Benny Walker
Simon Wooldridge2017-05-24T19:06:43+10:00Benny Walker is no stranger to Bendigo. He’s featured at most Bendigo Blues & Roots Festivals so far and has played at so many of our local venues over the years he probably knows them [...]
Bendigo Blues & Roots Music Festival Showcase event
Simon Wooldridge2017-05-24T19:06:43+10:00This 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 [...]
Two benefit gigs
Simon Wooldridge2017-05-06T14:37:11+10:00Musically-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 - [...]
Skip
Simon Wooldridge2017-05-06T14:33:30+10:00“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 [...]
Something very different – the upcoming Four Lions’ ep
Simon Wooldridge2017-05-06T13:02:06+10:00“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 [...]
Frank Bell launches White Horse
Simon Wooldridge2017-05-06T12:58:56+10:00Tomorrow, 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 [...]
Artist snapshot: Grim Fawkner
Simon Wooldridge2020-06-18T15:27:52+10:00“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 [...]
Record Store Day
Simon Wooldridge2017-05-24T19:06:43+10:00A decade or so ago it would’ve been a brave person to predict the rise and rise of vinyl record sales. But vinyl is back. Big-time. Coupled with the rejuvenation of this most pure form [...]
Smoke Stack Rhino
Simon Wooldridge2017-05-24T19:06:43+10:00The re-shaped Smoke Stack Rhino make a welcome return to Bendigo tonight, Friday, April 8 at the Golden Vine. With Dave Sirianni joining the band on lead vocals and guitar in early 2015, the Smoke [...]
Highway 79
Simon Wooldridge2017-05-24T19:06:43+10:00Almost a late night footnote on the extensive Easter Blues Bender program is a new name on the Bendigo music scene, Highway 79. Good Friday at the Golden Vine sees the first public performance of [...]