Tag: Music
Leigh Sleightholme: Just one of the boys in the band
HE’S one of Geelong’s most talented sons, a star of stage and screen, a first-order acrobat and tumbler, and pretty handy with a whip...
Musos mourn loss of Sweethearts’ Ross Lipson
By NOEL MURPHY
GEELONG'S music industry is in mourning after Sweethearts founder and 25-year director Ross Lipson this week succumbed to cancer.
The 57-year-old music teacher...
Motor City the next trick for Broderick Smith
By NOEL MURPHY
FEW musicians can turn their hand to as many tricks as blues legend Broderick Smith.
The singer-songwriter and blues harp Aussie icon might...
Phil Manning back with his Chain gang
By NOEL MURPHY
FEW Aussie musicians have been able to eke out a rock music career like blues legend Phil Manning.
The evergreen guitarist, who’s been...
Pierce twins to folk up on Surf Coast
INDIE-FOLK duo the Pierce Brothers will bring its acoustic music to Torquay after an international tour.
Didgeridoos, foot-stomping percussion, well-worn guitars, blues harps and enthusiasm...
All ready to KISS and make-up
By NOEL MURPHY
GUITAR-smashing, fire-breathing, blood-spitting and some pyrotechnics - get set for a wild night out when KISSTROYER brings its glam-rock brand of anarchy...
Josh Pyke brings Lone Wolf last leg to Geelong
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
THE END of an era can be scary but for the creative mind of singer-songwriter Josh Pyke it holds more promise...
Joe Camilleri and Black Sorrows in Wool Exchange show
By NOEL MURPHY
AUSSIE legend Joe Camilleri is headed Geelong’s way next week, armed with a kitbag of hits and tunes to set bodies rocking...
Hold the lagerphone: Pearse’s mutant instrument for family concert
By NOEL MURPHY
'THE lagerphone has been around for years,
'To make one, you drink a lot of beers,
'You shake it up and down,
'Or you beat...
Sweethearts Emmy nomination so sweet
By NOEL MURPHY
GEELONG'S teenage soul queens Sweethearts are up for an Emmy award for their Heart & Soul TV series.
Created by 1440 productions' Kristy...
Motor Music Fest: Geetroit set to rock
By NOEL MURPHY
VAUDEVILLIAN blues act Pugsley Buzzard along with recycled Credence, INXS and Springsteen are just some of the vintage music acts who will...
Mia Dyson’s sound heading home
GUITARIST-singer Mia Dyson is powering from strength to strength with her album Idyllwild scoring Double J’s feature album, a premiere on US industry bible...