Sturgill Simpson’s landmark 2014 album, Metamodern Sounds In Country Music, will be reissued in celebration of its ten-year anniversary. Originally released May 13, 2014, the album marked a career breakthrough for Simpson personally and proved to be a seismic shift-maker within the larger country music genre. Recorded live-to-tape with Simpson alongside his original band—bassist Kevin Black, guitarist Laur Joamets and drummer Miles Miller. Metamodern Sounds In Country Music was named one of Rolling Stone’s “Greatest Country Albums of All Time” in 2022, The New York Times called it, “one of the ..read more

Disney+ have announced that “Let It Be,” director Michael Lindsay-Hogg’s original 1970 film about The Beatles, will launch exclusively on their streaming platform next month. This is the first time the film is available in over 50 years. First released in May 1970 amidst the swirl of The Beatles’ breakup, “Let It Be” now takes its rightful place in the band’s history. Once viewed through a darker lens, the film is now brought to light through its restoration and in the context of revelations brought forth in Peter Jackson’s multiple Emmy Award®-winning docuseries, “The Beatles: Get Back.” Rele ..read more

Ben Ottewell and Ian Ball (from Gomez) return for an annual jaunt, this time with a special 25-year anniversary celebration of two of their band’s albums, Bring It On and Liquid Skin. Since its first release way back in the good times of 1998, Ben & Ian’s break-out album Bring It On, delivered with the band Gomez, earned the band multi-platinum sales, chart topping success and the very distinguished Mercury Prize. With a collective of fans spanning three continents and repertoire covering almost three decades, the duo’s infectious melodies, bluesy riffs and charismatic live performance wil ..read more

To celebrate the release of her third album “Ramona,” Grace Cummings has announced a tour of Australia, which kicks off in July. Prior to this, Grace will be covering some 26 shows in the US, UK and Europe, with performances scheduled on KEXP Live and WNYC, plus a special yet-to-be-announced performance for US late night television. Grace will play her first sold out London headline shows, support King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard on a European tour, and play a series of festival dates before returning home to treat Australians to her formidable live show. Grace Cummings Australian tour 2024 ..read more

Gerrard Allman Events is proud to announce the return of legendary American artist. Grammy-Award winning Charlie Musselwhite will be bringing his excellent touring band with him for the tour – Kid Andersen on Guitar, June Core on Drums and Randy Bermudes on Bass. Catch Charlie Musselwhite in Melbourne at Northcote Theatre on Wednesday 18th, Manning Bar, Sydney on Friday 20th, The Tivoli, Brisbane on Saturday 21st, Harmonie German Club, Canberra on Tuesday 24th, Perth’s Astor Theatre on Thursday 26th and The Governor Hindmarsh, Adelaide on Saturday September 28. With nearly six decades of rich ..read more

By Brian Wise A Goodbye To The Caravan Club , Archie’s Creek Hotel, Sunday March 31, 2024 ‘The dogs may bark but the caravan moves on,’ Paul Keating once famously remarked and, after five years in the Archie’s Creek Hotel in East Gippsland, with another 15 years at several previous locations, the much-loved Caravan Music Club has also moved on. Or gone into recess. Or is in hiatus. Its future is yet to be clarified. There will be gigs at other venues presented by the Caravan, such as the traditional celebration of Bob Dylan’s birthday which this year is at The Palais on May 23. While the lates ..read more

The Gold Coast will be transformed into a rhythm and blues mecca come 16-19 May when Blues on Broadbeach presents one of its strongest lineups to date, with more than 65 international, national and local acts, set to perform across 14 indoor and outdoor stages. The full program for Blues on Broadbeach 2024 is now live, and it is four days of epic live music. More than 20 new acts have been added to the already massive 2024 bill that includes US headliners Melissa Etheridge, Samantha Fish & Jesse Dayton, Ana Popović, Jon Cleary, Hi Rhythm Section with Boo Mitchell and the fiery Eric Bibb, a ..read more

Just weeks before commencing his Australasian solo tour, blues and roots music legend Eric Bibb’s new album, Live at The Scala Theatre has released worldwide through Stony Plain Records, under an exclusive worldwide license agreement from Repute Records. The brand new release follows 2023’s Ridin’, which was nominated for a Grammy Award and has also received two Blues Music Award nominations from The Blues Foundation. Performed in front of a live audience at Stockholm’s Scala Theatre in 2022, Live at The Scala Theatre contains a selection of songs cherry-picked from Bibb’s history, infused wit ..read more

Acclaimed musician Chris Stapleton has confirmed he will tour Australia and New Zealand for the first time next year with “Chris Stapleton’s All-American Roadshow Goes Down Under.” His Australian tour will commence on Tuesday, February 25 at Melbourne’s Rod Laver Arena, followed by Brisbane Entertainment Centre on February 28, and Qudos Bank Arena, Sydney on March 4. He will then head to New Zealand, playing Auckland’s Spark Arena on Friday, March 7. Special guest across all dates is Grammy nominated blues rocker, Marcus King. Kentucky-born Chris Stapleton is an 10x Grammy, 15x CMA and 10x ACM ..read more

ARIA award winning trio Dirty Three have announced Love Changes their first album since 2012’s Toward the Low Sun. Available physically Friday, 14th June and digitally on Friday, 28th June. To accompany the new album the band has announced their first nation tour in 12 years. The trio were already announced on Melbourne’s RISING festival but add dates in Sydney, Canberra, Thirroul, Fremantle, Adelaide, Hobart, Brisbane and Byron Bay. Of the announcement Warren Ellis shares “What joy to kick off the tour for our new album Love Changes Everything in Melbourne Australia for the RISING Festival. R ..read more