Australian Pop Of The 70's - Vols.4-6 - Rock Me Gently / Keep On Rockin' / Let It Rock

 

1-1 Sherbet– Rock Me Gently 3:40

1-2 Rick Springfield– Hooky Joe 2:43

1-3 Jon English – Get Your Love Right 3:30

1-4 Allison Gros – Naturally 2:23

1-5 The Bootleg Family Band– Your Mama Don't Dance 3:03

1-6 Mark Holden– Reach Out For The One Who Loves You 2:59

1-7 Vanda & Young– Lazy River 3:35

1-8 Dragon – April Sun In Cuba3:29

1-9 Smacka Fitzgibbon– The Adventures Of Barry McKenzie 3:11

1-10 Ol' 55– Looking For An Echo 3:26

1-11 John Farnham With Allison Durbin– Baby Without You 2:28

1-12 Stevie Wright– Guitar Band 2:28

1-13 Drummond – Daddy Cool 2:41

1-14 Ted Mulry– Marcia 3:15

1-15 Skyhooks– Ego Is Not A Dirty Word 3:00

1-16 Healing Force– Golden Miles 3:25

1-17 Marcia Hines– What I Did For Love (2004 Remaster) 3:20

1-18 Marty Rhone– Star Song 2:51

1-19 Jeff St. John & Copperwine – Teach Me How to Fly 4:08

1-20 Jon Blanchfield– Lucy's Place 3:02

2-1 Hush – Rough Tough 'N' Ready 3:49

2-2 Miss Linda George – Mama' Little Girl 3:40

2-3 Digby Richards– People Call Me County 3:31

2-4 Mi-Sex– But You Don't Care 4:43

2-5 Ronnie Burns– Smiley 3:30

2-6 Hot City Bump Band– Do What You Wanna Do 3:31

2-7 Russell Morris– Sweet Sweet Love 4:29

2-8 Flash & The Pan– Down Among The Dead Men 4:49

2-9 Harry Young And Sabbath– The Wheat In The Field 3:15

2-10 S.C.R.A. – Roly Poly 3:18

2-11 Monalisa & Terry Young – I Wanna Make It With You Tonight 3:39

2-12 Carol Lloyd Band– All The Good Things 4:04

2-13 The Mixtures– The Pushbike Song 2:33

2-14 Greg Anderson – No Roses For Michael 3:54

2-15 Daryl Braithwaite– Cavalry 3:36

2-16 Air Supply– Do What You Wanna Do 3:46

2-17 Ted Mulry Gang– Crazy 3:28

2-18 Troupadours – By The Devil (I Was Tempted) 2:58

2-19 John Paul Young– Keep On Smilin' 3:00

2-20 Robin Jolley– Do You Wanna Boogie 3:16

Rock Me Gently CD1 / Rock Me Gently CD2

1-1 Brian Cadd– Keep On Rockin' 4:39

1-2 Doug Ashdown– Winter In America (Leave Love Enough Alone) 3:18

1-3 Autumn – Yellow River 3:05

1-4 Daryl Braithwaite– Old Sid 3:25

1-5 Ariel – Jamaican Farewell 2:50

1-6 Stars – Back Again 4:13

1-7 Marcie Jones– Gonna Get Married 3:40

1-8 The Strangers – Melanie Makes Me Smile 3:03

1-9 Ray Burton – Too Hard To Handle 2:57

1-10 Johnny O'Keefe– So Tough 2:24

1-11 Fielding & Dyer– The Ghost 3:18

1-12 Ted Mulry Gang– My Little Girl 3:37

1-13 Kevin Johnson – Man Of The 20th Century 4:12

1-14 Russell Morris– Live With Friends 3:40

1-15 Flake – Under The Silent Tree 3:52

1-16 Ol' 55– Stay (While The Night Is Young) 4:08

1-17 Railroad Gin– Do Ya Love Me 3:16

1-18 Ray Burgess– Touch Me 4:27

1-19 Digby Richards– Raincoat In The River 3:02

1-20 John St. Peeters– So Many Ways 3:33

1-21 Stuart & McKay– Hey Billy 2:59

1-22 Finch – Short Changed Again 2:55

2-1 Sherbet– You're All Woman 2:54

2-2 Lotus – Lotus 1 (I'll Be Gone) 3:47

2-3 Doug Parkinson & The Southern Star Band– I'll Be Around 3:18

2-4 William Shakespeare – Just The Way You Are 3:10

2-5 Jon English – Handbags And Gladrags 5:22

2-6 Richard Clapton– Down In The Lucky Country 3:38

2-7 Abigail – Je T'Aime (I Love You) 3:19

2-8 Moscos & Stone– Trouble In The City 3:07

2-9 Mississippi – Kings Of The World 2:31

2-10 Sinclair Bros.– Yesterfool 4:11

2-11 Colleen Hewett– Carry That Weight 2:53

2-12 Mark Holden– I Wanna Make You My Lady 2:41

2-13 The Flying Circus– Turn Away 3:42

2-14 Col Joye– Heaven Is My Woman's Love 2:47

2-15 King Harvest – Wichita Lineman (Introducing By The Time I Get To Phoenix) 4:16

2-16 Supernaut – Too Hot To Touch 4:04

2-17 Samantha Sang– You Keep Me Dancing 2:53

2-18 Gerry & The Joy Band– Ongo Bongo 3:34

2-19 Pat Carroll– All Kinds Of Everything 3:03

2-20 Ronnie Burns– Prophet 4:20

2-21 Renee Geyer– Stares And Whispers 3:25

2-22 Reg Lindsay– Armstrong 2:41

2-23 Rabbit– Too Much Rock 'N' Roll 3:24

Keep On Rockin' CD1 / Keep On Rockin' CD2

1-1 Skyhooks– Let It Rock

1-2 John Paul Young– Yesterday's Hero

1-3 The Musick Express– Jackie's Thing

1-4 Rumour– Play Mama Play

1-5 Daddy Cool – Bom Bom

1-6 Stylus – Work Out Fine

1-7 Shepherd – Birmingham Station

1-8 Ted Mulry– Falling In Love Again

1-9 Emma Hannah– Waiting For The Rain

1-10 Erl Dalby & Pyramid– Can't Wait For September

1-11 Gerry & The Joy Band– Rave On

1-12 The Aztecs – Believe It Just Like Me

1-13 Daryl Braithwaite– Love Has No Pride

1-14 Tony Cole– The Hook

1-15 Marcia Hines– Fire And Rain

1-16 Flake – Life Is Getting Better

1-17 Jamie Dunn– Jamie Come Home

1-18 Normie Rowe– Hello

1-19 Doug Parkinson– Everlasting Love

1-20 Doug Ashdown– The Saddest Song Of All

2-1 Sherbet– So Glad You're Mine

2-2 Renee Geyer– Heading In The Right Direction

2-3 Chain – Judgement

2-4 Carol Lloyd Band– Storm In My Soul

2-5 The Love Story – Neanderthal Man

2-6 Jon English – Words Are Not Enough

2-7 Gary Young With Daddy Cool – Rock 'N Roll Lady

2-8 Ted Mulry Gang– Naturally

2-9 Dave Allenby With Autumn – She Works In A Woman's Way

2-10 The Seekers– Sparrow Song

2-11 Digby Richards– Little Suzuki

2-12 Hush – Nothing Stays The Same Forever

2-13 G. Wayne Thomas– Open Up Your Heart

2-14 Moonlight – The Light

2-15 Kevin Johnson – Over The Hills And Far Away

2-16 Lobby Loyde & The Coloured Balls – Liberate Rock

2-17 Ross Wilson – Living In The Land Of Oz

2-18 Dragon – Are You Old Enough

2-19 Don Lane– We Were Lovers Then

2-20 Max Merritt And The Meteors– Good Feelin'

Let It Rock CD1 / Let It Rock CD2

Australian Pop Of The 70's - Vols.1-3 - Get That Jive / On the Prowl / Boppin' the Blues

 

1-1 Sherbet– Summer Love

1-2 Mississippi – Will I

1-3 Mi-Sex– Computer Games

1-4 Robin Jolley– Marshall's Portable Music Machine

1-5 Ferrets*– Don't Fall In Love

1-6 The Master's Apprentices– Think About Tomorrow Today

1-7 Rick Springfield– Speak To The Sky

1-8 Moscos & Stone– Captain Captain

1-9 Bob Hudson – The Newcastle Song

1-10 Matt Taylor – I Remember When I Was Young

1-11 Colleen Hewett– Superstar

1-12 Marty Rhone– Denim & Lace

1-13 Axiom – My Baby's Gone

1-14 Silver Studs– Happy Days

1-15 Digby Richards– New York City

1-16 William Shakespeare – Can't Stop Myself From Loving You

1-17 Air Supply– Love And Other Bruises

1-18 Stylus – World Of Make Believe

1-19 The Mixtures– In The Summertime

1-20 John Farnham– Everything Is Out Of Season

2-1 Little River Band– Curiosity Killed The Cat

2-2 Hush – Glad All Over

2-3 Brian Cadd– Ginger Man

2-4 Skyhooks– Million Dollar Riff

2-5 Bjerre*– She Taught Me How To Love Again

2-6 Linda George– Neither One Of Us (Wants To Be The First To Say Goodbye)

2-7 Finch – Where Were You

2-8 Ted Mulry Gang– Darktown Strutters Ball

2-9 Cheetah – Walking In The Rain

2-10 Supernaut – I Like It Both Ways

2-11 Marcia Hines– From The Inside

2-12 Bluestone – Wind And Rain

2-13 Daddy Cool – Come Back Again

2-14 Russell Morris– Let's Do It

2-15 Stars – Look After Yourself

2-16 Allison McCallum*– Superman

2-17 The Sports– Who Listens To The Radio

2-18 Gene Pierson– Reach Out

2-19 Dragon – Get That Jive

2-20 John Paul Young– The Love Game

Get That Jive CD1

Get That Jive CD2

1-1 Ol' 55– On The Prowl

1-2 The New Dream– Soft Delights

1-3 John Farnham– Rock Me Baby

1-4 Jon English – Hollywood Seven

1-5 Autumn – Looking Thru The Eyes Of A Beautiful Girl

1-6 Christie Allen– Goose Bumps

1-7 Kevin Johnson – Rock And Roll (I Gave You The Best Years Of My Life)

1-8 Hush – Walking

1-9 John Paul Young– I Hate The Music

1-10 The Town Criers – Living In A World Of Love

1-11 Allison Durbin– Amerikan Music

1-12 Sherbet– Slipstream

1-13 The Studs – Funky Feet

1-14 Daddy Cool – Hi Honey Ho

1-15 Ted Mulry Gang– Jamaica Rum

1-16 G. Wayne Thomas– Everything In You

1-17 Dragon – This Time

1-18 Gary Shearston– I Get A Kick Out Of You

1-19 Marcia Hines– You

1-20 Johnny Chester And Jigsaw– Shame & Scandal In The Family

2-1 Grahame Bond, Rory O'Donoghue– Farewell Aunty Jack

2-2 Marty Rhone– A Mean Pair Of Jeans

2-3 Ross Ryan– Blue Chevrolet Ballerina

2-4 Russell Morris– Rachel

2-5 Allison McCallum* with Freshwater – I Ain't Got The Time

2-6 Ray Burgess– Love Fever

2-7 Mr. George – Lazy Susan

2-8 The Master's Apprentices– Because I Love You

2-9 Mark Holden– Never Gonna Fall In Love Again

2-10 Cheek – So Much In Love

2-11 New World – Tom Tom Turnaround

2-12 Brian Cadd– Let Go

2-13 Stevie Wright– Black Eyed Bruiser

2-14 Skyhooks– Blue Jeans

2-15 John J. Francis– Play Mumma Play (Sing Me A Song)

2-16 William Shakespeare – My Little Angel

2-17 Air Supply– Empty Pages

2-18 Little River Band– Everyday Of My Life

2-19 Hans Poulsen– Light Across The Valley

2-20 Jamie Redfern– Hitch A Ride On A Smile

On the Prowl CD1

On the Prowl CD2

1-1 Blackfeather– Boppin' The Blues 3:12

1-2 Marc Hunter– Island Nights 3:15

1-3 Flash & The Pan– Hey St Peter 4:21

1-4 The Mixtures– Captain Zero 2:19

1-5 Sherbet– Cassandra 3:18

1-6 Shirley Strachan*– Every Little Bit Hurts 3:38

1-7 Tadpole – Throw A Little Lovin' My Way 2:29

1-8 Ted Mulry Gang– Jump In My Car 3:05

1-9 Marty Rhone– On The Loose 2:35

1-10 John Farnham– Comic Conversation 3:21

1-11 Billy Thorpe– It's Almost Summer 3:01

1-12 Marcie Jones– Armed And Extremely Dangerous 2:49

1-13 Spectrum – I'll Be Gone 4:24

1-14 John St. Peeters– Deep Inside Of Me 3:40

1-15 Jon English – Turn The Page 4:27

1-16 Jigsaw – Mademoiselle Ninette 2:22

1-17 Jeff St. John– A Fool In Love 2:57

1-18 Barry Crocker– Susie Darlin' 3:30

1-19 Stylus – Summer Breeze 4:33

1-20 Kevin Johnson – Bonnie, Please Don't Go 3:24

2-1 Hush – Bony Moronie 3:12

2-2 Rick Springfield– What Would The Children Think 3:41

2-3 Stars – Quick On The Draw 3:27

2-4 Colleen Hewett– Day By Day 5:58

2-5 Railroad Gin– You Told The World 2:54

2-6 Hans Poulsen– Boom Sha La La Lo 2:54

2-7 John Paul Young– I Wanna Do It With You 3:02

2-8 Country Radio– Gypsy Queen 4:02

2-9 Dragon – Still In Love With You 3:26

2-10 Mr. George – So Much Love (In My Heart) 2:57

2-11 Skyhooks– All My Friends Are Getting Married 4:50

2-12 Autumn – Falling 3:22

2-13 Ross Ryan– I Am Pegasus 3:42

2-14 Christie Allen– Falling In Love With Only You 3:28

2-15 Russell Morris– Mr. America 3:52

2-16 Debbie Byrne*– He's A Rebel 2:23

2-17 Marcia Hines– Something's Missing (In My Life) 4:40

2-18 Mark Holden– Last Romance 2:49

2-19 Brian Cadd & Don Mudie– Show Me The Way 4:01

2-20 Alison Maccallum– Excuse Me 3:10

Boppin' the Blues CD1

Boppin' the Blues CD2

Sydney-based DIY indie-rock artist Timi Temple Unveils Striking Accompanying Video For 'Tomorrow Is Yesterday'

https://youtu.be/qyjXIdlVHP0

Following on from releasing his critically praised new single ‘Tomorrow Is Yesterday’, Sydney-based DIY indie-rock artist Timi Temple has just revealed the sombre accompanying music video – shot and directed by the artist himself.

Adding to his growing repertoire of DIY video clips, ‘Tomorrow Is Yesterday’ encapsulates the lyrical content of the track, portraying the mundane and often taxing everyday realities, through Groundhog Day-inspired visual storytelling. Created on a budget of just forty dollars, the black-and-white clip was shot throughout parts of the Northern Suburbs of Sydney, using a combination of clever production techniques including drenching his own Go-Pro in coffee and underwater takes shot under a jetty.

Timi describes the creative process behind the clip:

“The concept was originally triggered from my lyric “I’ve got friends on the carriage, but I don’t know their names”. I thought about everyday repeating your steps and you get better and better at doing the same robotic thing. This then led to a Groundhog Day style epiphany where I realised I’m only getting better at doing a thing I don’t want to be doing. Obviously that spurred all these bad memories of things that have happened on my daily commute, like getting sneezed on, getting bird poo on you and coffee spilled on you. I was reminded of a time when someone sneezed on me on a train, instead of berating them and avoiding trains forever, I just brought tissues in my pocket from then on to prepare for someone else. This video is like a dream, going and exacting my revenge on all these people, ha ha!"

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Folk-Roots singer-songwriter Michael Waugh new album release ‘The Weir’..insightful storytelling

Michael Waugh’s new album ‘The Weir’ reaches up from the dried, cracked heart of Gippsland’s irrigation reservoir - Lake Glenmaggie - asking what it means to grow up Australian. It is family ‘carguments’ on long holiday drives to see the big things of Australia, mozzie-bitten itches of first summer loves, Meldrum-fuelled familiarity of Aussie rock classics, and the lived-in love of dinner with your partner in front of Neighbours. But it is also about what lies underneath – our underbelly laid bare by the drought; the distances that drive us apart, the economic devastation of rural communities, the death-wish of boys in country towns, the spectres of colonisation, racism and homophobia.

‘The Weir’ is Michael Waugh’s third album. It follows ‘The Asphalt & The Oval’ (winner 2018 The Age Music Victoria Awards ‘Best Folk and Roots Album’) and 2016’s ‘What We Might Be’ (Golden Guitar Award nomination 2017) and is Michael’s third studio project with multiple ARIA and Golden Guitar winning producer Shane Nicholson.

Michael Waugh gives a profound new voice to the Australian experience. His insightful storytelling cuts to the heart of everyday life. It is honest, emotionally brave and compelling in its beauty. His insightful tributes to friends, family and parenthood are simultaneously deeply personal and nationally recognisable; audiences see their own brothers, parents, pubs, rivers, struggles and joys reflected in the faces of those characters who live large in Michael's songs.

https://youtu.be/Y9CY_Y4OV04

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You can catch Michael Waugh at one of his upcoming shows:

Saturday 14th September – The Palais (w/ Shane Nicholson) – Hepburn Springs, VIC
Saturday 21st September – Sandy Point Music Club (with Gretta Ziller) – Sandy Point, VIC
Friday 4th October – Oodies Café (w/ Scott Cook) – Bundaberg, QLD
Saturday 12th – Saturday 19th October – Cruisin Country 2019
Friday 1st – Sunday 3rd November – Maldon Folk Festival – Maldon, VIC
Saturday 16th November – Humph Hall (w/ Gretta Ziller) - Allambie Heights, NSW
Sunday 17th November – Illawarra Folk Club show (w/Gretta Ziller) – Kiama, NSW
Saturday 23rd November – Burke and Wills Winery – Heathcote, VIC
Saturday 30th November – By the Banks Festival – Albury, VIC
Wednesday 11th December – The Lomond Hotel - East Brunswick, VIC

The Weir - out now on Compass Bros Records through Universal Music Australia – buy here

Queensland singer/songwriter Robert Cini new single ‘Different Road’ from debut album "Imaginary Fun"

Award-winning Singer/Songwriter from Far North Queensland Robert Cini announces his new single ‘Different Road’ off the soon-to-be-released debut album "Imaginary Fun".

The sunny Jack Johnson like island vibes captivate a listener into a toe-tapping free-fall of melodic bliss. This is in part contrast to the weighty-personal inspiration behind the infectious tune, stemming from Robert’s struggles with feeling ‘Different’ to those around him due to his vision impairment, something he’s had since birth. The lyrical content is however made fun, light and widely accessible.

Robert says “Different Road” is both a very personal and relatable song”.  “Anyone that feels a little different and out of place, or has life a bit tougher than normal, I think will relate to this song”.

Marty's review: this instantly infectious song from Robert Cini has an upbeat and positive vibe about it that will draw listeners in and create a spark in the brain. With an island/reggae feel to it, the production is crisp and bright and Robert's songwriting skills are fresh and focused. There is certainly something in that far-north Queensland air!

https://youtu.be/g4J-Febachg

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www.robertcini.com

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Aussie Troubadour Thomas Keating Shares Soul-Baring Single "Today I'm Staying Home"

Melbourne-based singer/songwriter/troubadour Thomas Keating recently released his new single “Today I’m Staying Home,” a nakedly self-referencing song with themes of depression and self-care during times of stress and uncertainty.  As vulnerable and open as a diary entry, “Today I’m Staying Home” is a carefully crafted spotlight on a world that’s completely his own. Gentle guitar pulses atop a bed of driving percussion, as his strikingly clear vocals anchor the guitar-driven song. Produced by Gordon Burke and featuring Keating on guitar, Jenny McCullagh on violin & vocals, Gavin Perkins on bass and Tim Parsons on drums, the single will be available digitally February 1. Keating is also sharing a video to accompany the track, filmed during the recording process of the single.  

Keating explains: “Today I'm Staying Home is inspired by one of those mornings where you wake up with the ‘f*ck its’, and you decide instead of leaving your bed or home to face your life and all the responsibilities that come with being an adult in this world, you just stay in. I've always struggled with bouts of depression and anxiety around the uncertainties and pressures of everyday life, and I guess at the time I wrote the song I was going through such a phase. I think it’s important to remember that at times it's okay just to feel like shit - it's okay to put your hand up and say 'I'm not dealing with this very well. I need help'. Mental health is extremely self-alienating, and I'd like to think that we are moving past the stigma of shame that has hung around such ailments for far too long.” 

“‘Today, I’m Staying Home’ is a glorious, anthemic paean to cocooning from a prodigious new talent.  A rippling acoustic bedrock underpins Keating’s open heartfelt singing and chorus as wide and open as the Simpson Desert. This is a catchy, jaunty pop song whose lyrics are contrastingly tinged with a hint of regret and melancholia born out of internal struggle and pain.” Backseat Mafia

Official website: 

http://thomaskeatingmusic.com/

FaceBook: 

https://www.facebook.com/Thomaskeatingmusic/

Hounded Unveils Dreamy New Single and Video For 'Hollow' Ft. Panama and Tour

Sydney-based producer Hounded (real name Edan Visser) has just revealed tour dates and his spirited new single ‘Hollow’ ft. Panama.

‘Hollow’ is an elegant, drenched-in-melancholia slice of indie-pop. Opening with eclectic instrumentation and the endearing melodies of Panama, the track gently builds before bursting into a flurry of bouncing rhythms and colourful walls of synths. The deftly arranged song never loses sight of its infectious and uplifting energy.

https://youtu.be/QjQLaPqPHlQ

Hounded describes the motivation behind the track:

“I was originally trying to write this uplifting little pop track, but Panama’s lyrics were dark and melancholic, screaming of love loss. That wasn’t how I heard the song at all. But I ultimately realised that these two ideas can coexist in sound, because they coexist in life. Someone may be going through a breakup and listen to the record and relate to what Panama is saying and feel some kind of connection to it. While others may hear the uplifting instrumentation and feel a sense of joy. We really tried to capture and contrast both elements because they exist together in the real world”.

‘Hollow’ ft. Panama is the latest step in a career that only kicked off three years ago. Hounded grew up playing rock and metal on guitar, but that all changed when he discovered electronic music channels like Majestic Casual and Mr Suicide Sheep on YouTube. Inspired, he started to tinker on his own bedroom tracks with the aim to be uploaded to them one day (he got his wish in 2016 when Majestic Casual featured 'Feel So Right').

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American-Australian artist Robert Rothko releases acoustic version of classic “Down Under”

From opera in Vienna to pop in Los Angeles, American-Australian artist Robert Rothko combines modern music sensibilities with old-school charm. Robert lends his polished sound to bring you classic favorites as well as his own contemporary originals.

Robert is a singer/songwriter who moved to Melbourne from the US a little over a year ago. He met an Aussie girl in California - and that was that. Now they're getting married in Melbourne in March! His fiancee is a writer for the LA Times, and there was actually a column published about their relationship.

He has also just released his own acoustic version of the classic Men At Work Aussie "anthem" Down Under. I think Colin Hay would highly approve!

official website: http://www.robertrothko.com

Normie Rowe....Frenzy! The 50th Anniversary Collection...30 track compilation

Norman John Rowe AM (born 1 February 1947) is an Australian singer and songwriter of pop music and an actor of theatre and soap opera for which he remains best known as Douglas Fletcher in 1980s serial Sons and Daughters. As a singer he was credited for his bright and edgy tenor voice and dynamic stage presence. Many of Rowe's most successful recordings were produced by Nat Kipner and later by Pat Aulton, house producers for the Sunshine Records label. Backed by his band, The Playboys, Rowe released a string of Australian pop hits on the label that kept him at the top of the Australian charts and made him the most popular solo performer of the mid-1960s. Rowe's double-sided hit the A-side, a reworking of the Doris Day hit "Que Sera Sera" /with b-side "Shakin' All Over" was one of the most successful Australian singles of the 1960s.

Between 1965 and 1967 Rowe was Australia's most popular male star but his career was cut short when he was drafted for compulsory military service (called National Service in Australia) in late 1967. His subsequent tour of duty in Vietnam effectively ended his pop career and having never been able to recapture the success in music he enjoyed at his peak in the 1960s, instead carving out a career in theatre and television.

Normie Rowe Frenzy

more on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Normie_Rowe

The beautiful voice of indigenous singer-songwriter is silenced...a very sad loss...tribute post

I have taken this from the Putumayo World Music Facebook page:

We would like to remember the great Aboriginal singer-songwriter, Dr. Yunupingu, who died this week at the age of 46. We have refrained from using his first name and image in respect for Aboriginal traditions. Dr. Yunupingu was born on Elcho Island off the coast of Australia and became a voice for indigenous peoples on the global stage. He was a talented multi-instrumentalist, but his true gifts were his voice and words. His multi-platinum albums recorded in his native tongue of Yolŋu and English raised awareness of Aboriginal music, culture and issues around the world.

(this video does not contain any images of deceased people and highlights the colour and beauty of the Australian landscape of which the indigenous people of this country belong)

He was a unique voice in the world; we’ll always enjoy his music and honor his legacy. If you wish to learn about or support the Dr Yunupingu Foundation in support of Aboriginal communities, please follow the link below:
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Sydney-based artist Dead Language unveils captivating debut EP "Like Heart"..electro-pop grooves

“The song is a wildly infectious, upbeat groover of a track that actually deals with deceptively serious lyrical themes.” THE MUSIC (AUS)

“It's bold and brave and the arrangements are great.” Dom Alessio - triple j (AUS)

Featured by Rolling Stone Australia

After releasing a collection of critically praised singles, Sydney-based electro-pop artist, Dead Language aka Dominic Price, is excited to unveil his impressive debut EP ‘Like Heart’ – recorded at Coogee’s Yap Yap Studios.

CLICK TO STREAM 'LIKE HEART' and Watch the Video HERE

‘Like Heart’ sees Price explore new creative realms, by combining 80’s-esque synths likened to A-ha and Dare with snappy instrumentals and crisp production likened to E^ST and Patrick Wolf and a hint of 90’s electronica.  



Price describes the inspiration behind the EP – “All the songs found here were written while I was living in a share house in Leichhardt, Sydney. I wanted to immortalise that part of my life and pay tribute to the suburb that had yielded so much musical fodder for me, hence the homophonous ‘Like Heart’. It was in that house that I had first fallen in love, that I had went to recover, and yet that I had also met my darkest demons. The EP is a patchwork. It’s my (therapeutic) attempt to make something beautiful and whole from the pieces left of a fractured period in my life, like an old hand-sewn quilt. It’s my attempt to capture the extremities, the mundanities, the everything-in-betweens of being in your early twenties.”

Since Dead Language’s inception in 2014, Price has consistently released critically adored singles, which have been strongly supported by the likes of Rolling Stone Australia, Pilerats, Happy, triple j Unearthed, FBi and the hype machine blog community.

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Solomon O - Hypnotic Debut Single "Holograms" with amazing video

Since picking up a guitar at an early-age, Brisbane-based musician, Solomon O has formed a deep and insatiable love for writing and performing music. Fast track to the present and that endearment remains undeniably strong as he launches his new stunning debut track ‘Holograms’.

CLICK TO LISTEN TO 'HOLOGRAMS'

‘Holograms’ was a complete DIY recording effort by Solomon O and friend / session drummer, Brandon Gillies, and tracked between his Brisbane home studio and on the NSW Central Coast at The Grove. The mesmerizing indie-pop cut glides along effortlessly, driven by its luscious and full sounding rhythm section, beautifully composed synths and capped off by Solomon O’s dream-laden and soothing croons.    

Growing up, Solomon O learned classical guitar and piano and later found himself joining a gospel band, which taught the musician the fundamental elements of arranging and composing songs. After a brush with a drug-fueled party lifestyle, the song-smith did a complete 180 turn by undertaking and completing a psychology degree.

Following on from university, Solomon O decided to pack up his life and move to London. After what he describes an ‘early-life crisis’, he moved back to Australia, choosing Sydney as his new home where he started working on ‘Holograms’ and a collection of other songs he plans on releasing soon.

These days the enigmatic creative finds himself back in his hometown of Brisbane and slightly more settled; indulging in spending most of his pay check on new instruments and recording equipment.

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“An inviting and intelligent inaugural effort, layered with atmospheric instrumentation, danceable beats and hushed, honeyed vocals aplenty. If this is what he's capable of off the bat, we're pretty excited to see what he offers up in future releases.”
The Music (AUS)

“An uplifting mid-tempo electro-pop ballad with a driving dancefloor beat and dizzying array of synth effects.”
Music Feeds (AUS)

“Yeah there's something in here, for sure. It's got a steadily beating pop heart.”
Dave Ruby Howe – triple j (AUS)

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