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It’s a good time to tell you about Bob Fox because he is currently touring our shores and those of our little sister New Zealand. His farewell gig will be on Friday the 28th of March at the Albert Park Yacht Club. The venue is quite small and intimate – so booking early is recommended. I [...]

It’s funny how easily it is for me to get sidetracked. As a for instance, I was checking out an Iranian artist to bring to you today and instead he will be held over till next week.
Why? You may well ask. Put yourself in my shoes and imagine hearing a piece of music that plugs [...]

For such a small country, population wise, Australia has more than it’s fair share of great songwriters. Add to that the 26th of January is Australia Day and you have a recipe for interesting times.
Australia Day is a National public holiday during which we are all encouraged to chuck prawns on the barbie and whack [...]

Today I discovered that I’ve been listening to a song by Marc Cohn for some time now under the mistaken belief that it was Bruce Hornsby. Since I’m not a big Hornsby fan I thought it was a bit odd. Now I know why.
When Thatch first sent me the link to the Marc Cohn website [...]

Artist: Harvey Reid
Website: harveyreid.com
Track Name: Racing the Storm
Playback: mp3

There I was – all ready to write a Saturday Sample when I found a number of full tracks on his website. Here instead then is Harvey Reid an American multiinstrumentalist living in Maine. Basically if it has strings and it makes noise, he can probably [...]

Artist: Sister Marie Keyrouz
Website: www.keyrouz.com/engindex.html
Track Name: assorted samples
Playback: flash
Download?: No

You may wonder about this but don’t be surprised if you are drawn into the music too. Sister marie Keyrouz is a Lebonese nun, living in Paris. She is a renowned musicologist who specialises in Christian spiritual music.
Much of it is a repertoire of chants from [...]

Artist: Ancient Brotherhood
Website: www.silverlakemusic.com/art/abrotherhood.html
Album Name: The Magic And Beauty Of Sedona
Playback: mp3 Samples
Download?: Yes

Ancient Brotherhood is a collaboration between founder Gerald Markoe the composer and Navajo flutist A. Brent Chase. Electronica meets New Age flute somewhere in the new millennium. The music is an interesting blend of old and new with some chanting and [...]