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I’ve finally surfaced from my self imposed hibernation and for my first 2009 post, I’ve come across a wonderfully inspiring act called “Songs From the Blue House” hereinafter referred to as SftBH. Me, I love the Blue Oyster Cult and their song “Don’t Fear the Reaper”. Here that song is covered by SftBH. Described as [...]

I’ve been getting a bit of a free ride recently with the the other part of this dynamic duo doing the heavy bending and lifting while I’ve been vegging out. Now I’m told we will be on holidays after the post on Saturday. So here I am looking back over the music reviewed in 2008 [...]

Silver Spire are an eclectic mix of influences reflected in their choice of repetoire. They play a range of Celtic, Americana, Folk, Bluegrass, Old Time Gospel, and some unusual contemporary acoustic numbers. The four piece acoustic band are from North Carolina in the USA and is comprised of Zack Meadows – Drums, Ukulele, Erin Murphy [...]

Flicking through the channels this week I was galvanised by the video of The Galvatrons. This four piece is from my hometown of Melbourne and I can’t quite put my finger on what it is about them that jars though, it’s almost as though they are laughing through all that hair. Some hype from the [...]

This Melbourne Indie crew play smooth Reggae/dub. A big part of their sound includes the trumpet playing of Richard Burns and (Adam)A13 who plays samples and turntable. The dynamics will change with their departure to pursue other options. Meanwhile that still leaves James Orr on sax and Adrien Shaw on trumpet; so they still have [...]

Danar are a Polish four piece band from Poland who play traditional Celtic and folk music. Facinated by Irish culture and celtic music they have wound it round with their very own arrangements. Arrangements that owe quite a lot to the modern folk tradition as well as jazz. swing, rock and much more. The lineup [...]

A work colleague pointed me in the direction of this band Brightwater. They are a contemporary folk band writing and performing their own music and located in Melbourne, Australia. From their website: Award winning songwriters, ‘Brightwater’, have been playing folk clubs, acoustic music venues, bush dances and festivals from Port Fairy to Loch Sport since [...]