Monique Brumby live in the studio
Monique Brumby returned to Tasmania last week touring her new single 'Underground' from her forthcoming 5th studio album 'Half Moon Half Everything'. She played that song, as well as 'The Change in Me'...
View ArticleMatthew Fagan and a ten string guitar
Matthew Fagan is busy touring around Tasmania, launching his new CD 'One Day in Nashville', and playing his ten string spanish guitar. He played 'La Malaguena' in the ABC Northtas studio for the Drive...
View ArticlePerfect
Tasmania has just enjoyed performances by touring Irish singer songwriter Mick McHugh. Now based in Northen New South Wales, McHugh performed 'You're Perfect', a song written as words of wisdom for his...
View ArticleLuke Legs and the Midnight Specials
'I'm hearing about the shelter of St. Anthony, I'm going there tonight in my mind.' Luke Legs and The Midnight Specials perform live on Your Afternoon. The band toured through Tasmania last week to...
View ArticleSaved from a shark by some dolphins
Ash Grunwald has just finished his Australian tour, covering every state and the odd territory. While travelling through Tasmania he played 'Dolphin Song' live on statewide local radio.
View ArticleIt's a Mystery
It's all a mystery to Sugarcane Collins! The Cairns based blues singer and guitarist is currently on tour promoting his new album, 'Downunder the Blues'. The East Coast tour has brought him as far...
View ArticleWeddings, convicts, Vandemonians
Mick Thomas, best known as the lead singer of 'Weddings, Parties, Anything', has turned his songwriting hand to telling the stories of Tasmanian convicts for an upcoming performance for Dark Mofo.
View ArticleBlackwood, King Billy and Abalone
It is a labour of love for North West Tasmanian craftsman John Turnbull; using King Billy Pine and Blackwood, inlayed with abalone shell 'mother of pearl', to create handmade guitars in his own Stanley...
View ArticleLive in the studio: The Basics
The Basics are currently touring a new album, 'Ingredients'. While drummer Wally De Backer's Gotye project has had its obvious successes, the Melbourne band has kept musical connections between the...
View ArticleOne string Diddley bows and other unique instruments
A one stringed instrument never sounded so good! Justin Johnson is in Tasmania playing his unique style of blues style music on some very unique locally made instruments, and he will be playing at this...
View ArticleRosebery's young luthiers making guitars in the high school classroom
Luthier Peter Winskill teaches Tasmanian high school students a unique skill in Rosebery.
View ArticleGuitar maker reclaims the 'dying craft' of the luthier
In a skinny shop-space on one of Mount Isa's main streets, a luthier is helping to reinvent the dying craft of guitar-making.
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