Turning Guilty Pleasures Into A Multi Million Dollar Business. As a musician, songwriter and producer music has been Mark Duckworth’s lifelong passion, but it’s as a festival director where he’s really made his name. For the past four years Mark has been at the helm of the Gold Coast music festival Blues on Broadbeach and while the event has been running now for 16 … [Read more...]
Hold It Together – Dan Sultan
It would be an understatement to say that I'm just a little bit excited about hearing something new from Dan Sultan. The man Clare Bowditch once dubbed "The Black Elvis" is back slamming out his own brand of soul and sounding as good ever. There's no date yet on when we'll see the new album, but late last year he dropped Magnetic, a belter of a song backed by a gospel … [Read more...]
Bluesfest Double – podcast
Backstage at a festival like Bluesfest is another world. Away from the crowds, the noise and the dust where the throng gathers to get a glimpse of their musical heroes is a large tent that houses the dressing rooms for the artists. It's furnished with palm trees, funky chairs, massage tables and softly lit lounge spaces where the stars can hang out and kick back. It's also … [Read more...]
Need You Now – Dean Lewis
There's a big vibe on Dean Lewis and it's not hard to see why. His last single Waves has racked up in excess of two and a half million views and over eleven million streams. It doesn't hurt that there's a familiarity in his music that sits somewhere between Vance Joy and Whitely with maybe a hint of Bon Iver thrown in too. Comparisons aside it's the emotional heart of his … [Read more...]
Deborah Conway – Podcast
Deborah Conway is one of Australia’s most gifted songwriters and vocalists. In the early 80’s she formed Do Re Mi with Dorland Bray and they had a major breakthrough in 1985 with Man Overboard, which went on to become one of the biggest selling Australian songs of that year. The band followed it with a number of other minor chart successes including Warnings Moving Clockwise … [Read more...]