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Ginger Baker Reconnected With Son Before His Death

Ginger Baker’s death hit his son Kofi harder than he expected it would because the estranged pair ended their lifelong feud just before the Cream drummer’s death.

Tagged as: 60s, blues, Cream, Ginger Baker, rock, UK

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Harts Is Taking Harts Plays Hendrix Around Australia

by Paul Cashmere

After a successful start at Melbourne’s Recital Centre in May 2019 Harts will take his Harts Plays Hendrix shows around Australia.

Tagged as: 10s, 60s, Australia, blues, guitar, HARTS, Harts Plays Hendrix, Jimi Hendrix, rock, USA

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Fleetwood Mac Ruled Out Of Glastonbury

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Back in June, Mick Fleetwood hinted that the band would be performing when he told the crowd at the group’s London concert that they still had a “big field to play at a rained out festival in England”, but negotiations between Fleetwood Mac and Glastonbury have reportedly broken down over finances.

Tagged as: 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s, blues, Fleetwood Mac, Glastonbury, rock, UK, USA

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Black Sorrows Clocked Up 18th Studio Album With Citizen John

by Paul Cashmere

‘Citizen John’ is the 18th studio album for The Black Sorrows. That’s a remarkable feat considering we are not counting compilations and live albums, any of the Jo Jo Zep & The Falcons albums.

Tagged as: 00s, 80s, 90s, Australia, Black Sorrows, blues, John Farnham, Jon Stevens, One Electric Day, rock, roots, Southern Sons, Vanessa Amorosi

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R.I.P. Cream Drumming Legend Ginger Baker 1939-2019

by Paul Cashmere

Legendary UK drummer Ginger Baker has passed away at the age of 80.

Tagged as: 60s, Blind Faith, blues, classic rock, Cream, drummer, Drums, Eric Clapton, Ginger Baker, Ginger Baker's Air Force, rock, UK

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Mick Jagger, photo by Ros O'Gorman, the rolling stones, melbourne 2014

Mick Jagger Is Surprised He Got This Far

by Music-News.com

Mick Jagger didn’t think his music career would last into his 60s.

Tagged as: 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s, blues, Mick Jagger, rock, Rolling Stones, UK

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Cream Drummer Ginger Baker Is Critically Ill

by Paul Cashmere

Cream drummer Ginger Baker is fighting for his life in hospital, according to his family.

Tagged as: 60s, blues, Cream, Ginger Baker, rock, UK

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Robert Hunter, songwriter with Bob Dylan and Grateful Dead Dies Aged 78

by Paul Cashmere

Bob Dylan and Grateful Dead lyricist Robert Hunter has died at the age of 78 in California.

Tagged as: 60s, 70s, Americana, blues, Bob Dylan, Grateful Dead, Jam, Robert Hunter, rock, USA

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Aaron Schembri’s All-Star City Lights Launch Is Wednesday At Memo Music Hall

by Paul Cashmere

Aaron Schembri is about to release his debut album and he has chosen Memo Music Hall in St Kilda for the launch.

Tagged as: 10s, Aaron Schembri, Australia, blues, guitar, rock

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The Soul Movers are moving into Queensland this weekend

by Paul Cashmere

The Soul Movers are taking their sweet soul music to Queensland. The band, fronted by Lizzie Mack and featuring former red Wiggle Murray Cook, have three shows in Queensland this weekend.

Tagged as: 10s, Australia, blues, Lizzie Mack, Murray Cook, R&B, soul, The Soul Movers

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Fender Custom Shop Eric Clapton Blind Faith Telecaster by Todd Krause

Eric Clapton, John Mayer and Carlos Santana Launch Signature Guitars Through Guitar Center

by Paul Cashmere

Eric Clapton, in partnership with Guitar Center, has announced five new signature guitars, three from Eric and one each from John Mayer and Carlos Santana.

Tagged as: 60s, 70s, 80s, blues, Carlos Santana, Eric Clapton, guitar, Guitar Center, John Mayer, rock, roots, USA

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George Thorogood Has Two Australian Dates for January 2020

by Paul Cashmere

George Thorogood & The Destroyers will return to Australia for their first shows in a decade in January 2020.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, blues, George Thorogood, George Thorogood & The Destroyers, rock, USA

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John Mayer - Photo By Ros O'Gorman, noise11, Photo

John Mayer takes out restraining order against against fan

by Music-News.com

John Mayer has taken a fan to court to get a retraining order.

Tagged as: 00s, blues, guitar, John Mayer, rock, USA

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Buy Fleetwood Mac Get Split Enz, Crowded House and Tom Petty for free

by Paul Cashmere

The Australian leg of the Fleetwood Mac tour reached Perth this week. There have been a few changes to the setlist since the start of the tour but Neil Finn gives a Split Enz and Crowded House classic a work-out and Mike Campbell reverts back his Tom Petty years for ‘Free Fallin’.

Tagged as: 60s, 70s, 80s, blues, Fleetwood Mac, Mike Campbell, Neil Finn, pop, rock, UK, USA

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The Soul Movers Move ‘Deep In The South’ for a stunning Blues and Gospel song

by Paul Cashmere

‘Deep In The South’, the new song for The Soul Movers is a world away from his international music legend persona as the Red Wiggle in The Wiggles.

Tagged as: 10s, Australia, blues, Lizzie Mack, Murray Cook, R&B, soul, The Soul Movers

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Diesel To Attend Melbourne Guitar Show This Weekend

by Paul Cashmere

Diesel will be visiting the Melbourne Guitar Show this weekend, meeting fans and signing vinyl copies of his new E.P. ‘Sunset Suburbia’.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, Australia, blues, Diesel, guitar, Mark Lizotte, Melbourne Guitar Show, music industry, rock

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After 20 Years of Independence Ash Grunwald has changed his business model

by Paul Cashmere

Ash Grunwald has been one of Australia’s most successful independent songwriters but that is all changing. After 20 years of “minding his own business”, Ash Grunwald has signed his first record deal with Michael Gudinski’s Bloodlines.

Tagged as: 00s, Ash Grunwald, Australia, blues, Melbourne Guitar Show

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ZZ Top’s ‘That Little Ol’ Band From Texas’

by Paul Cashmere

ZZ Top’s doco ‘That Little Ol’ Band From Texas’ will screen in cinemas around the world soon including across Australia.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, blues, rock, USA, ZZ Top

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Eric Clapton Reveals the Line-up for Crossroads 2019

by Paul Cashmere

Eric Clapton will present his Crossroads Music Festival over two nights on 20 and 21 September 2019.

Tagged as: 60s, 70s, 80s, blues, Crossroads, Eric Clapton, music festival, rock, roots, USA

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Tony Joe White Re-Records Polk Salad Annie With Robert Cray Months Before He Passed Away

by Paul Cashmere

Just months before Tony Joe White passed away he re-recorded his classic ‘Polk Salad Annie’ with Robert Cray.

Tagged as: 60s, 70s, Americana, blues, roots, Tony Joe White, USA

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Aaron Schembri Has An Incredible Line-up To Help Him Launch His Debut Album

by Paul Cashmere

Melbourne guitarist Aaron Schembri will have the Who’s Who of Australian rock joining him for the launch of his debut album ‘City Lights’ at Memo Music Hall in September.

Tagged as: 10s, Aaron Schembri, Australia, blues, guitar, rock

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‘To Love Somebody’ was the ONLY Australian Song Performed At Woodstock ‘69

by Paul Cashmere

Fun Fact: Only one Australian song was performed at Woodstock ’69 and it was The Bee Gees ‘To Love Somebody’ performed by Janis Joplin.

Tagged as: 60s, Bee Gees, blues, Janis Joplin, pop, soul, Woodstock

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Ash Grunwald To Launch Signature Pratley Guitar At Melbourne Guitar Show

by Paul Cashmere

Australian blues guitarist Ash Grunwald will unveil his new signature guitar for Pratley Guitars at the Melbourne Guitar Show in August.

Tagged as: 00s, Ash Grunwald, Australia, blues

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Dr John, Deni Bluesfest on Saturday 19 April 2014

Memo Music Hall Plans Salute To Dr John This Sunday

by Paul Cashmere

Melbourne musicians will gather at Memo Music Hall in St Kilda this Sunday for a tribute to Mac Rebennack (aka Dr John) who passed away on 6 June 2019.

Tagged as: Andrew Swann, blues, Dia Jones, Dr John, Kerri Simpson, Mark Ferrie, Memo Music Hall, New Orleans, R&B, soul, Tim Neal, USA

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Robert Plant, Australian Tour 2013, Noise11, Ros O'Gorman, Photo

Robert Plant performs his Led Zeppelin classic Immigrant Song for first time in 23 Years

by Music-News.com

Robert Plant has performed ‘Immigrant Song’ by Led Zeppelin for the first time in 23 years.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, blues, hard rock, Led Zeppelin, Robert Plant, rock, UK

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Billy Gibbons and Dave Grohl to feature on Queens of the Stone Age album

by Music-News.com

ZZ Top’s Billy Gibbons has revealed that the band’s frontman Josh Homme recruited himself and Foo Fighters singer Grohl to work on the follow-up to 2017’s ‘Villains’ while at a party.

Tagged as: 90s, Billy Gibbons, blues, grunge, Queens Of The Stone Age, rock, USA, ZZ Top

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Drummer Mick Fleetwood of Fleetwood Mac performs at ADOTG at Mt Duneed Winery on 7 November 2015. Photo by Ros O'Gorman

Mick Fleetwood Says Former Fleetwood Mac Member Won’t Be Back

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Mick Fleetwood has given up hope of a reunion with the former members of Fleetwood Mac.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, blues, Fleetwood Mac, Mick Fleetwood, rock, UK, USA

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Don Walker Tells The Story Behind His Song and Jimmy Barnes’ Hit ‘Stone Cold’

by Paul Cashmere

When Jimmy Barnes released his sixth solo album ‘Heat’ in 1993 it had a familiar sound on one track. ‘Stone Cold’ was written by his former Cold Chisel band mate Don Walker. It was the first thing Don and Jimmy had done together since the break-up of Cold Chisel five years earlier.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, Australia, blues, Cold Chisel, Don Walker, Jimmy Barnes, rock, songs

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Sheryl Crow Debuts Her New Song With Joe Walsh

by Paul Cashmere

The new Sheryl Crow song from her upcoming album Threads is a duet with Joe Walsh.

Tagged as: 90s, blues, Bonnie Raitt, country, folk, Joe Walsh, Keith Richards, Mavis Staples, Sheryl Crow, soul, USA

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Shannon Bourne and Sarah Carroll to play a very special show at Memo Music Hall

by Paul Cashmere

Shannon Bourne will perform what will be a very special show with Sarah Carroll, the partner of Chris Wilson, at Memo Music Hall on Friday night.

Tagged as: Americana, Australia, blues, Chris Wilson, roots, Shannon Bourne

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Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats Celebrate 10 Years With Deluxe Reissue Of Breakthrough Debut

Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats are marking the tenth anniversary of their game-changing self-titled debut album with a deluxe reissue due October 10, bringing with it not just the original gold-certified record but also an entire album’s worth of demo recordings that show how the sound of the band was born.

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Dave Stewart Has An Album Of Bob Dylan Covers But They Have Been Friends For Years

One album that slipped through the cracks in July was Dave Stewart’s ‘Dave Does Dylan’, an album for Dylan covers from the Eurythmics co-founder.

August 15, 2025

The Lumineers Cover Billy Joel Classic During Automatic World Tour

The Lumineers have been performing the Billy Joel classic ‘New York State of Mind’ as part of their Automatic World Tour.

August 11, 2025

Derek & The Dominos Founder Bobby Whitlock Dies At Age 77

Bobby Whitlock (March 18, 1948 – August 10, 2025)—American singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and a soulful architect of rock music, Bobby Whitlock has passed away at 77 after a brief battle with cancer at his Texas home, surrounded by family.

August 11, 2025

The Lumineers Reinvent The Tears For Fears Classic ‘Shout’ For The Institute

In a bold reinterpretation of a classic 80s anthem, The Lumineers have delivered a hauntingly stripped-back cover of Tears for Fears’ “Shout” being used as the theme for psychological Stephen King thriller series 'The Institute'.

July 29, 2025