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Almanac Music: In The Shadow of Hank B. Marvin

August 8, 2023 by 5 Comments

Guitar aficionado Tony Forbes produced a stellar one man show called ‘In The Shadow of Hank B. Marvin’ to tell the story of The Shadows through words and music.

Almanac (Footy) Life: Tribute to Old Dog on his 700th game of footy

August 4, 2023 by 15 Comments

The Old Dog (Matt Zurbo) plays his 700th game of footy this Saturday 5 August. His long time team mate Sean Maxwell pays tribute to one of life’s great human beings and his incredible milestone. [Well played Old Dog – Congratulations from all at the Footy Almanac family! -Ed]

Almanac Music: Songs with Whistling in Them

August 4, 2023 by 52 Comments

This week’s theme in KD’s ongoing series on popular songs is songs that contain whistling. As usual, readers are warmly encouraged to put forward their own selections and comments.

Almanac Music: Australian Place Name Songs

July 28, 2023 by 52 Comments

This week, the theme in KD’s ongoing series concerning popular songs is ‘Australian Place Name Songs’; in other words, any song highlighting an Australian place name is relevant. As usual, readers contributions are warmly welcomed.

Almanac Music: David Bowie’s Live Genius

July 27, 2023 by 4 Comments

Ian Wilson only came to fully ‘get’ David Bowie’s brilliance after Bowie’s death. The recent release of a tribute film added to our writer’s appreciation of the chameleon artist.

Almanac Music – Springsteen in Europe 2023: Pilgrimage (Part 1: Music)

July 27, 2023 by 8 Comments

Peter Baulderstone and Mary the Avenging Eagle report from a European pilgrimage to see their musical hero Bruce Springsteen pay tribute to his musical heroes.

Almanac Life: Hangin’ on the telephone

July 25, 2023 by 2 Comments

Why is it that the music you’re forced to listen to while ‘on hold’ on the telephone is so invariably awful? But there’s an exception to every rule, as Ian Hauser discovered recently.

Almanac Music: ‘Adelaide Babylon’ – Eric Algra’s follow up to ‘Rock’n’Roll City’.

July 21, 2023 by Leave a Comment

‘Adelaide Babylon’ is Eric Algra’s follow up book to ‘Rock’n’Roll City’, and continues his in-depth examination of the Adelaide music scene.

Almanac Music: The French Connection

July 14, 2023 by 33 Comments

This week’s music piece by KD concerns songs with French content that were successful in English-speaking countries. As usual, readers are warmly invited to contribute their own choices.

Almanac Music: Songs About Dancing

July 6, 2023 by 33 Comments

Continuing his extensive series of theme-related music pieces, this week Kevin Densley explores ‘Songs About Dancing.’ As usual, readers are warmly encouraged to add their own choices and comments.