Almanac Music: Coffee House Blues and the Sounds of Nina at the Adelaide Fringe

March 9, 2023 by 2 Comments

With a tasty special Wheaty’s beer in one hand, Peter Crossing shares his experience seeing the likes of Cal Williams jnr showing off what he can do as a blues guitarist and a talented performance by Apphia Campbell who showcased the life and songs of Nina Simone at the Adelaide Fringe Festival

Almanac Music: Three Songs

February 1, 2022 by 15 Comments

Matt Zurbo challenges you to name the first three songs you think of. And explains why.

Almanac Music: ‘Nina Simone Sings the Blues’

October 12, 2021 by 1 Comment

Nina Simone had a stellar but at times controversial career over her fifty years in the music business. ‘Nina Simone Sings the Blues’, recorded in 1967, is fine example of this great artist in one of the many musical phases she passed through.