Productions
The Black Crowes Australia Tour 2022
American rock legends The Black Crowes will tour Australia in November, playing their debut album ‘Shake Your Money Maker’ in full, along with a selection of classic hits. The Black Crowes released ‘Shake Your Money Maker’ in 1990, gifting the world songs like ‘Hard To Handle’, ‘She Talks To Angels’ and ‘Jealous Again’. Their upcoming…
Read MoreRoadies Retreat Fundraiser Concert Review October 2022
It was an evening of mateship and music at the Roadies Retreat fundraiser concert held in Brisbane over the weekend (22 October). A vibrant crowd braved torrential rain to show their love and support for Roadies Retreat, a not-for-profit organisation committed to providing care and support services for Australian production personnel experiencing financial and personal…
Read MoreLights On The Hill Memorial Convoy
The annual Lights On The Hill Trucking Memorial and convoy took place over the weekend of 1-2 October, honouring the lives given to keep Australia moving. Without trucks, Australia stops. Thousands of hardworking truckies take to the road every day, travelling countless kilometres to deliver essential goods across the country. Unfortunately, not all of them…
Read MoreBluesfest Is Welcoming Back The World In 2023
Words: Matt Innes Bluesfest has released their opening round line-up announcement for 2023, welcoming back international acts for the first time in four years. It’s Bluesfest’s biggest-ever opening line-up, featuring more than 40 bands and artists from Australia and around the world, with more to come as the festival approaches. This massive opening salvo brings…
Read MoreIn Tribute: Judith Durham and Olivia Newton-John
Words: Matt Innes The Australian music industry is mourning two beloved icons this week with the passing of Judith Durham AO and Olivia Newton-John, both leaving behind their own remarkable legacies as powerhouse trailblazers. As the frontwoman for folk-pop quartet the Seekers, Judith Durham helped pioneer the international expansion of the Australian music industry during…
Read MoreAnalysis: Does the music industry need to re-evaluate the logistics of organising live music festivals?
By Matt Innes Times have changed, but our approach to organising live music festivals has not. In the desire to return our live music industry to pre-COVID status (worth $3bn), have promoters failed to navigate the dramatically shifting landscape of staging live events in Australia? The question is being raised in the wake of…
Read MoreSWNDFEST 2022 REVIEW
With Michael Kennedy & Kaysha Louvain As festivals all over the world finally emerge from enforced hibernation, MADCAP Global SWND Music’s SWNDFEST took place recently in Wales, bringing a colourful line-up of artists to the music-loving locals of Swansea. MGS Music was approached by a UK/US record label called Sound X 3 who manage LA…
Read MoreFROM THE ARCHIVE: What Was and What Might Have Been – A Lost Interview with Brian Wilson, 1988
Written by Jeremy Gluck (@nonceptualism) and published in What a Nice Way to Turn Seventeen, 1988. Read part one here. Introduction by Jeremy Gluck This, the second part of my interview with The Beach Boys’ Brian Wilson, comprises prime out-takes originally published online by What a Nice Way to Turn Seventeen, a ‘zine edited by…
Read MoreFROM THE ARCHIVE: Brian Wilson – Good & Bad Vibrations, 1988
Welcome, music-loving reader, to the first in a series of long-form features on major artists retrieved from the archives of esteemed music journalist and vocalist for The Barracudas, Jeremy Gluck. Jeremy is the editor of SWND Magazine and a partner-in-crime at SWND Records with a steeped history in the music industry. MADCAP Global SWND (MGS)…
Read MoreBack In The Digital Age: Q&A With Welsh Wildboys Stickman
Words: Mike Kennedy [Guest Writer – Welsh Connections/SWND Records, Director | Oystermouth Radio – Presenter] Grown up and mature. Words that we never thought we’d use when talking about legendary South Wales pop-punk pioneers Stickman – and to be fair it’s a struggle even now! Despite line-up changes and fatherhood, the Llanelli rockers still play…
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