They say that music has the power to soothe a savage beast, but there’s nothing tame about the ‘Sounds of Byron Bay’ tour, a mother (nature) lovin’ masterpiece showcase of three of the iconic bay’s finest bands: Pacha Mamma, JaFFer, and Andy Jans-Brown & Cozmic. Each band are as unique as the town they herald [...]
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Grafton-based singer and guitarist, Chris Staff was able to record his debut album, Different Road in Nashville, Tennessee last year, The self-taught guitarist has quickly made a name for himself in the music industry and has previously performed alongside some of the cream of the Australian country music crop, including Troy Cassar-Daley, the McClymonts, Col [...]
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Bluesmen, Doc Span and Tim Gaze perform at the Upfront Club for the first time this month!! They will take you on a musical journey that is straight from the heart of Blues culture. The show at Maleny’s Upfront Club will feature some song favorites from both singers and powerful acoustic guitar and Doc’s melodic [...]
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With a career spanning 25 years (35 singles, 13 albums, 6 ARIA awards) and record sales edging 1 million, DIESEL (pictured above) the journeyman of music is stripping back into solo mode and heading around parts of the country to tour Solo & Select Series II. He will be at the Maleny Community Centre on [...]
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Who can fail to see the amazing musical creations of Linsey Pollak. His new show at Yandina’s the shared is on Sunday May 19 – 3-5pm and he shares the stage with one of his acolytes, Katalytic. Linsey makes music by live looping instruments of his own making such as the saxillo, Mr Curly, Rubber [...]
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Sunshine Coast Council presents a vibrant production of George Orwell’s simple yet intensely powerful fable Animal Farm for one performance only at 7pm on Monday 3 June 2013 at Lake Kawana Community Centre. Animal Farm, one of the most controversial and studied political commentaries arrives in a brand new production combining physical theatre and storytelling. [...]
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Country musician, Maurice Hardy is muso of the month at the new Caboolture Hub through May and June, and his performances are free. Maurice’s latest original ballads, ‘A Cross beside the highway’ and ‘A man can dream’, showcase the talents of this singer songwriter, who is equally happy performing music for the ‘tin lids’ with [...]
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HINTERLAND MUSICIAN, and manager of Maleny’s Neighbourhood Centre Cath Ovenden, has a passion for a genre of music that has almost completely disappeared – old Australian folk music from 200 years ago to the present day. Cath’s special interest is in the music of Joe Yates (1895- 1987) – a prolific fiddler who lived around [...]
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The second Maleny Music Weekend is gathering momentum with more musicians, more stalls, in fact more of everything… it takes place on the Maleny Showgrounds from 19-21 April. Weekend coordinator Noel Gardner said it’s hard to select key acts from such a great line-up, but he thinks Gold Coast Japanese Taiko drumming band Kizuna (pictured [...]
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Progressive surf roots rockers Band of Frequencies have played all over the world with the likes of Donovan Frankenreiter, John Butler, Angus Stone and Ash Grunwald. Not to mention some of Australia’s premier festivals: Splendour in the Grass, Mullum Music Festival and Woodford Folk Festival. True believers in sounds beyond boundaries, Band of Frequencies draw [...]
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