Category Archives: Music

This category refers to posts related to any genre of music.

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Love Music

One of my great pleasures and ways to relax is listening to music, it’s been with me all my life, a great pastime which I love. I’m not a musician and don’t necessarily understand the technicalities of chords, harmony, rhythm or lyrics etc. but for me it’s in the listening where the music completes me (Sorry Tom!) I try to have a broad range of music in my life instead of liking a certain genre (Rock, Blues, Jazz etc.)  it’s more so if  the music stirs some pangs of emotions inside of me which do the trick. Alright! I love ‘love songs’, there! I said it,  wasn’t so hard was it?

It’s funny how we as humans crave love but are often reticent in expressing our thoughts and emotions to others in our life, often ending up expressing ourselves through the words and music of other people, I myself on reflection have many favourite love songs that take me back to an old flame, relationship breakdown or place of happiness in my life and these songs transport me back to those times and places upon listening.

Have you any songs that you carry with you through life? Special songs that mean something to you, leave a comment and let us know and we can all share and enjoy the music.

Here’s a starter:

All My Life – Linda Ronstadt & Aaron Neville

Here and Now – Shane Howard

I Can’t Unlove You – Kenny Rodgers

Lately – David Gray

Love Don’t Live Here – Lady Antebellum

One Day I’ll Fly Away – Randy Crawford

Since You’ve Been Gone – Billy Thorpe

She Cried – Frank Yamma

Bridges – Tracey Chapman

Can’t Stay Away From You – Gloria Estefan

Can We Still Be Friends – Todd Rundgren

Do You Remember – Phil Collins

Escape – Rupert Holmes

Goodbye Girl – David Gates

Hand in Hand – Dire Straits

It Might Be You–Stephen Bishop
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Every Passing Day

Every Passing Day was a favourite song from Goanna’s ‘Oceania’ album, unfortunately the album is not available to buy today, and I haven’t heard it (the album) since my young formative years, alas if you know the lyrics there’s a hollow achingness inside of me, a sense of loss as I remember back to those days. Sentimentally I catch myself drifting from Goanna, Shane Howard, Solid Rock, White man, White law, White gun and invariably ending up with the ‘Unlucky Australians’ the Indigenous Australians our own people, our mates, our history and culture and their struggle to survive Every Passing Day. Then my sense of loss for some fantastic music of the past compared to a 50,000 years old  culture being ‘unavailable’ puts it all into perspective  and I believe White Australia and myself included needs to stand up and be counted,  it’s time to join together and contribute to the long-term survival of our Indigenous Australians by just doing something, lets put their suffering front and centre of our mind, we can’t just ignore it and hope it goes away as that will be the end result, lets be proactive and talk about the issues, focus on the positives, education and community are key factors, communicate your feelings, you can even ‘scream from the rooftops’, there is so much we all can do as the time slips away. The following is a quote from Shane Howard from a recent article I read (can’t remember which paper, as I didn’t do my research very well on this one. Sorry!!!)

”There’s much greater awareness of indigenous culture,” he said, ”but it seems incredibly frail, possibly hanging on by a fingernail. In my travels of the past three or four years, the sense of anxiety is growing stronger inside me that we are potentially on the edge of losing something incredibly precious – the continuous living cultural memory of 40,000 to 50,000 years.”Part of me wants to scream from the rooftops, ‘Don’t let this disappear before our very eyes.’ My fear is that by the time we appreciate it in our non-indigenous society, it’ll be gone.”

I’ll give you a starting point get the ball rolling, do yourself a favour and check out Shane Howard and his band, Ross Hannaford (Daddy Cool) and Australia’s answer to ‘Bob Marley’ in Bart Willoughby (No Fixed Address) as they make a special appearance at the Caravan Club in Oakleigh on February 23rd 2012, don’t miss out on a night of great Australian music for only $35-(Value) and maybe this will be the start of something big.

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Tough Land Breeds Strong People

Alex Lloyd a boy from Balmain in Sydney is a 4 time ARIA winner, he had a huge hit with Amazing from the album Watching Angels Mend released in 2001, that went double platinum. The Pigram Brothers are Alan and Steven who originate from the Broome, along with a musical family of five brothers they have produced wonderful music for years, picking up a Deadly Award – Best Debut Album (Saltwater Country) in 1998, among many other achievements. So put these three great musicians together and you have the Mad Bastards Trio who provide the soundtrack to a new movie called ‘Mad Bastards’. Check your local guides for session times and to get a feel for the movie please enjoy the video.

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Shane Howard & Band @Tanks Arts Centre in Cairns

Looking for a great night of music, look no further than the Tanks Arts Centre in Cairns on Friday 6th May 2011, a chance to see Shane Howard and his band performing plus special guest David Hudson, who’s one of the locals from Ewamin (oo-rah-min)/Western Yalangi (people of the north-east coast of Australia). David is also a great musician in his own right and a tireless worker in promoting awareness of Aboriginal culture and tradition throughout his travels in Australian and internationally. Don’t miss this one night only event, you won’t be disappointed, so for your tickets and further information contact www.tanksartscentre.com  or phone 07 40326600.

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Direct From The Desert–Frank Yamma

Frank Yamma is a proud Pitjantjatjara Man from the deserts of central Australia, he sings about his country and culture and has been for many years, he speaks 5 languages and has recently released the album ‘Countryman’ that has received excellent reviews throughout Australia, which is none too surprising when you listen to the song “She Cried”. The album’s produced by Tim Cole from ‘Not Drowning Waving’ fame and David Bridie from ‘My Friend The Chocolate Cake’ and you really can’t do better than that, so please support our indigenous artists like Frank Yammer as they have many stories to tell every Australian through their music.

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It’s Life-Enjoy it

For the sake of having input on Valentines Day on the 14th February I felt this video appropriate, it’s from Ba Ba Brinkman and the marvellous voice of Aaron Nazrul with a song called ‘Valediction’ Many people love and have been loved throughout their life and on this day they will acknowledge and celebrate how they feel towards one another, exchanging flowers, chocolates (hands-up if you like chocs?), gifts and hey even some romance thrown in for good measure. However there is always a flip side, so spare a thought for the many people who are single, struggling to cope, alone, lonely, as they will feel it more so, on a day like Valentine’s Day.There was a newspaper poll in my local area that asked people in the street the question, “What is the most romantic thing anyone has done for you?”, one reply that stood out was from a woman who said  “nothing really”, I didn’t know if I should laugh or cry, thinking about it I should cry, it’s sad, I wish not only this day, but each day in the year could be an opportunity to reach out to others in your world and show you care, it would bring meaning and purpose to many if we could try. I feel at the end of the day it’s not about finding true love, or receiving lots of flowers, gifts and romance (notice I left out chocolates), its more about finding your own happiness, being the best you can, taking responsibility for your life and following your passions, now that’s life-enjoy it.

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Happy Birthday Shane Howard

Wishing Shane Howard a Happy Birthday, and what better way to celebrate than a video of ‘Solid Rock’, a song that is in my DNA, a song that keeps reminding me of the terrible injustice perpetrated on our traditional owners, and maybe, just maybe generation after generation we can learn tolerance, empathy, and embrace our people the Australian Aboriginal once and for all.

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Shane Howard at Tamworth

I’ve heard so much music over many years, many fantastic songs and performers, but invariably I return to Shane Howard and his wonderful consistent work, to me he’s my comfort zone, his music allows me to collect my thoughts, and provide the motivation for me to move forward in my life, his music is a part of me, like a hand or foot it’s always been with me (that’s a bit creepy!), hey you know what I mean anyway, don’t you? So if you’re in NSW over the next couple of days, check out Shane Howard at the following venues, and hopefully from the experience, you may invariably keep returning to his work for many years to come.

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Evolution Education Needs Your Support-That’s The Rap

Please support the great work by Baba Brinkman with his ‘The Rap Guide to Evolution’ DVD project, we have less than 2 weeks to meet a target of 10,000 Pounds to bring this into fruition, check out the link below for more details and rewards for your contribution. I have attached a video which may give you a better insight into this project as well. You can also follow the link to Baba’s homepage and enjoy his catalogue of work, thanks. http://www.babasword.com/

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Tarerer Festival 2010–This weekend November 13 & 14

Well we’re moving into summer, a time to come out of hibernation, feel the warmth of the sun through our body and come together as community, and what better way to start things moving than to attend the Tarerer Festival this weekend at the Killarney Oval in Southwest Victoria, so pack up your clan in the car and enjoy an event that gives insight into the history, land, culture and talents of our indigenous artists, and by making an effort you are making your contribution to the ‘meeting of the clans’ and your community.

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ULURU HANDBACK–25 YEARS ON

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Lets all come together and celebrate a milestone with today being the 25th year since the hand back of Uluru to its traditional owners, this is a popular tourist attraction for many Australian and overseas tourists who when they arrive naturally feel they should climb the rock; reminds me of the quote in reference to “Why would you want to climb Mt Everest”? and the reply is “because its there” so I can understand this, but I believe in respecting others wishes and the tolerance of other cultures, the local Anangu people do not climb Uluru as it has a deep spiritual meaning to them and their preference is for visitors not to climb even though its not prohibited, but with the visitors being guests on their land they are often left disappointed that their laws and culture are ignored. Lets all celebrate this milestone with the sensational song ‘Solid Rock’ which gives everyone a chance to reflect upon what our traditional owners of Australia have been through, how they have endured and are just getting stronger everyday to the benefit of all Australians. It gives me a excuse to play Shane Howard also!

 

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