I'm still in my dressing gown. I've not yet had a coffee. But I just snagged my pre-sale tickets to see Gillian Welch and Dave Rawlings in Melbourne in January. I'm pretty excited about seeing these masters of the craft in real life.
Good live music is so good. Scott Cook's gig tonight at the Ararat Town Hall was quietly wonderful at every level. Great venue, beautiful sound, excellent songs, and two warm-hearted, skilled musicians sharing their music generously with the audience. It's like having your heart tucked up in a big, warm blanket.(And now I have a
You might recognise Rhiannon Giddens from the HBO series 'Nashville' where she played a gospel singing social worker. But that's the least of her story. She is quite a remarkable musician from North Carolina who started off with a degree in opera at about the same time I was doing my degree in classical piano.
