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Almanac Music: Stereo Stories LIVE @memomusichall!

July 14, 2021 by 1 Comment

Stereo Stories, a partner project of the The Footy Almanac since 2014, will be performing at The Memo Music Hall in November. Get on down!

Almanac Music: ‘Promises’ – Floating Points, Pharaoh Sanders, and The London Symphony Orchestra

July 13, 2021 by 1 Comment

In an amazing collaboration between avant-garde jazz musician Pharoah Sanders, electronica favourite Floating Points, and the London Symphony Orchestra, they all came together to develop and record an album of music inspired by Julie Mehretu’s painting ‘Congress’.

Almanac Music: The Flatlanders – ‘Treasure of Love’

July 6, 2021 by Leave a Comment

Butch Hancock, Joe Ely, and Jimmie Dale Gilmour are The Flatlanders, an iconic Texas band who have been performing together for over fifty years to great acclaim. Listen to a couple of tracks from their new album here.

Almanac Music: Dave Graney and Clare Moore at Trinity Sessions

July 5, 2021 by 3 Comments

The iconic and eclectic sounds of Dave Graney and Clare Moore made the jump from (computer) screen to stage and Greg Andrew went along for the ride.

Almanac Music – Matt (and Eve) Quartermaine on sharing music through Melbourne’s lockdown

July 5, 2021 by 5 Comments

We all deal with the lurches of this pandemic in different ways – for Matt Quartermaine part of the process has been through song, which he recently shared with The Shot.

Almanac Memoir (and Music): The Last Time

July 2, 2021 by Leave a Comment

In this Friday’s piece, KD looks at ‘last times’, both personal and those more broadly historical in nature.

Almanac Music: Wantok Musik Newsletter

July 2, 2021 by Leave a Comment

Check out the latest newsletter from Wantok Musik including details of Kutcha Edwards’ new album release, as well as information about other notable performers from the label.

Almanac Music: Americana – Whitney Rose ‘Believe me, Angela’

June 29, 2021 by Leave a Comment

Col Ritchie has been a huge fan of Americana music for many years. One of his new favourite artists of the genre is Whitney Rose. Check her out, she is fabulous!

Almanac Music: North Melbourne Surf Club – ‘Banned from the Beach’

June 22, 2021 by 1 Comment

The sound of the surf guitar is a timeless sound. Col Ritchie has discovered a Melbourne band epitomising the instrumental surf bands of the 60s.

Almanac Music: the Top 50 ‘Like A Versions’

June 11, 2021 by 9 Comments

For years, Smokie has been a fan of Triple J’s ‘Like A Version’. In another epic, he reveals his favourite 50 tracks.