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 [...]
After staging a massive Bendigo Blues & Roots Music Festival in 2014 (in what many pundits have described as the event’s “break out year”), our volunteer committee have hit the ground running in 2015. Of [...]
“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 [...]
The economic impact of the Bendigo Blues & Roots Music Festival Economic impact statements and passionate musicians are not phrases you often see in the same sentence. However, our friends at the Greater City of [...]
As per usual, there’s a lot to be excited about on the Bendigo music scene and, for fans of Blues & Roots, Soul, Folk, Funk, Jazz, Reggae and the like, there is plenty to look [...]
The Lazenby Young Blues Guitarist Award was set-up to honour Phil Lazenby who passed away in April 2013. Cindy Lazenby sets the scene about Phil and his love of music: “I first met Philip in [...]
For a man who commands the guitar like an extra appendage, who collects major awards for fun, it's hard to believe some aspects of music remain largely foreign to the great Lloyd Spiegel. Over the [...]
Now that the dust has settled on the highly successful Bendigo Blues & Roots Music Festival for 2012, we have been busily planning out the rest of 2013 (and beyond). Things are already looking promising [...]
One of Bendigo music’s most popular performers has found his voice again after a long period of soul searching. It’s hard to fathom for an upbeat bloke known for his gregarious live shows, but Albert [...]
They might look alike, and share the same enviable gene pool, but Pat and Cass Ward are different beasts when it comes to music. Bendigo Blues & Roots Music Festival fans got their first taste [...]