Arts & Culture
Planet B
The Steve Lucas and Friends EP By Request launched this winter is an impromptu selection of songs dedicated to the memory of legendary blues musician Chris Wilson.
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Too thick to drink and too thin to plough
In the early 1970s, when I was a student at La Trobe University, I joined a folk club briefly where I was introduced to a number of modern versions of the traditional Australian folk songs that I’d always loved.
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When the press performs well
Way above the CBD in a lovely little apartment hidden within a hotel on Highlander Lane, two thinkers work on articles for publication in the academic press.
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Bird Sounds
Prolific Melbourne singer/songwriter Emma Russuck's fifth album Winter Blues will be launched at The Jazzlab on Wednesday August 7.
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“Under the Clocks” at Flinders Street Station
It was the 1960s and I was meeting a friend in town. We lived in Coburg, so it wasn’t a long journey.
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The tenderness of artistic types
The path of a writer is hellish. Many take the safer journey into genre.
Read MoreCaves to skyscrapers
Skyscraper Stan’s second album Golden Boy Vol.I & Vol.II (Heart Of The Rat Records) is an absolute ripper. Music to listen to on golden days. Louisiana, 40 degrees in the shade, singing. Tennis courts, summer, central Victoria.
Read MoreVinyl records in Melbourne
An all-round celebration of all things great about vinyl.
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An outrageous Gothic wit
Strange Arctic landscapes by Janice Gobey were exhibited at fortyfivedownstairs in May with the figure of a white wolf staring knowingly out of the canvasses.
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Rediscover the Flagstaff Gardens
There are many reasons to visit the Flagstaff Gardens.
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Labor look to address decade slide as Greens favoured to win Melbourne again
Rediscover the Flagstaff Gardens
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