Saturday 5th December 2009

Brian Cadd and Russell Morris

Russell Morris

Russell Morris’s career began in Melbourne during the early ‘60s as lead singer of the chart-topping pop group ‘Somebodies Image’.
After a string of hits, they disbanded and Russell began a long and successful solo career. Starting with the mega classic “Real Thing”, his recordings have spanned more than three decades.

Brian Cadd

Brian Cadd began his career in 1966 when he joined the legendary Melbourne band The Groop, writing their two biggest hits ‘Woman You’re Breaking Me’ and ‘Such A Lovely Way’.
He turned solo in 1972. His first hit was the timeless ‘Ginger Man’, followed by ‘Let Go’, ‘Alvin Purple’, ‘Show Me The Way’ and ‘Don’t You Know it’s Magic?’

Friday 8th January, 2010

Diesel & Blue Shaddy

Diesel

Diesel made his debut on the Australian music scene in 1987 as lead singer of Johnny Diesel and the Injectors. Two of his albums have been No. 1 Australian hits and he has also played on several albums by his brother-in-law, rock singer Jimmy Barnes. His music, in 2009, has a bluesier edge. Most of the songs on Project Blues - Saturday Suffering Fools are covers of blues tracks Diesel has loved over the years.

Saturday 16th January, 2010

James Morrison

James Morrison - Motown

The large-scale show, developed this year and featuring classic Motown music, features four vocalists, as part of an 11-piece band, including a horn section led by virtuoso trumpeter Morrison.
Morrison said all the best Motown songs told a story and featured a memorable melody, and “on top of that, you’ve got a really funky groove.”
The band works to emulate the original Motown sound, exploring it further by extending the songs with solos and further jamming by Morrison’s experienced band.
During the show, Morrison also discusses the origins of Motown, and the stories behind many well-known tracks.

Saturday 23rd January, 2010

Babba

Babba

BABBA is the most exciting and musically accurate tribute to ABBA in the world. In a spellbinding performance of all the hits,BABBA takes you on a musical journey that will have you on your feet uncontrollably.
Since 1994 BABBA have performed all over Australia , Asia and New Zealand to sold out audiences and rave reviews. Benny, Bjorn, Agnetha and Frida have returned (with the help of a cryogenic freezer and some cosmetic surgery) to transport you back to the 70s with a show full of humour, great costumes, Swedish accents and fun-filled dancefloor action.
With spine tingling harmonies and a band that will rock your socks off, BABBA is simply the best night out in town.

Saturday 30th January, 2010

Wendy Matthews

Wendy Matthews

Wendy Matthews has a reputation as an artist par excellence with a sublime, expressive voice that never fails to move those who hear it.
Both acoustically and physically, Wendy Matthews moves with an enviable minimalism. Her music is an unhurried journey of clean melodies, infectious energy and simple grace. In an age when grunge is thought to be hip and cynicism an attribute, Wendy has proven that commitment to beauty is still no only valid but applauded by the public ear. 
She has confirmed that such commitment is not a symptom of vulnerability, but the true path of artistic integrity.
This is exemplified by the reality that Wendy’s music is now in more than 1 million homes in Australia – all her albums to date have multi-platinum status.

Saturday 6th February, 2010

Black Sorrows

The Black Sorrows

One of Australia’s most-loved bands – who have sold more than one million albums The Black Sorrows have seen several lineup changes over the years, with Joe Camilleri being the only constant member of the group. They are best remembered for their top 40 Australian hits of the late 1980s and early 1990s, including "Hold On To Me", "Chained To The Wheel", "Harley and Rose" and "Snake Skin Shoes. Chained To The Wheel stayed on the charts for two years, and went triple platinum!

Saturday 13th February, 2010

Glen Shorrock & Mental as Anything

Mental as Anything

They have sold over 2 million records world-wide and had Top 10 hits in North America and Europe. They have written more than a dozen songs about drinking. A popular urban myth concerns a group of art students who passed themselves off as a band in order to con the local publican into giving them a gig in exchange for free beer. The deception worked better than intended, and the group came to be known as Mental as Anything.

Glenn Shorrock

Formerly of The Twilights, then of Little River Band, Glenn's song-writing credits include international hits, 'Help Is On Its Way', 'Home On Monday', co-written with Beeb Birtles, and 'My Own Way Home', co-written with Brain Cadd. With a career spanning over 35 years, Glenn Shorrock is one of the elder statesmen of Australian contemporary show business. Little River Band has sold in excess of 25 million albums.

David Helfgott

Saturday 20th February, 2010

David Helfgott

David Helfgott

David Helfgott was born in Melbourne, Australia, in 1947 to Polish-Jewish parents.  After moving to Perth when he was five, David showed extraordinary pianistic talent.  In his teens, he won the state finals of the ABC Instrumental and Vocal Competition six times, and came to the attention of Daniel Barenboim, Julius Katchen and Talas Vassary.  Isaac Stern was so impressed with David's playing at fourteen that he urged overseas study for the young prodigy.  However, it was not until five years later that David went to London to study at the Royal College of Music with Cyril Smith, who wrote of his young pupil:

Now in his twenty-fourth year back on the concert stage, David continues to tour Europe, Asia, Africa and Australia to great acclaim and is still enjoying performing as much as ever.  He has released three CD's over the past few years, the latest, being available in May.  Called Helfgott Magic, this features many of his favourite works by Rachmaninov, Liszt and Chopin.

David is developing new and appreciative audiences the world over, an artist who has transcended previously-held views of performance and interpretation to touch and inspire whole new generations of music lovers with his special gift.

Kate Ceberano

Saturday 27th February, 2010

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Kate Ceberano

Kate Ceberano's 17th album So Much Beauty is more than just her latest album, it is also the summation of everything that has made this Australian singer exceptional in the past and makes her exceptional still.

This is where she's come to, thanks in part to where she's been. So Much Beauty might even be the best album Kate has ever made, a remarkable consideration in a career that's seen so much success and variety.

From Kate's point of view she wanted to build on what she had achieved with 2007's platinum selling tribute to 80s music Nine Lime Avenue.

Kate explains: "There's this wonderful relationship between my tour manager, Ben Balfour, and my sound engineer, Steve Scanlon (co-producers) and my musicians, so we kept this really tight confidence amongst ourselves. We set the recording studio up in Steve's home so we could feel as uninhibited and loyal to one another as you do when you're performing live, and tried not to get too tricky with the post-production."

Sheyla Bonnicks
Tribute to Boney M

Saturday 6th March, 2010

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Bony M
Boney M is a Eurodance/pop/disco group, comprised of four talented West Indian singers and dancers.
They were phenomenally successful during the 1970s, and hold several high marks for UK singles sales.
To this day, along with ABBA, they are among the most widely known 1970s western music acts in these regions.
Hits include: "Rivers of Babylon", "Rasputin", "Daddy Cool", "Sunny", "Ma Baker", "Belfast" and "Mary's Boy Child".

Dave Hole

Saturday 13th March, 2010

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Dave Hole

Dave Hole
With his furious energy and amazing "over-the-top" style of playing, Dave Hole has carved his own place deep in the pantheon of slide guitar greats.
His performances are drenched in waves of fret-melting guitar riffs that infuse the spirit of blues and rock "Nothing interferes with Hole's searing guitar when he is in full flight," said Rolling Stone.

Lulo Reinhardt

Sunday 14th March, 2010

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Lulo Reinhardt

Lulo Reinhardt
From the family of the legendary Django Reinhardt comes Lulo Reinhardt a new master of the gypsy guitar.
Taught to play guitar at the age of five by his father Bawo, Lulo was playing in a sextet by the age of 12.
He is described as a spontaneous and spirited musician and his different styles come from a musical voyage to find flamenco roots
In Spain, Latin and Brazilian Jazz from South America combined with his own artistic stamp and gypsy influences.

Jane Rutter & Peter Cousins

Friday 19th March, 2010

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Jane Rutter & Peter Cousins

Jane Rutter & Peter Cousins
Two of Australia's International stars return to the Mundaring Weir Hotel Festival by popular demand.
First lady of the flute Jane Rutter and West End Musical star Peter Cousens in a brand new show which explores the currency of love. The outcome is not cheap!
Twisted love songs and romantic classical pieces from the hearts of the great composers: Verdi, Faure, Bernstein, Bizet, Kreisler, Rogers and Hart, Lerner and Loewe, Gershwin, and Cole Porter, starring the characters they wrote for: Carmen, La Traviata, Tony & Maria, Sweeney Todd, Oliver and Don Quixote ....Listen and learn what the legends would do for love....Down with love!...Long live love

Ian Moss

Saturday 20th March, 2010

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Ian Moss

Ian Moss
Ian Moss is an Australian Rock Musician, best known as the Guitarist and singer with Cold Chisel . In that group's initial ten year career, Moss recorded eight albums, three of which were #1 national hits. His solo career began with a #1 album and single and five ARIA Awards. Since then his career has been more low-key, interspersed with periodic tours and albums with a reformed Cold Chisel.

The Whitlams

Saturday 27th March, 2010

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The Whitlams

The Whitlams

Formed in 1992, The Whitlams, sans drummer, developed an acoustic sound laden with piano driven melodies.
Their 'unconventional' instruments weren't trendy at the time, but their exuberance won them an enthusiastic fan base.
They released their first album Introducing The Whitlams in 1993.