Eye of the Storm – Alice Springs Writers’ Festival – first two days – 1 & 2 May 2009
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Po’ Monkey’s Lounge – Merigold, Mississippi
$5 entry, $3 beer - no fire or liquor licenses or other permits or authorities - and Po' Monkey vigorously enforces his own strict set of rules - no baseball caps, no guns, no baggy-ass pants - this effectively excludes young teenage gangsters from the lounge - no fighting, no beer bought in and no dope smoking.
Saltwater Band featuring Geoffrey Gurrumul, Darwin 2006
This is a song from the Saltwater Band from Elcho Island in north-east Arnhem Land from a couple of years ago - Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu was an obvious standout in the band and destined for the many great things he has recently achieved.
How to Make Gravy – Paul & Dan Kelly
Often as not now I shed a quiet tear when I hear this - a testament to Paul's power with words and notes - I'd love to hear how other people react to it...
Where to go tomorrow – Festival au Desert, Mali
If you jump on a plane RIGHT NOW and get yourself to Mali in west Africa and somehow find your way out to Timbuktu and then get to the small town of Essakane and then hitch a lift to the gig, you just might make this year's Festival Au Desert.
Ten Questions for Paul Kelly
I caught up with Paul Kelly recently and asked him a few questions...including: Tell me something you've never told anyone else before. PK - No!
Gig of the summer! The Bad Seeds, and more, on Sydney Harbour!!
OK, I have a confession to make – years ago…too many years ago – Nick Cave was my boss. (That’s Nick with the pimples on the right) I’d first run into Nick in…oh, the late ’70s and early ’80s when his band The Boys Next Door did support gigs for The Sports, who I was [...]
Antony & The Johnsons – new EP released
Ouch! I haven't heard this yet. The new Antony & the Johnsons EP Another World, has just been released- today!! I'm downloading it as I write - happy birthday for tomorrow to me!! Antony Hegarty's voice and music was a hard ask for me at first - the first few listens felt like cold water [...]
Free music!! – the Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
I stumbled across this fantastic set on Itunes somewhere and spent a large part of my recent overseas trip plugged into this magnificent set of twenty four, 1-hour programs produced by the Canadian broadcaster CKUA in 1999. It really is just about the best introduction to the power of American music I can think of, [...]