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Mon Rovîa releases his debut album Bloodline, a deeply personal 16 track project exploring identity, migration, memory, and resilience.

Mon Rovîa Releases Debut Album Bloodline

by Paul Cashmere

Mon Rovîa has released his debut album Bloodline, a sweeping and deeply personal 16 track project shaped by themes of identity, migration, and resilience.

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Blair Dunlop performing live on stage with acoustic guitar during Australian tour

Blair Dunlop Announces Australian Tour For March 2026

by Paul Cashmere

British folk artist Blair Dunlop will tour Australia in March 2026 with headline shows, festival appearances and collaborative performances.

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UK singer-songwriter Robbie Cavanagh announced his inaugural Australian tour, featuring solo performances and special double and triple bills with Karen Lee Andrews, Blair Dunlop, and Dan Webster & Emily Lawler.

Robbie Cavanagh Announces Inaugural Australian Tour With Special Double And Triple Bills

by Paul Cashmere

Robbie Cavanagh announces his first Australian tour with solo shows and special double and triple bills, including Karen Lee Andrews and Blair Dunlop.

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I’m With Her performing live during the Kansas City recordings

I’m With Her Release New Live Ep As Grammy Momentum Builds

by Paul Cashmere

I’m With Her deliver a new live EP Songs From The Stage: Kansas City, featuring performances from their 2025 tour and songs from their GRAMMY nominated album Wild And Clear And Blue.

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Foy Vance portrait by Gregg Houston singing into microphone, intimate live-style portrait.

Foy Vance Debuts “I Think I Preferred The Question” And Embraces The Beauty Of Not Knowing

by Paul Cashmere

Emmy-award winning songwriter Foy Vance unveils “I Think I Preferred The Question,” an intimate new single produced by Ethan Johns and out now on Rounder Records.

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ThornBird announces 2026 Big Girl Pants Victorian shows

ThornBird Announces 2026 Big Girl Pants Victorian Shows

by Paul Cashmere

ThornBird will return to Victoria in February 2026 for four Big Girl Pants shows, showcasing the latest chapter in Vikki Thorn’s acclaimed solo career.

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Gillian Welch and David Rawlings performing live with acoustic guitars during their Australian tour

Gillian Welch & David Rawlings Announce Australian Tour Leg For 2026

by Paul Cashmere

Gillian Welch and David Rawlings will return to Australia in February and March 2026 for a new run of More Evenings With shows following a sold-out tour earlier this year.

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Willie Watson to tour Australia in March 2026 following release of new self-titled album

Willie Watson Returns To Australia With New Album And Tour For 2026

by Paul Cashmere

Willie Watson, co-founder of Old Crow Medicine Show, will tour Australia in March 2026 performing songs from his self-titled album Willie Watson.

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Bud Rokesky performing songs from his new album XXXX

Bud Rokesky Embraces The Beauty Of Solitude On New Album XXXX (The Redacted Edition)

by Noise11.com

Bud Rokesky returns with XXXX, his powerful second album reflecting life, love and loneliness on the open road. Following the success of Outsider, Rokesky’s latest work confirms his place among Australia’s finest storytellers.

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Bob Dylan Highway 61 Revisited

Bob Dylan’s Highway 61 Revisited: 60 Years of a Rock & Roll Revolution

by Noise11.com

Released on August 30, 1965, Bob Dylan’s Highway 61 Revisited marked a seismic shift in both his career and the landscape of popular music. Celebrating its 60th anniversary this year, the album stands as a bold declaration of artistic freedom, blending folk, blues, and rock into a sound that was as electrifying as it was poetic.

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Paul Kelly and Dan Kelly at Red Hot Summer Mornington photo by Bron Robinson

Paul Kelly To Release ‘Seventy’ at 70

by Noise11.com

“Tell us a story” …That’s how Paul Kelly begins his forthcoming album SEVENTY, an invitation as old as childhood, whispered from the back seat of a family car or around a glowing campfire. Who better to ask than Australia’s master storyteller himself? For more than 45 years, Paul Kelly has chronicled lives, characters and contradictions with matchless insight and heart.

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Dave Stewart Dave Does Dylan

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

by Noise11.com

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.

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The Lumineers (supplied by Frontier Touring)

The Lumineers Cover Billy Joel Classic During Automatic World Tour

by Paul Cashmere

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

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Ian Anderson of Jethro Tull photo by Ros O'Gorman

Ian Anderson Discusses The Evolution of Jethro Tull At Noise11.com

by Paul Cashmere

Over the course of nearly six decades, Jethro Tull has journeyed through an ever-shifting soundscape, thanks largely to the creative restlessness of frontman Ian Anderson. According to the recent Noise11.com interview (recorded July 24, 2025), Tull has been remarkably prolific in recent years, releasing three studio albums—The Zealot Gene (2022), RökFlöte(2023), and Curious Ruminant (2025)—alongside the expansive box-set Still Living In The Past.

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Michael Kiwanuka at Noise11, Photo

Michael Kiwanuka Cancels All Upcoming Shows

by Music-News.com

Michael Kiwanuka has cancelled all his forthcoming shows due to “continued illness”.

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The Lumineers Shout

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

by Labelle Hayes

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’.

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Bob Dylan, Gramercy Park, 1963. Photograph by Ralph Baxter. Courtesy of American Song Archives.

Bob Dylan Exhibition To Open At New York University

by Noise11.com

‘How Many Roads: Bob Dylan and his Changing Times, 1961- 1964’ will open at New York University in 25 August.

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Woody Guthrie Woody at Home

13 Woody Guthrie Songs Never Before Released Are About To Be Made Public

by Paul Cashmere

A new Woody Guthrie album of recordings made in 1951 with 22 previously unreleased recordings including 13 songs never before released will have their official premiere soon, 58 years after the death of Guthrie.

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Dave Cousin Facebook photo

Strawbs Founder, Singer, Songwriter Dave Cousins Dies Aged 85

by Paul Cashmere

Dave Cousins of Strawbs has died at age 85.

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Bob Dylan at the Hollywood Bowl 31 July 2024 photo with thanks to Richard Gilkerson

Bob Dylan To Continue Farewell Tour With Dates In UK and Europe Announced

by Music-News.com

Legendary songwriter and musician Bob Dylan will return to the UK in 2025 for a string of dates presented by ITB.

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Paul Simon and Sting at Mt Duneed Winery 2015

Paul Simon Postpones Show after Back Surgery

by Music-News.com

Paul Simon has postponed a gig after undergoing surgery for “severe” back pain.

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Paul Simon, Rod Laver Arena, 2013, Ros O'Gorman, Photo

Paul Simon Wraps Up Residency At New York’s Beacon Theater

by Paul Cashmere

Paul Simon has been in residency performing five shows in New York this past week at the iconic Beacon Theatre in the Seinfeld district of Upper Manhattan. Hey to give you an idea as to how close Jerry and Kramer “lived” to the Beacon, it is just a half a mile walk.

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Bob Dylan at the Hollywood Bowl 31 July 2024 photo with thanks to Richard Gilkerson

Bob Dylan Shakes Up The Setlist At Outlaw Music Festival In Phoenix

by Paul Cashmere

Bob Dylan isn’t known for impromptu sets of late but at his show in Phoenix this week he threw together a totally unique setlist.

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Marcus Mumford

Mumford & Sons Revive The Railroad Revival Tour

by Paul Cashmere

Mumford & Sons are putting their Railroad Revival tour back on the tracks for the first time since 2011.

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Suzanne Vega

Suzanne Vega Told To Withdrawn From Glastonbury Due To Death Threats

by Paul Cashmere

Suzanne Vega was told by police to pull out of headlining Glastonbury after receiving death threats.

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Mick Thomas Roving Commission

Mick Thomas’ Roving Commission Reveals Mainly Covers EP First Step in a Homeward Direction

by Paul Cashmere

On May 30 Mick Thomas will release First Step in a New Direction, the first EP of seven songs ahead of a new album later in the year.

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Suzanne Vega

Suzanne Vega Channels Bob Dylan ‘I Want You’ for ‘Chambermaid’

by Paul Cashmere

The new Suzanne Vega song ‘Chambermaid’ is based on Bob Dylan’s ‘I Want You’.

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Bob Dylan Heavens Door whiskey

Bob Dylan Plays First Shows For 2025

by Paul Cashmere

Bob Dylan has resumed live concerts for 2025 with the first show on 25 March 2025 in Tulsa.

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Jesse Colin Young

Jesse Colin Young of The Youngbloods Dies Aged 83

by Paul Cashmere

Jesse Colin Young, a founding member of The Youngbloods, has died at age 83.

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Cat Power

Cat Power Does Dylan At Festival Hall

by Anna-Maria Megalogenis

When Bob Dylan played Festival Hall on April 19th and 20th in 1966, it was standing room only, fast forward to tonight’s show almost 59 years later and it’s a fully seated affair, with comfy cushioned seats and bougie carpet.

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