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How quickly time flies! It’s hard to believe it, but the Peninsula’s much-loved Between the Bays will celebrate its 10th Anniversary on February 28. The festival, which takes place at the picturesque Penbank in Moorooduc, has earned a reputation for great music, food, drinks and family activities si
This month, I’m not just going to encourage you to be country proud – I’m going to present a case to help you win over all those country-haters out there. Using YouTube as a weapon, help me to show the doubters that country music has a rich and varied history as an intelligent, articulate, evolved a
McAlister Kemp have a reputation as Australia’s foremost country-rocking party band, but there’s a certain depth to their music that defies expectations. It could well be that this aspect of MK’s music is largely thanks to the sensibilities of Drew McAlister – a man who’s not just one half of the du
Here in Victoria, in recent years at least, many efforts have been made to preserve the sanctity of live music. I’m sure we all remember the SLAM rally a few years back, where thousands marched on the streets of Melbourne to protest licensing laws that were seen as detrimental to the live music scen
When Adam Brand won TV’s Dancing with The Stars back in 2009 he was already an established mainstay of the Australian Country Music scene. The intense spotlight that surrounded his victory and turbulent personal life made Brand a household name – some twelve years after his debut, platinum-selling a
With the worldwide success of Keith Urban as inspiration, it’s somewhat surprising that so few male, mainstream country artists in Australia have emerged in recent years. That could be all about to change, thanks to the arrival of Newcastle’s Morgan Evans. Morgan has the talent and the look to assum
Normally I have the luxury of devoting at least part of my monthly Pearl column to answering the big questions in country music, musing on the work of the great masters or peppering my paragraphs with insightful witticisms on fans and follows of this simultaneously exhalted and maligned genre. Not s
This year’s Kingston Harvest festival features a varied and interesting lineup of country inspired acts, from mainstream stars through to rockabilly rebels, old-school country crooners and boisterous bluegrass upstarts. Melbourne act Mustered Courage could fit all those classifications, but most par
After three full-length albums and numerous hits, Amber Lawrence could almost now be considered a veteran of the Australian country music scene. The Sydney-sider, whose album (titled 3) earned her a Golden Guitar nomination for Best Female Artist this year, spends much of her time on the road, but r
