XXIV Magazine is a South Australian magazine sharing news, reviews and gig updates on music, arts and culture across Australia.
In 2015 I contributed to their site, interviewing and reviewing both Australian and international bands. Take a read below and discover some new music.
Uncertainty continues to loom for artists and musicians as society further delves into a digitally consumed world.
Posting artistic material on the Internet is inevitable for musicians and is often their only point of contact with their listeners.
Undeniably, there are many pros to the vast possibilities of the Internet.
But are consumer access points like music streaming sites and pirate websites destroying an artist’s chance to make money off their work?
I take a further look into this story. Listen here.
*Originally broadcast on the 24th June 2015 on SYN 90.7 program Panorama.
Wow, do I have some talented relatives!
Family affairs aside—Ben is an extremely talented musician who has been in a variety of alternative, rock and folk bands before creating his own music under the name Ben R. Mackie.
You will find him making a beautiful mix of folk-Americana with a touch of country, and the mix is absolutely captivating.
He’s always been handy with the guitar and is naturally gifted with a uniquely husky singing voice—But since teaching himself to play the harmonica, his music has taken on a whole new form.
While folk and alt-country are becoming increasingly popular amongst mainstream audiences in Melbourne and Australia, it’s safe to say Ben has been honing this style for a long while now.
No doubt if he was still in Melbourne he would be taking audiences by storm, but instead you can find him playing to intimate audiences in a tucked away downtown Manhattan or Brookyln bar.
NYC audiences should keep an eye out for him. We all know how much great music the great city of NYC can produce, but this is definitely a sound you just can’t pass up.
1700‘s ‘Tunesday’ team a.k.a Justin Sumner and myself, were lucky enough to travel to Bendigo to broadcast and represent 1700 at Grooving The Moo Festival.
It didn’t take long for Justin, Rhiannon (our EP) and myself to get amongst all the fun and excitement of the festival.
Kicking off the day, we got to head backstage of the festival and experience all the fun from behind the scenes.
We were in the presence of some amazing musicians; including Dylan Frost from Sticky Fingers, Harts, The Delta Riggs, and the up and coming rapper Tkay Maidza who everyone at GTM was hanging to see.
We hung out with the boys from Fountaineer who were Triple J’s chosen winners to play the GTM’s local headline spot, and also had a chat with the quirky and humorous hardcore dancer Dancing Accountant (who despite being injured was still in high spirits).
Here is one snippet of what went down when 1700 travelled to Grooving The Moo.
Chelsea Olle 