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Safari Motel burst onto the scene back in 2012 and quite literally has been exploding ever since. With a big band sound seeped in soul, funk and blues it’s little wonder their mix of feel-good, high energy original funk grooves has earned them a place in the thriving Melbourne music scene as one of
Friday Night Blues at the Seaford Hotel keeps coming back with the big guns and there’s none bigger than Jimi Hocking’s Blues Machine back in town to play the Seaford Band Room on Friday September 2. Whether warming up for the next Screaming Jets tour or just getting home, Jimi always brings his A-g
Rewind to some of the biggest Summer’s on record as Rosebud Hotel welcomes back infamous Peninsula party pair Rob & Tarquin for another Friday Flashback on August 26. An institution on Friday nights for most of the 2000’s, Rob & Tarquin reunite with The Rosey for one huge Summer session of sing-alon
He comes on givin’ lip like your younger brother after a night on the turps. He’s all cheek and twists and a wry smile to keep you fooled. Then launches into some of the best driving blues you’ll hear in yonks. Sammy Owen jumps and jives like a young George Thorogood, he shreds, his lyrics tease, a
The gutsy, raw blues sound of Rod Paine and The Fulltime Lovers smoothly transverses their acoustic, country, Chicago & folk blend blues making always for one hell of a low down dirty, smokin’ hot gig. In August Rod and his band perform two exciting shows at the new Seaford Hotel Bandroom on Friday
Sunday Soultrain at Davey’s in Frankston is recognised as one of Melbourne’s integral Sunday sessions presenting some of Australia’s finest Blues, Soul and Rock’n Roll artists ‘Live & Free’ every week. On Sunday July 24 Soultrain welcomes back sentimental gentleman Geoff Achison & The Souldiggers fo
Independent blues/soul troubadour Shaun Kirk has come a long way since his debut release in 2010, earning him accolades such as “one of the most explosive solo acts Australia has to offer” and “one of the finest blues voices this country has ever heard”. His latest album ‘Steer the Wheel’ debuted
If you’ve ever caught yourself changing the words of an innocent song into a bawdy ballad, then you can be assured that comedian songster; Kevin Bloody Wilson has had an effect on you at some stage in your life. When his debut album Your average Australian Yobbo was released in 1984, Wilson never im
It’s a night of HIGH VOLTAGE ‘HIS & HERS’ OZ ROCK as two ‘gone but not forgotten’ icons come together to relaunch the ‘new look’ Sandown Park Hotel. R.I.P – Rock In Peace Bon and Chrissy when DIRTY DEEDS, the World’s longest running AC/DC Tribute Show joins forces with Temperamental – A Tribute to
Ten years is a looooong time in rock & roll. To these guys, it’s a blip on the clock. Because they know how to rock. This Friday June 17 the Abs80’s crew including Scott Carne, Dale Ryder, Sean Kelly and David Sterry hit Matthew Flinders Hotel on their ‘Ten Years Young Anniversary Tour’ promising to
The Matthew Flinders Hotel explodes with an Oz Rock Trifecta bringing together the music of three of Australian Rock music’s biggest bands, INXS, Cold Chisel and Divinyls. Australia’s most renowned tribute bands INXSIVE, Gold Chisel and Temperamental’s Tribute to Chrissy Amphlett come together in on
Prince was never one to be put in a box. When MTV asked him, in 1985, if he had sold out his black fans with Purple Rain, he shut them down with: “I grew up in a black and white world and I listened to all kinds of music when I was younger.” As the LA Times said, “Prince was our first post-everythin
