, Blues Rock, Jam, rock, southern music, Todd Nance, USA, Widespread Panic

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The Aztecs ‘The Hoax Is Over’ Is Coming To CD For The First Time

by Paul Cashmere

Gil Matthews is working on an expanded edition of the Billy Thorpe and the Aztecs album ‘The Hoax Is Over’ for its first ever CD release.

Tagged as: 70s, Australia, Aztec Records, Aztecs, Billy Thorpe, blues, Gil Matthews, Heavy Rock

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The Rolling Stones Are Looking At New Business Models Post Covid

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The Rolling Stones are weighing up whether to “work differently” due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Tagged as: 60s, 70s, 80s, blues, Keith Richards, rock, Rolling Stones, UK

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Stevie Nicks ADOTG at Rochford Winery on Saturday 18 November 2017. Photo by Ros O'Gorman

Steve Nicks Compares Covid-19 To American Horror Story

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Stevie Nicks fears she’ll never sing again if she catches Covid-19, comparing the pandemic to American Horror Story: Apocalypse.

Tagged as: 60s, 70s, 80s, blues, contemporary, Fleetwood Mac, Peter Green, pop, rock, Stevie Nicks, UK

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Submissions for National Jazz Awards Announced

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Organised as part of the Wangaratta Festival of Jazz and Blues, each year the National Jazz Awards focus on a different instrument. In 2020, the focus is on voice.

Tagged as: Australia, blues, jazz, music industry, National Jazz Awards, Wangaratta, Wangaratta Festival of Jazz and Blues

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Jimi Hendrix Guitar Sells For Over $200,000

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Jimi Hendrix’s Japanese sunburst electric guitar has sold for more than £160,000 ($209,000) at auction.

Tagged as: 60s, auction, blues, guitar, Jimi Hendrix, rock, Sunburst electric guitar, USA

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Mick Thomas’ Roving Commission Premieres ‘I Heard Sally Singing’ Video

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Mick Thomas’ Roving Commission has premiere a video for ‘I Heard Sally Singing’ from the ‘See You On The Other Side’ album, recorded during Isolation.

Tagged as: 80s, 90s, Australia, blues, folk, Mick Thomas, Mint Condition, rock, roots, Roving Condition, See You On The Other Side, Weddings Parties Anything

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Taj Farrant Records His First Single

by Paul Cashmere

11-year old guitar prodigy Taj Farrant has been in the studio recording his first single.

Tagged as: 20s, Australia, blues, guitar, rock, Taj Farrant

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Mick Fleetwood Leads Tributes To Peter Green

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Fleetwood Mac co-founder Mick Fleetwood has paid tribute to former bandmate Peter Green, who died on Saturday at the age of 73.

Tagged as: 60s, 70s, blues, Fleetwood Mac, Mick Fleetwood, rock, UK

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Stevie Nicks Regrets Never Playing Live With Peter Green

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Fleetwood Mac’s Stevie Nicks has added her tribute to the band’s late co-founder, Peter Green, mentioning that her biggest regret was that she never shared the stage with him.

Tagged as: 60s, 70s, 80s, blues, contemporary, Fleetwood Mac, Peter Green, pop, rock, Stevie Nicks, UK

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Bob Dylan Has Written The Liner Notes For Dion’s ‘Blues With Friends’

by Paul Cashmere

Dion’s friends on ‘Blues With Friends’ include Billy Gibbons, Paul Simon, Bruce Springsteen and Van Morrison but there is one name on the album who actually doesn’t sing one note. Bob Dylan wrote the liner notes.

Tagged as: 50s, 60s, blues, Blues With Friends, Bob Dylan, Dion, rock, USA

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Nathan Cavaleri Offers Advice To Taj Farrant

by Paul Cashmere

There hasn’t been a new Nathan Cavaleri in 25 years, that is until Taj Farrant came along.

Tagged as: 20s, 90s, Australia, blues, Nathan Cavaleri, rock, Taj Farrant

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Fleetwood Mac Co-Founder Peter Green Dies Aged 73

by Paul Cashmere

Peter Green, one of Fleetwood Mac’s co-founder and songwriter of their early hits, has died at the age of 73.

Tagged as: 60s, 70s, blues, Fleetwood Mac, Peter Green, rock, UK

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The Bee Gees Original Drummer Colin Petersen Dies Aged 78

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Jeff Beck by Ros O'Gorman copyright The Noise Network Pty Ltd 2009

Jeff Beck Guitars Go To Auction

A collection of 90 guitars belonging to the late great guitarist Jeff Beck are set to go up for auction in January.

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Legendary Record Producer Shel Talmy Leaves The Building Aged 87

Shel Talmy, the legendary record producer behind the hits of The Kinks, The Who and The Easybeats, has died at age 87 and he has gone out laughing.

November 15, 2024

The ‘Beatles ‘64’ Trailer Is Here

There is finally a trailer for the Disney+ ‘Beatles ‘64’ documentary.

November 15, 2024

Garfunkel and Garfunkel Recorded Time After Time In The Same Studio As Cyndi Lauper

Art Garfunkel and Art Garfunkel Jr discovered they were in the same studio Cyndi Lauper recorded ‘Time After Time’ in when they were about to start recording their version of the Cyndi classic.

November 12, 2024