Buddy Guy
There are blues men and there is Blues Royalty. This is without question one of the last original Kings of the Chicago Blues. Bluesfest 2017 was honoured to have Buddy Guy playing on the Crossroads...
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This is the Suggs from the band Madness playing the Mojo stage at 2017 Bluesfest. This was the final performance in their tour of Australia. I was thrilled to see them play as Complete Madness was the...
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Neil Finn
This is Neil Finn playing the Crossroads stage on the final day of Bluesfest 2017. Neil is a prolific songwriter, guitarist and singer. He was awarded an OBE for services to New Zealand music in 1993...
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This is St Paul and the Broken Bones on the Crossroads stage at Bluesfest 2017. Lead singer Paul Janeway is a force of nature. His passionate performance of authentic southern soul led a band with a...
View ArticleJake Shimabukuro
This is Jake Shimabukuro playing on the Jambalaya stage at Bluesfest 2017. Jake is a Hawaiian ukulele virtuoso who gained international notoriety by being the subject of one of the first ever viral...
View ArticleBoomerang Dancer
This is one of the dancers from the Boomerang Festival performing with OKA at the 2017 Bluesfest. This year the indigenous ‘festival within a festival’ booked the first 4 hours of the Juke Joint stage...
View ArticlePurple Flag
This is Patersonia Sericea, commonly known as the Purple Flag, Native Iris or Native Flag. It is endemic to Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria. This flower was photographed in a garden in Western...
View ArticleButterbum Thornbill
This is a Yellow-rumped thornbill, Also known as a Butterbum to Australian bird watchers. They feed on insects and seeds. They can also mimic the calls of other birds. I guess this makes them...
View ArticleIndigenous Recognition
Today is the 50th anniversary of the Indigenous Recognition Referendum in Australia. It seems self-evident that you would grant native people citizenship of their own country. However, in 1967 the...
View ArticleMabo Day
Today is the anniversary of Mabo Day. It marks a historic decision in the High Court of Australia in 1992. This David and Goliath story resulted in overturning the legal framework used by the British...
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