David Bridie
13 November 2015
David Bridie is up there as one of the Australia’s biggest icons alongside John Farnham and the Dog on the Tuckerbox and is quite simply, a legend.
13 November 2015
David Bridie is up there as one of the Australia’s biggest icons alongside John Farnham and the Dog on the Tuckerbox and is quite simply, a legend.
12 November 2015
I’ve been warned that The Brian Jonestown Massacre frontman Anton Newcombe is a difficult, and sometimes dangerous, interview subject.
12 November 2015
A year ago, after reading a book about Melbourne’s underground music scene, Evelyn Morris posted a Facebook status about the inherent patriarchy that exists, not just in literature, but in Australia’s music industry at large.
12 November 2015
Surviving as a live music venue in the industry is a big deal, and ticking of the milestone is Suttons House of Music in Ballarat.
12 November 2015
She’s got this way. They’re four words that seem to accurately sum up Julia Stone, and also happen to be the same four words Angus Stone croons through the band’s track ‘Grizzly Bear’.
10 November 2015
In a dusty old pawnbrokers in Footscray, with shelves filled with mementos of things left behind, a significantly well-off mother walks into the store. She has no need to pawn her items, instead, she wants to know why her son has been doing so on her behalf.
5 November 2015
The Bon Scotts are back on the road again, and they’ll be bringing their happy-go-lucky sound to Geelong in November.
4 November 2015
Being named as ‘New Talent of the Year’ at the recent National Indigenous Music Awards is only the latest accolade that Mildura’s rising hip hop artist Philly has received in his short career.
4 November 2015
After bringing their unique blues and reggae sound to the east coast earlier this year, legendary New Zealand trio Trinity Roots are returning to headline the Queenscliff Music Festival in November.
3 November 2015
It’s almost ironic that the Back to the Future day in the movie landed around the same time Suiciety returned from a 19-year break. Though the return is not one alongside a crazy scientist and gawky teen boy.
2 November 2015
For your daily dose of Southern-style blues, be sure to hit up Chris Russell’s Chicken Walk, as nobody does it quite like them.
1 November 2015
Woody Allen once said, “I’m not afraid of death; I just don’t want to be there when it happens.” It’s a sentiment that’s echoed by many, and something Michelle Dunn will be talking about in her shows Death Over Lunch and Let’s Talk About Death for the 24 Hour Experience in Ballarat.
31 October 2015
There’s a certain nostalgia for the relationships of the past, and delivered with a bit of country twang, Patrick Wilson and the Bare River Queens capture the feeling perfectly with their new album.
31 October 2015
Band managers are hired by musicians/bands to act on behalf of the band and handle the business aspects of the music industry: they are often also the last point of contact to the band.
31 October 2015
Lorne Film is more than just your average festival. In its third year, it is delving into the world of stunning local and international feature films, shorts, live readings and a forum.
30 October 2015
Over 750 shows, including 150 festival slots and the ability to keep raging when Dallas Frasca cracks her skull crowd surfing at the Big Pineapple Music Festival, 2015 has already been one helluva year for the fiery Melburnian riff-rockers Dallas Frasc
30 October 2015
Sarah Howells: you’ve heard the name, you’ve heard her tunes and at StreetLife festival in Geelong you’ll soon be able to add the face to make the triple threat of the Sarah Howells experience. Coming to Geelong for the first time, make her feel welcome Forte readers!
30 October 2015
Set to perform his first show at Bendigo Blues & Roots Festival in a matter of days, we had a chat to Jeff Lang fresh from a stint over in South America and China.
30 October 2015
We all love to go out and party with friends, maybe see a band, drink in a beer garden or go out for delicious meal
30 October 2015
The Anglesea Music Festival is back for 2016, and by now you should all know that Boom Crash Opera, Dale Ryder, Taxi Ride and Jason Singh are headlining the one-day event taking place on January 23 next year.
30 October 2015
When Forte Magazine caught up with The Bennies’ guitarist Jules Rozenberg the band was hard at work in the studio laying down tracks for their new album.
29 October 2015
It’s safe to say that as the conductor of the Melbourne Ska Orchestra, the founder of the calypso-driven outfit Bustamento, and a highly successful solo project, Nicky Bomba is a man who wears many hats (in fact I’ll wager that he is single-handedly responsible for the return of the fedora – no one wears them better).
29 October 2015
There is something transparent about Jordan Bailey. Collating his life experiences in three minute snap shots, it seems appropriate that his sophomore EP is titled Clear, because in his music, there is nowhere to hide.
