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Eclectic and earthy, contemporary Australian roots music is grounded in a unique foundation of blues, folk, country, bluegrass, reggae, Celtic and indigenous elements.... |
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| Bending The Blues |
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Contemporary blues pioneers strike a chord. From classic delta to bluegrass to swamp and rock, today's blues... |
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| Words & Strings |
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Not surprisingly the guitar is the instrument of choice for many songwriters.
Two talented award winning songwriters and accomplished... |
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| Swedish-born Andy Salvanos has worked as a session musician in Los Angeles, studied bass with renowned teachers like Jeff Berlin and Gary Willis, and performed The... |
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| Sydney singer-songwriter Lior seemed to emerge from nowhere back in 2005 with his stunning debut album Autumn Flow, but it was in fact the culmination of years of hard... |
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| Ash Grunwald’s music is steeped in the Delta blues tradition of the legendary acoustic musicians who proliferated America’s deep South and the giants of electric... |
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| Australian blues group Backsliders are leaders and virtual pioneers in their own genre. As a three piece, they can lift the roof off any venue, moving from in-your-face... |
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| Three times winner of the ‘South Australian Songwriter of the Year’ and Bank’s Music ‘Best New Music’ Award winner, Cal Williams Jr recently released his debut... |
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| Nominated for Contemporary Blues Album of the Year in the 2007 Blues Music Awards (Memphis) for her album Lucky 13, Fiona is the first Australian blues artist to be so... |
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| The Derek Trucks Band has been a work in progress for over 10 years and takes a progressive approach to roots music, blending rock, blues, jazz, and world music. The... |
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| Adelaide International Guitar Festival is proud to announce Derek Trucks as our International Artist In Residence for 2008.
Derek began his musical career at the age... |
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| Jesse Harris makes music that can be hauntingly beautiful or catchy and hip and is always rich in musical textures. A masterful Grammy-winning songwriter, his tunes... |
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| From the first time young Gold Coast songwriter/performer Mason Rack lets loose, to the moment he relinquishes his guitar, his audience is spellbound. Whether it’s his... |
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| Mia Dyson plays Jim Dyson guitars (her father is a luthier), which is not so hard to believe. What’s harder to believe – given the extraordinary depth of passion in... |
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| Rob Sawyer reflects a diverse scope of musical inspiration in his song writing from a raw organic blend of punk folk and hillbilly reggae through to foot stomping blues.... |
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| Following 10 years on the international circuit with vocal powerhouse Fruit, the fiery redhead of that superbly acclaimed group now brings Redhead to the stage. SA band... |
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| Roots/alternative country duo The Yearlings combine warm boy-girl harmonies and sparse country blues to create songs that are at once haunting and soothing: a living,... |
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| A one-man-band/multi-instrumentalist who plays guitars, Yidaki’s (didgeridoos), Weissenborn slide guitars, stomp boxes, djembes, harmonica, and a bunch of different... |
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