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Powderfinger’s Jon Coghill has been drumming up the crowds ahead of his second appearance in 13 years. Jon recently took up a Christmas challenge to play a full set with local swamp-blues musician, 8 Ball Aitken. Jon will play alongside the APRA-award nominated rocker at the Tramfest Christmas Festival on Saturday. The free community event
Adam Niven is Solbar’s artist-in-residence this month. His show officially opens tomorrow night. The Mountain Creek designer, who moonlights as a drummer, has created designs for many local bands. Some of them include Chamber Lane, Catching Salmon, Likeside, Dunnill Blues, The Vee Bees and SUBSKRYPTION. “It will be my first solo show and I’ve put
From Peace Run Records tees to punk shirts, hoodies, caps and local band-table treasures, here are some of YELO’s favourite Sunshine Coast music merch picks. Peace Run Records The shirt that started it I’m a self-confessed merch freak. And for AusMusic T-Shirt Day, I’ll be sporting my YELO trucker hat and Peace Run Records tee.
Rusty and Cherry Nyman, of The Presynct, are two “roses amongst the thorns” in the Sunshine Coast’s male-heavy industry. The mother-daughter business duo are behind the region’s newest live music venue, The Presynct Venue & Bar, which opened last month to a sell-out crowd, and is an incubator and hive for some of the region’s
Sunshine Coast musicians are vibrant, diverse and experienced, with many veterans with decades of experience under their guitar straps. But alongside this old guard of talent, comes a new generation of fledgling artists, carving out their own place in the music community. These under 20-somethings are independent, driven, gigging every month, and doing whatever it
A local musician says Sunshine Coast Council is destroying its grassroots music scene. It comes after a popular Currimundi cafe was forced to shut down its live music program due to noise complaints. Clive Carter, from alt-country rock band Bohemian Rogue, says it’s “disappointing” for emerging artists to lose another venue. It’s the second time
A Noosa ukulele group left without a regular practice spot after being removed from Noosa Marina has found a new home at Royal Mail Tewantin. The Parkbench Ukulele Players will start playing again at Royal Mail Tewantin, after several weeks without a home. The group was recently removed from Noosa Marina, where members had gathered
Sunshine Coast musician Josh Deeble spent his 20s leading alt-country band The Wild Comforts until alcohol forced him to stop. However, after a hiatus from the music scene he became restless. So he did what most troubadours do: he picked up a pen and his guitar, setting his sights back towards the stars. In July,
The Noosa Park Bench Ukulele group is looking for a new place to rehearse after being kicked off their usual meet-up spot. The group was banned from privately-owned Noosa Marina where they had been playing for six years. Noosa Shire Council denies any involvement in the group’s removal. Deputy Mayor Frank Wilkie said Council had
Sunshine Coast musician Drew Wilson is calling for an independent body to help make the local music industry fairer. Drew Wilson — whose latest pop-folk track Holding Onto You is enjoying commercial success — says many local artists feel unsupported by Sunshine Coast Council. His comments refer to the Council-run Caloundra Music Festival (CMF), where
