It’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 [...]
Greg 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 [...]
Patrons at a packed Goldmines courtyard a few Fridays ago were treated to fantastic near two hour set by Lloyd Spiegel, in Bendigo at the start of a three month tour promoting his new live [...]
Bendigo’s Pete Gavin is a busy man. If he’s not working with one of the four bands he’s in you’ll find him coordinating his ukulele groups on midweek evenings or teaching guitar or blues harmonica. [...]
Geelong-based Alister Turrill has become a distinctive, familiar figure around the Bendigo music scene these past 18 months or so. “Such a beautiful, welcoming town!” says Alister, “I first came for the Blues and Roots [...]
There’s a spot in Rosalind Park where I stopped briefly on a warm Saturday evening last November. It was day three of the festival. At that spot I could hear music from four venues: ROCKS [...]
Echuca’s Benny Walker has music in his blood: “My dad is a guitar player and his father, Archie was a guitar player and now plays pedal steel at the age of 86. My mum’s dad, [...]
Originally from Melbourne’s outer suburbs chanteuse Emilee South now chases the summer between St Tropez in the south of France, Hawaii and Melbourne’s inner city. She’ll be back in Bendigo on 22 February to play [...]
I caught up with Bill Barber between sets with his new band the Blackwood Shakedown at the Golden Vine recently. The addition of a bassist and saxophonist has given Bill a meatier sound. What’s also [...]
“I like everything about Bendigo, from its step back in time feel and look to its great night life and support of live music… I have played in Bendigo many, many times.” Says Geelong native [...]