Brian Setzer, rockabilly’s most iconic ambassador, has unleashed a brand
new line-up for his upcoming Australian tour.
The tour will now include a 2nd & final Melbourne show at The Palace
on Tuesday April 3. Tickets for this 2nd show will go on sale at 9am,
Friday February 3, with pre-sale tickets available from Wednesday February 1.
Dubbed ‘Brian Setzer’s Rockabilly Riot!’ this new look is an all-out assault on the
rockabilly norm, an overcharged and thrilling attack of American rock n’ roll.
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EMINEM’S ORIGINAL CREW HIT OZ - 2012
D12, an acronym for The Dirty Dozen, is an American pop/hip hop group from Detroit, Michigan, USA. D12 success with album releases in the United States, United Kingdom, and Australia has been well documented within pop culture.
D12 were formed in 1996, and achieved mainstream success after one of its members, Eminem, rose to international fame.
D12 have had a number 1 ARIA selling album and single in Australia. Fast facts and stats:
1st Album debuted at number one on the U.S. and Australian chart plus number two on the UK chart, also reaching the top of the Canadian charts.
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JUDY COLLINS RETURNS TO AUSTRALIA
with new album BOHEMIAN
US legend Judy Collins must have taken a shine to Australia last year, she’s just announced another visit, only her third in a magnificent career that has spanned over 50 years. The revered and prolific musician, accomplished painter, filmmaker and author brings with her a new album, titled BOHEMIAN.
Released to coincide with the iconic folksinger’s 2011 memoir Sweet Judy Blue Eyes, BOHEMIAN finds Judy Collins revisiting the late-’60s California music scene. Driven by her signature effortless soprano, the album features four new original cuts to add to an already legendary and extensive repertoire; Morocco, Wings of Angels, In the Twilight, and Big Sur, along with seven covers, including Woody Guthrie’s Pastures of Plenty, the lullaby All The Pretty Horses, Pure Imagination from Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory and Joni Mitchell’s Cactus Tree.
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Announcing East Coast Shows With The Kill Devil Hills
& Debut Single ‘You Got To Move’ Coming Feb 4th
In a world where music is an intangible thing we can listen to and move on from in the click of a mouse, The Floors are more akin to thumbing through dusty LPs on the shelves of an old record store; a tactile and visceral experience that, if not entirely traditional, keeps alive some of the more magical aspects of music.
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Announce National Snapshot Tour For 2012
The second album by Katie Noonan’s jazz trio of 14 years Elixir, “First Seed Ripening” was released in August of this year. Debuting at #1 on the ARIA Jazz charts where it spent 9 weeks, “First Seed Ripening” then went on to take out the 2011 ARIA Award (Jazz category).
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Mountain Mocha Kilimanjaro - bit of a tongue-twister, yeah?
But there’s nothing complicated about MMK’s super heavyweight funk. Combining the rawest, deepest soulful grooves, the fast and furious energy of rock and roll, and laying it all down in the classiest of funk manners, these six super-dapper gentlemen have been creating a storm around the world with their irresistible new take on how to make people dance.
Fresh out of the Japanese ghetto-funk scene, Mountain Mocha Kilimanjaro make a triumphant return to Australia with their second album of modern classic Soul/Groove, UHURU PEAK, released January 13, 2012 via Instrumental Recordings / MGM.
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From the steppes of Mongolia, via Beijing comes Hanggai; blending traditional music and upbeat rock.
The scope of Hanggai’s music is almost as wide as the grasslands out of which they journey.
Hanggai embrace tradition, culture, fusion and folklore to produce their unique sound. They sing about Mongolian Robin Hoods, mix throat singing with rock instruments and dress like men of the steppes even though they live in the teeming, churning metropolis of Beijing.
Hanggai’s music embraces the world of rock, pop and bluegrass as seen and heard by a new generation of Chinese. The self-described ‘Inner Mongolian hillbillies’ have had a great year in Asia, the US and Australia. Highlights for the band were outstanding shows at Fuji Rock Festival in Niigata, Japan, Music Without Borders @ Millennium Park, Chicago and Bonaroo Festival, Tennessee, Sydney Festival and WOMAD Australia and New Zealand.
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