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Stephen Ray Vaughan (October 3, 1954 – August 27, 1990) was an American musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer. In spite of a short-lived mainstream career spanning seven years, he was one of the most influential guitarists in the revival of blues in the 1980s. AllMusic describes him as "a rocking powerhouse of a guitarist who gave blues a burst of momentum in the '80s, with influence still felt long after his tragic death."

Singer/songwriter/guitarist Beck Payne misspent her youth on Victoria’s West Coast while singer/songwriter/bass player, Roz Smith survived the western suburbs of Sydney. Two worlds collided in Cooktown (4 and a half hours north of Cairns) when they decided to create fast, emotionally driven, in your face rock songs.

Barefoot Belles provide a fun, energetic live show, screaming songs of social injustices and emotional circumstances reminiscent of the 80’s pub rock scene. Comparisons range from L7 and New York Dolls to Divinals and Courtney Barnett. Either way Barefoot Belles always deliver.

Yo La Tengo (often abbreviated as YLT) is an American indie rock band formed in Hoboken, New Jersey in 1984. Since 1992, the lineup has consisted of Ira Kaplan (guitars, piano, vocals), Georgia Hubley (drums, piano, vocals), and James McNew (bass, vocals). In 2015, original guitarist Dave Schramm rejoined the band and appears on their fourteenth album, Stuff Like That There.

Despite achieving limited mainstream success, Yo La Tengo has been called "the quintessential critics' band" and maintains a strong cult following.

On November 10 2017, Sarah Blasko announced her sixth studio album called, ‘Depth Of Field.’ This came with the announcement of the first single from the album 'Phantom,' and accompanying video directed by Mclean Stephenson. Much of ‘Depth Of Field,’ was written and recorded during a two-week artist residency at Campbelltown Arts Centre in Sydney, Australia, along side long time collaborator Nick Wales, David Hunt, and Ben Fletcher. The album is due for release on February 23 2018.

July Talk is a Canadian alternative rock band formed in 2012 in Toronto, Ontario. The band consists of singers Peter Dreimanis and Leah Fay, guitarist Ian Docherty, bassist Josh Warburton, and drummer Danny Miles. July Talk released its self-titled debut album with Sleepless Records on 16 October 2012 and its second album Touch on 9 September 2016.

Universal Music Canada released an extended version of the album in 2013. July Talk received a Juno Award for Alternative Album of the Year in 2015. The album went gold in Canada the same year. It was released to American audiences in the spring of 2015 through Island Records, and was joined by an EP in Canada titled For Your Bloodshot Eyes.

With a reputation for explosive live shows, July Talk has found most of their following on the road. Since the release of their debut album, they have toured Canada, the United States, Europe, and Australia, and played numerous festivals, including the WayHome Music and Arts Festival near Toronto, ON; Shaky Knees Music Festival in Atlanta, GA; Voodoo Music + Arts Experience in New Orleans, LA; Osheaga in Montreal, QC; Isle of Wight Festival in the UK; and Austin City Limits Music Festival in Austin, TX.

Prodigious Brisbane indie-pop singer-songwriter Asha Jefferies is about to release her new single, “Move”. Showcasing her eclectic folk/roots sound has given her opportunities such as being chosen to play at the Byron Bay Bluesfest, to backyards in West End and supporting Ella Hooper on her tour throughout Queensland.

Emerson, Lake & Palmer (ELP) were an English progressive rock supergroup formed in London in 1970. The band consisted of keyboardist Keith Emerson; singer, bassist and producer Greg Lake; and drummer and percussionist Carl Palmer. With nine RIAA-certified gold record albums in the US, and an estimated 48 million records sold worldwide, they were one of the most popular and commercially successful progressive rock bands in the 1970s, with a musical sound including adaptations of classical music with jazz and symphonic rock elements, dominated by Emerson's flamboyant use of the Hammond organ, Moog synthesizer, and piano (although Lake wrote several acoustic songs for the group).

Jimmie Lawrence Vaughan (born March 20, 1951, Dallas County, Texas, United States) is an American blues rock guitarist and singer based in Austin, Texas. He is the older brother of the late Texas blues guitar legend Stevie Ray Vaughan.

Charles Douglas "Charlie" Musselwhite (born January 31, 1944) is an American electric blues harmonica player and bandleader, one of the non-black bluesmen who came to prominence in the early 1960s, along with Mike Bloomfield and Paul Butterfield, or bands such as Canned Heat. Though he has often been identified as a "white bluesman", he claims Native American heritage. Musselwhite was reportedly the inspiration for the character played by Dan Aykroyd in the Blues Brothers.

Ian Richard Moss (born 20 March 1955) is an Australian rock musician from Alice Springs. He is the founding mainstay guitarist and occasional singer of Cold Chisel. In that group's initial eleven year phase from 1973 to 1984, Moss was recorded on all five studio albums, three of which reached number one on the national Kent Music Report Albums Chart. In August 1989 he released his debut solo album, Matchbook, which peaked at number one on the ARIA Albums Chart. It was preceded by his debut single, "Tucker's Daughter", which reached number two on the related ARIA Singles Chart in March. The track was co-written by Moss with Don Walker, also from Cold Chisel. Moss had another top ten hit with "Telephone Booth" in June 1989.

Former Angels are a Brisdane 4 piece punk rock band formed in 2016.

A trio of loud, energetic, punk-infused noise, Stone Witches hail from the Gold Coast. With influences ranging from John Dwyer, Ty Segall, Jay Reatard, Eddy Current Suppression Ring, Can and Parquet Courts, Stone Witches explore a wide variety of sounds and sonic experimentation. 

Opting for DIY recording, the lo-fi sound adds texture to recording as well as allowing a fast turnaround of albums and EP’s. With three releases in 2016, including 2 LP’s and 1 EP, Stone Witches plan to release two full length LP’s in the first half of this year entitled “Machine Efficient” and “Drome”. Having supported touring acts such as The Murlocs, The Gooch Palms, The Pretty Littles & Psychedelic Porn Crumpets, they are quickly honing their live performances to electrify crowds with crushing beats, biting guitar and echo-chamber vocals.

In October 1999, Jimmy Page teamed up with the Crowes for a two-night performance of material from the Led Zeppelin catalogue and old blues and rock standards. This song is originally a Fleetwood Mac song, written by Peter Green.

Live at the Greek: Excess All Areas is a double live album by Jimmy Page and The Black Crowes, released by musicmaker.com on 29 February 2000 and by TVT Records on 4 July 2000.

Hailing from the far South Western corner of Australia and now based in Melbourne, singer-songwriter Lucy Wise has delighted audiences across Australia, New Zealand, USA and the UK with her unique blend of folk, chamber and pop music combined with masterful storytelling. Drawing inspiration from her background in Appalachian and Celtic folk music, as well as legendary songwriters such as Joni Mitchell and Bob Dylan, Lucy’s songs sketch universally recognisable stories that are grounded in the realities of everyday experience.

Weather Report was an American jazz fusion band of the 1970s and early 1980s. The band was initially co-led by the Austrian-born keyboard player Joe Zawinul, the American saxophonist Wayne Shorter and Czech bassist Miroslav Vitouš. Due to creative and financial disagreements, Vitouš left the band after a few years. Zawinul took increasing control and steered the band towards a more funk, R&B oriented sound. Other prominent members at various points in the band's lifespan included bassists Alphonso Johnson, Jaco Pastorius and Victor Bailey; and drummers/percussionists Peter Erskine, Alex Acuña, Airto Moreira, and Chester Thompson.

Alongside Miles Davis's electric bands, the Mahavishnu Orchestra, Return to Forever, and Headhunters, Weather Report is considered to be one of the pre-eminent early jazz fusion bands. As a continuous working unit, Weather Report outlasted all of its contemporaries despite (or perhaps because of) frequent changes of personnel, with a career lasting sixteen years between 1970 and 1986. However, the band was nearly always a quintet of keyboards, sax, bass, drums, and percussion.

Brisbane based band.

Melbourne-based ex-pat Sarah Mary Chadwick has unveiled the spine-tingling title track to her upcoming fourth solo album Sugar Still Melts In The Rain (USA). The artist's voice sounds powerful yet worn around the edges on the intimate piano-led single, raising a glass to life's trials and tribulations with a passion verging on melodrama. Chadwick recently performed with her popular and long-running grunge group Batrider at Melbourne's Debtfest last month and will be dropping her new album this coming May, vinyl copies will be accompanied by an erotic art print by the artist.

Anthony Jigalin is a Brisbane musician and artist.

Amaya Laucirica’s work blends swirling contours with wistful melodies and lush, sonic depth. Within this rich palette of sound resides Amaya’s uniquely captivating voice, restrained yet beautiful, with rich breathy tones offering touching moments of yearning and lament.

Since 2008, she has released three critically acclaimed albums including her 2008 debut Sugar Lights, Early Summer in 2010 (which was selected by Australia’s premier national youth radio broadcaster JJJ as their “Album of the Week” upon its release) and 2014’s Sway.

In addition to her recorded output, she is also a seasoned live performer. In addition to having undertaken several national tours in her home country, she has also played solo throughout venues in Germany and Spain and has been selected to support renowned acts such as Blonde Redhead and Mark Lanegan on their Australian dates.

Her forthcoming album, entitled Rituals, is her first international release and will be made available on March 2, 2018 on UK label Opposite Number and locally via Kasumuen Records. The album will also be supported by a UK/European tour with dates to be announced for May.

Another Story was released September 15, 2017.

Led Zeppelin were an English rock band formed in London in 1968. The group consisted of guitarist Jimmy Page, singer Robert Plant, bassist and keyboardist John Paul Jones, and drummer John Bonham. The band's heavy, guitar-driven sound has led them to be cited as one of the progenitors of heavy metal. Their style drew from a wide variety of influences, including blues, psychedelia, and folk music.

Welcome to the world of Whiskey Moon Face. It's a beautiful world of times gone by but with its feet firmly set in the here and now.

Louisa and Ewan lived together with a group of people at The George, a 150 year old Victorian east London pub that by night opened as a music venue. Ewan started to play with Louisa's music after hearing it through the bedroom wall. Previous to this Louisa had spent some years travelling. It was on a trip to Ireland, that she met and was influenced by a Celtic melodeon player who she lived with for a while on Sherkin Ireland, off the west coast of Ireland. Later she spent time in Northern India, learning Dhrupad with the Gunducha Brothers, meanwhile Ewan  met Jim Ydstie (Dakota Jim) in London and then later the three of them then began busking and gigging together.

Dakota Jim had spent many years playing in New Orleans and America with Tuba Fats. He arrived in Europe on a tour twenty years ago. Ewan Bleach has also spent time in New Orleans playing with Tuba Skinny. Their time spent playing jazz has been a strong influence on the band. Louisa writes the music and lyrics, and on most of the songs, Jim and Ewan improvise their parts so every time it's slightly different.

The band all live in London, travelling for gigs around Europe, Russia and America.

The special guests in the band are all good friends of Jim, Louisa and Ewan. A lot of them play in Ewan's band The Cable Street Rag Band. Russian trombonist Anton Wunderlich lives in Berlin.

The album was recorded by Nick Taylor at Porcupine Studios in Mottingham, South East London.

Local Brisbane jazz icon, Ewen MacKenzie.

The Floating Bridges create infectious roots music, blending together big lively ska grooves, thick bottom end bass lines and smooth four part vocal harmonies – perfect for the dance floor! The Sunny Coast 7 piece have long been known for their passion and dedication to music, culture and community.

Primus is an American rock band based in San Francisco, California, currently composed of bassist/vocalist Les Claypool, guitarist Larry "Ler" LaLonde and drummer Tim "Herb" Alexander. Primus originally formed in 1984 with Claypool and guitarist Todd Huth, later joined by drummer Jay Lane, though the latter two departed the band at the end of 1988. Featuring LaLonde and Alexander, Primus recorded their debut Suck on This in 1989, followed by four studio albums: Frizzle Fry, Sailing the Seas of Cheese, Pork Soda, and Tales from the Punchbowl. Alexander left the band in 1996, replaced by Bryan "Brain" Mantia, and Primus went on to record the original theme song for the TV show South Park and two more albums, Brown Album and Antipop, before declaring a hiatus in 2000.