Alison Krauss’s new album, Windy City, is a lacklustre stroll through the standards of country music’s blander middle of the road songbook.
Ken Grady
Little Big Town have tried really hard here to give us what we need, an affirming and uplifting slice of country-pop perfection, that will please old fans and win them a multitude of new ones.
OCD Love proved to be compulsive, but uncomfortable viewing.
Kevin Borich and his band left the stage to rousing applause surely satisfied in the knowledge that they had just delivered an exceptional masterclass in high energy rock, funk and blues.
Leo Sayer still has plenty of stage presence, and commands a devoted and loyal fanbase who excitedly push and prod each other’s shoulders as they recognise the opening bars of each song as he worked his way through a generous cross-section of his hits.
An entertaining and well-designed production that provided appropriate, and somewhat overdue, recognition of an important historical event whose anniversary should really have received even wider acknowledgement in other media.
Taste’s Adelaide Fringe show in Showroom One at The German Club presented the fans with a generous cross-section of songs from both eras of the band’s career.
The Upside News had the chance to talk to John Steel, founder member of The Animals, about those heady years when British pop and rock bands dominated the globe, and also about his years working on the other side of the music industry fence in rock management.
You can sense the waves of affection rolling out across the audience and washing around Luke McGregor when […]
Ross Wilson has the right to claim icon status in our music industry and a place as one of our greatest musical talents – respect deserved and acknowledged. But – tonight’s set was a little flat and not one to go down in the annals of his greatest live shows.
Upside Adelaide 