“I was born in Adelaide but grew up in Darwin. I now live in Beechworth,” says the much-travelled, multi-talented Marisa Quigley. “My mum taught me to read music around the age of eight. I played [...]
“Growing up I listened to anything on the radio, but the music that has influenced me most since then is north Mississippi hill country blues.” Pip Cowan’s musical journey took a life-changing turn when he [...]
There’s a veritable smorgasbord of musical talent hitting Bendigo over the next few weekends. Tonight, Friday, July, 29 at the Gold Dust Lounge, beneath the Shamrock Hotel, the immense talent that is Lloyd Spiegel will [...]
As has become the standard, this year’s Bendigo Blues & Roots Music Festival (3-6 November 2016) will feature many acts we love inviting back, as well as a rich and varied batch of artists who’ve [...]
This year’s second Bendigo Blues & Roots Music Festival Showcase event boasts an 18 act line-up with some familiar faces gracing the two stages. It all starts at noon on Sunday, July, 17 at the [...]
Musically-minded Bendigonians will be digging deep next weekend for two very worthy causes. On Saturday, June, 18 the Golden Vine and Bendigo Blues & Roots Music Festival is hosting Bendigo Blues for the Homeless - [...]
“I’m a great believer in the power of positivity.” It’s a Friday morning and I’m at Rock Pride Music (RPM) talking to Albert Skipper – Skip as he is known to hundreds of Bendigonians. On [...]
“We wanted to do something completely different, and this really is,” enthuses Four Lions’ Shann Lions over coffee at a busy Bendigo CBD café. “I’ll write the songs on Friday and Saturday, June 24th and [...]
Tomorrow, Saturday, May 7 sees Frank Bell launch his debut single White Horse at Billyroy’s BluesBar. It’s a swampy, gutsy dirty blues number with a contrasting acoustic folk number, Riverside, on the B-side. Both are [...]
“I made up my performing name Grim Fawkner when I worked in a factory in Melbourne. I’d catch the 6am train every morning and pass through Fawkner. The station at Fawkner was right next to [...]