Crooner Tony Pantano in Sphinx gig
TONY Pantano has been compared to stars from Tom Jones and Elvis Presley to Englebert Humperdink and great classical tenor Luciano Pavarotti.
But to Tony...
Hulsman is dead set to tour album
By Sam Brimacombe
A gardening job at a deceased estate has become a dive into the music industry for Geelong's Tim Hulsman.
He told the Independent...
Rent spent on charity
SAM BRIMACOMBE
A night at the theatre is rarely a life-changing experience but that’s the aim of production company Centre Stage as it prepares to...
Bourne brings back The Big O, Roy Orbison
By SAM BRIMACOMBE
A childhood listening to ’50s rockers tuned Dean Bourne into the music of Roy Orbison.
Now he’s travelling Australia playing the music of...
Man Manx music heads for Port’s Celtic festival
Sam Brimacombe
An award-winning trio from Isle of Man brings its big band sound to this weekend’s National Celtic Festival at Portarlington.
Barrule comprises guitarist Adam...
See The Angels’ faces again
By SAM BRIMACOMBE
Rick Brewster is adamant The Angels will continue rocking after four decades on the Australian music scene.
“We’re looking forward to getting out...
Talent granted for Queenscliff Music Festival
By SAM BRIMACOMBE
Early-bird tickets have gone on sale for November’s Queenscliff Music Festival.
Festival director Andrew Orvis said this year’s line-up would be released at...
Taylor made for fame
By SAM BRIMACOMBE
Ceres' Taylor Henderson is coming home six months after wowing audiences and capturing Australian hearts on TV’s X-Factor.
The 21-year-old said he was...
Highly strung for Celtic fans
By Sam Brimacombe
Some of Europe's leading Celtic musicians are set to play at Portarlington next month.
National Celtic Festival said the event's line-up of international...
Frenzal brews
By Sam Brimacombe
Australian punk band Frenzal Romb will play in Geelong as part of an Australian tour coinciding with Good Beer Week.
The quartet has...
Locals’ web of intrigue
By MICHELLE HERBISON
EVEN some of Agatha Christie’s so-called biggest fans tend to forget the endings to the English novelist’s murder mysteries.
Theatre of the Winged...
Morning glory reduct
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
IT WAS the film that forever changed the way the world thought about surfing.
Albert Falzon's innovative 1972 work Morning of the...
Help tails wag this Christmas
Geelong Animal Welfare Society (GAWS) has launched its annual Christmas Appeal
The not-for-profit organisation, which provides an animal shelter and veterinary clinic for stray and...
