March is going to be another exciting month for live music in Bendigo. Scanning the online what’s on and events pages, it’s shaping-up to be pretty busy, with many highlights. Tomorrow, Saturday, March 4, sees [...]
“Legend” gets over-used in popular music. Eric Clapton though, is one of a handful of stars who genuinely carries that label. Tomorrow night, Saturday, February, 25, a group of Bendigo musicians will come together for [...]
It seems only a few weeks ago that the last guitar riffs of another explosive Travis Bowlin set pretty much rounded-out proceedings at the sixth Bendigo Blues & Roots Music Festival. That November weekend saw [...]
“Musically, I want Bendigo to become the Seattle of Australia.” Twelve months or so ago, that statement, from a hard-working local muso, may have seemed fanciful, or certainly very ambitious. Now though, it sounds like [...]
Bendigo’s massive Summer in the Parks program continues with the Music in the Park concerts every Friday evening through February. The series of free concerts takes in Strathdale, Eaglehawk and White Hills before wrapping up [...]
I was talking up This Way North a few evenings ago, but stalled when asked to categorise their sound. “They’re a bit rocky,” I said, “and there are elements of dance in there. A bit [...]
Forever associated with the 1960s psychedelic classic The Real Thing, Russell Morris’s career stretches back over 50 years. Variously described as both legend and icon, he was inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame in [...]
You won’t find “vibranter” in the dictionary, however it perfectly describes what happened to the Bendigo music scene this year; a vibrant scene got vibranter. There were many 2016 highlights for me. But I’ll start [...]
If you’re looking for quality original live music tonight, Friday, December, 2, and fancy something at the mellower end of the scale, check out Adelaide’s James Kenyon at the Old Church On The Hill. Kenyon [...]
“Best ever” is the resounding verdict on the sixth Bendigo Blues & Roots Music Festival which took over the city last weekend. Spring finally arrived and a definite spring in the step was evident amongst [...]