Amanda Dweck
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RESEARCH NOTES 5 – A CONVERSATION ABOUT AUSTRALIAN BLUES MUSIC: LIFE BEYOND THE MAINSTREAM
Building a “scene” involves lots of facets. It involves recognising that a “scene” should exist when there is no real organisation. Australian blues music...
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Research Notes 4 – A Conversation About Australian Blues Music: Life Beyond The Mainstream
"Scars Of The Soul"
During the 1960s and 1970s, the protest song focused mostly on Vietnam. At the time there were other little known protest...
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Research Notes 3 – A Conversation About Australian Blues Music: Life Beyond The Mainstream
Further research is needed for this study on the roots of Australian folk music. According to Keesing and Strathern (1998) in Cultural Anthropology: A...
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Research Notes 2– A Conversation About Australian Blues Music: Life Beyond The Mainstream
The language of blues music is extemporization, a conversation between the instruments, musicians’ and audience. Adrian Keating performs electric violin with Geoff Achison on...
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Research Notes 1- A Conversation About Australian Blues Music: Life Beyond The Mainstream
American blues music in the beginning represented the oppression and suffering felt by freed slaves and African-American people. Among other things, I suggest blues...
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Rupert Murdoch’s Idiot Box
Rupert Murdoch is an AmericanDon't get me wrong, I don't hate Rupert Murdoch or his media organisations but I despise that he treats his...
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RESEARCH NOTES 8 – A CONVERSATION ABOUT AUSTRALIAN BLUES MUSIC: LIFE BEYOND THE MAINSTREAM
“KEEP THE FAITH”
Anon and Dutch Tilders
What does it mean to “Keep The Faith”?My initial thoughts about the function of early blues music on the...
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RESEARCH NOTES 7 – A CONVERSATION ABOUT AUSTRALIAN BLUES MUSIC: LIFE BEYOND THE MAINSTREAM
Speaking In Tongues
The Australian blues music community is a family. I have been incredibly privileged to have interviewed some of Australia’s professional musicians. The...
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RESEARCH NOTES 6 – A CONVERSATION ABOUT AUSTRALIAN BLUES MUSIC: LIFE BEYOND THE MAINSTREAM
Blues for Lost Souls*
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NpCoEv9X2tUDownhome Duo - "Just A Closer Walk With Thee" InstrumentalGospel music represents “hope”. Hope for a better life to come, hope...
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Melbourne’s Blues music community “Playin’ For A Cause”
"There's no problems, only Solutions" John Lennon "Watching The Wheels Go Round"
On Saturday 3rd August, several blues bands have donated their time and will be...
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