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Wildcard Josh Harris' music "more than just a weekend thing"

December 27, 2018 by Jodie van de Wetering in Music

Biloela-based musician Josh Harris is on the road to realising his dream of playing music full time,

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December 27, 2018 /Jodie van de Wetering
VDMFest, Josh Harris
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Small Town in a wide world: regional Qld songwriter heads to India

December 17, 2018 by Jodie van de Wetering in Music, Film

Josh Arnold - aka Small Town Culture - reports from Delhi where he worked with children and young people from the Salaam Baalak Trust.

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December 17, 2018 /Jodie van de Wetering
Small Town Culture, Josh Arnold
Music, Film

Sophie Rose crowdfunding to awaken new album

November 04, 2018 by Jodie van de Wetering in Music

Rockhampton singer-songwriter Sophie Rose Blackman has launched a crowdfunding campaign to bring her new album, Reawakened, to life.

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November 04, 2018 /Jodie van de Wetering
Sophie Rose
Music

New music: The Short Fall

November 03, 2018 by Jodie van de Wetering in Music

The Short Fall - brothers Angelo and Ryan Conway - have dropped a new single, Under the Clouds.

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November 03, 2018 /Jodie van de Wetering
The Short Fall
Music

Emerald musician Anna Farquhar to open 2018 VDMFest

October 17, 2018 by Jodie van de Wetering in Music

Emerald musician Anna Farquhar has won the opportunity to open for some of Australia’s top country talent at VDMFest in Biloela on October 27.

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October 17, 2018 /Jodie van de Wetering
VDMFest, Kathy Dumbleton, Anna Farquhar
Music

Brittany-Elise returning to Nashville in 2019

October 06, 2018 by Jodie van de Wetering in Music

Boyne Island’s Brittany-Elise is following up a successful year performing at the Ekka, the Tamworth Country Music Festival and the Gladstone Harbour Festival with her first EP and a return to country music heartland - Nashville.

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October 06, 2018 /Jodie van de Wetering
Brittany-Elise, Under The Trees, Kathy Dumbleton, brittanyeliseinsert1
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CQ musical sister act Innocent Eve heading back to the studio

September 17, 2018 by Jodie van de Wetering in Music

Innocent Eve - Wowan sisters Rachel and Bec Olsson - are heading back to the studio later this year, to record new tracks with “a bit of love, a bit of heartbreak, a bit of sassiness and a bit of opinion.”

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September 17, 2018 /Jodie van de Wetering
Kathy Dumbleton, innocent eve
Music

Rock solid success for Kissing the Flint

August 22, 2018 by Jodie van de Wetering in Music

Kissing the Flint is a Gladstone-based musical outfit featuring Leah Chynoweth-Tidy, in collaboration with other artists including husband Ken on bass.

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August 22, 2018 /Jodie van de Wetering
Kissing the Flint, Queensland Music Festival
Music

New music: Craig Lamond

August 08, 2018 by Jodie van de Wetering in Music

Craig Lamond’s debut album One On The Up is an autobiographical patchwork of childhood memories and family history.

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August 08, 2018 /Jodie van de Wetering
Craig Lamond
Music

New music: Heliam

August 08, 2018 by Jodie van de Wetering in Music

Rockhampton rapper, singer and music producer Heliam has released a new track, the dark and introspective Block You Out:

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August 08, 2018 /Jodie van de Wetering
Heliam
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Unique acoustic style evolves from a chance meeting

August 01, 2018 by Jodie van de Wetering in Music

Kathy Dumbleton meets Beautifully Broken 1770, musical duo Amanda Heartsong and Laurie Rayment.

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August 01, 2018 /Jodie van de Wetering
Kathy Dumbleton, Beautifully Broken 1770
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News in brief: musical theatre & dance edition

July 13, 2018 by Jodie van de Wetering in Theatre, Dance, Music

Brace yourself: show tunes are coming.

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July 13, 2018 /Jodie van de Wetering
Yeppoon Choral Society, Rockhampton Musical Union, Conspire Isis Theatre Ensemble, Rockhampton Academy of Dancing
Theatre, Dance, Music
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New online: @kissingtheflint have risen from the ashes of last year's bushfires to release their carbon-negative debut EP, Unconditionality.  Full story @ rockystreetpress.com.

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Rocky Street Press acknowledges the Darumbal people, Traditional Custodians of the Central Queensland region where we live and work.  We pay our respects to Elders past and present and to Indigenous nations’ rich cultures of art and storytelling. We welcome Indigenous readers and contributors.

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