Col’s Two Bob Worth
Colin Thompson2020-06-18T15:27:52+10:00Bendigo’s live music resurgence has been an exhilarating phenomenon to be part of, and it’s showing no signs of slowing down. The 5th annual Bendigo Blues & Roots Music Festival has again grown and promises [...]
Artist profile: Pete Cornelius
Simon Wooldridge2020-06-18T15:27:53+10:00Pete Cornelius doesn’t look old enough to have released 11 albums but this prodigious talent from St Marys in north east Tasmania has music virtually in his DNA. As a young child Pete would “tinker [...]
Artist profile: JoJo Smith
Simon Wooldridge2020-06-18T15:27:53+10:00It’s been a roundabout international journey for JoJo Smith from her native New Zealand to her fourth Bendigo Blues & Roots Music Festival this November. From smoky night clubs in Austria to getting slung in [...]
Artist profile: Greg Dodd
Simon Wooldridge2020-06-18T15:27:53+10:00Greg and his band the Hoodoo Men are making a welcome return to this year’s festival riding the success of their recent album, Movin’ On – another #1 on the Australian Blues and Roots Airplay [...]
A walk in the park for Achison
Josh Newham2017-05-24T19:06:44+10:00Geoff Achison is a man who wears many hats; an award winning Australian blues musician, a consummate performer, some time music teacher and a committed touring artist. He is, in short, the blues man's blues [...]
Hailey Calvert: Excited to be back
Amy-Jane Wewer2016-05-01T02:47:15+10:00Hailey Calvert’s local music scene is Brisbane. For years, she’s performed around the city and has seen a lot of new music venues open up. “Although I’ve performed nationally and internationally, I’ve always come back [...]
Abbie Cardwell: From Mexico to Australia
Amy-Jane Wewer2016-05-01T02:45:37+10:00The streets of Bendigo are about to get a whole lot more musical, and a whole lot more international. With Americana roots and the spice of Mexico from just south of the border, Abbie Cardwell [...]