Guitar Heroes: Olympia and dreaming of ‘Atlantis’.
I wrote a piece a little over a year ago entitled ‘O’ is for Olympia: The Rise of Olivia Bartley where I said, “Somewhere in between, Olivia telling bad jokes […]
Interview with the fearless Heather Gillis.
Heather Gillis is an exciting young guitarist making waves in the blues-rock Jam Band movement. She has proved herself worthy as a musician alongside some of blues-rock finest, which include […]
Daring to be different: Interview with Imogen Clark.
Imogen Clark just wont sit still! As an eight year old, she took her first cautious steps as a budding musician. By fifteen, she grew to love country music, despite […]
What’s new, right now: ELKI’s new single “Movie”.
Sydney-based songstress ELKI remains an enigma even some eleven months since we last spoke to her. She still continues to carefully select her projects, rejecting the temptation to yield to […]
I’m still head over feet for Alanis Morrissette.
Some of my closest friends occasionally still ask me why I listen to Alanis nowadays. “Come on Rob, she made one outstanding album, that’s it!” Even more frustrating is how […]
Interview with Canadian Singer Songwriter Terra Lightfoot.
Canadian alternative/indie rocker Terra Lightfoot has been strutting her stuff musically speaking since the early 2010’s. She draws heavily from her love of rock, soul and blues to create her […]
Interview with the wistful songstress Molly Burch.
The talented Molly Burch was one of last year’s breakout artists. I discovered her debut album Please Be Mine, like a lot of things, by complete accident, and this time […]
The lasting legacy of Fiona Apple.
Marking the end of 2016, Fiona Apple performed an impassioned version of her Anti-Trump Christmas parody “Trump’s Nuts Roast on an Open Fire”, at a benefit concert for North Dakotas Standing Rock Sioux […]
Interview: LA WITCH talk about touring, gig posters and their blistering self-titled debut album.
An almost 8,000 miles flight from Los Angeles to Melbourne (last week) and a case of jet lag couldn’t dampen the reverb-soaked punked out rock dished out by LA Witch […]
Baring her soul and music to the world: Interview with folk singer songwriter Anna Tivel.
From the outset, Portland-based Anna Tivel has been a singer songwriter with an explicit goal of telling her captive audience the stories of the lives of ordinary people. As a […]
Cut Above The Rest: Interview with classical pianist Anna Fedorova.
Whether it is the thrill of rock n roll or the magical overtures of the great composers, I couldn’t imagine life without music. The latter is, of course, a genre […]
Interview with Jazz Bassist Linda May Han Oh
Born in Malaysia and raised in Perth, Western Australia, as a teen Linda May Han Oh discovered the upright bass. It wasn’t long before the talent musician was receiving rewards […]
Meg Mac on fans, touring and her acclaimed album Low Blows.
Songwriting as a form of therapy is how Meg Mac deals with her emotions. She seems to let it all out, whether it is behind the keys of her piano […]
A Different Version of Herself: Erin McLaughlin talks about life as Ruby Force and her album Evolutionary War.
To family and friends and the people she interacts with on a daily basis, she is simply the down to earth Erin McLaughlin. But once you get Erin up on […]
To Infinity and Beyond with Alex The Astronaut!
Alex Lynn, better known as Alex The Astronaut, is such a gentle and even-tempered young woman that it’s hard not to like her. During her recent first Australian tour she […]
Jane Wiedlin’s Excellent Adventure!
Jane Wieldin was amongst the thick of it when LA punk was born in the 1970’s and she helped propel the all-female new wave band, The Go-Go’s to fame. Beyond […]
