Terri Lee Fatouros

The gutsy, raw blues sound of Rod Paine and The Fulltime Lovers smoothly transverses their acoustic, country, Chicago & folk blend blues making always for one hell of a low down dirty, smokin’ hot gig. In August Rod and his band perform two exciting shows at the new Seaford Hotel Bandroom on Friday August 5 and then Davey’s Sunday Soultrain on August 21. A few years ago Rod Paine-Vox/harp, Dave Birtwell-guitar and Tony Harwood-elect/dble bass emerged from retro blues outfit The Redliners, to fo

He cuts a sultry, brooding, and complex figure on stage as he sings and plays his Cigar Box Chuggar guitar. His voice matches his sideburns and hair; lustrous, wild and imbued with cool. Wearing a captain’s hat, striped t-shirt, multi-buttoned jacket and black jeans, he looks a mix of pirate and neo romantic expression. Born of Hungarian parents, Adam Kovarik is the front man of pioneering indie band Stackhouse, blending a unique blend of Australian blues and rock. It would be fair to say that

Geoff Achison, Peter Boom Boom Beulke and Winston Galea play up a storm at The Spotted Mallard

At first you hear the lyrical sound of a tin whistle trailed by the thrum of a washboard, next comes a flute, drums, zippy guitar riffs and finally the combined vocals of the dynamic duo creating these amazing and original compilations; the eccentric and highly talented husband and wife team – Hat Fitz and Cara Robinson.

The HouseWreckers definitely live up to their namesake but in a good solid way. Just imagine a hard rockin’ party with everyone just shaking it out dancing, with the music so worthy that you don’t give a **** as the house shakes apart with the heartbeat of music gone wild.

The Palms at Crown in Melbourne is playing host to the legendary ARIA award winning hard rock band, Dragon on Saturday 20th June. Iconic rockers, Dragon is celebrating 30 years of Body and The Beat album with a special Melbourne show. As well as playing their biggest hits, Dragon will perform the album in its entirety. This platinum selling record dominated the charts in Australia and overseas during the mid 80’s and is still proving immensely popular amongst the younger generation today.

A number of well respected muso’s from the Peninsula told me to check out Blues Mountain playing at Davey’s in Frankston a few Sunday’s ago; so that’s exactly what I did, and was delighted to discover a tight 4-piece outfit with an enjoyable rock/soul/blues groove playing covers and cool originals. Jesse Valach on vocals is ‘da man’.  A likeable, cool dude who’s been writing originals and doing his own stuff for some time now.  He put together Blues Mountain nearly two years ago and the boys ha

What happens when you blend folk, blues roots, hill country, funk, and a touch of grunge edge to the mix? You get a unique outfit called The Swamp Box. Maria Cassar (vocals/guitar) and Ross Gregory (slide/lead guitar/vocals) are the core duo; with add on regular swamp dogs of Matt Short (drums) and Jamie Green (bass). Having a sound like no other, their vibe, energy, and performance are definitely worth checking out.