Articles by Mandy Hall

Jeff Martin’s reputation as a world renowned live performer is well known and he has been labeled everything from “child prodigy”, “virtuoso guitarist”, and a “singer with perfect pitch”.  Jeff formed The Tea Party with his lifelong friends, Stuart Chatwood and Jeff Burrows in 1990 after many years of playing in bands together throughout their childhood. With a career spanning over 20 years , 8 major-label releases and 4 million record sales later The Tea Party have successfully gained the attention of fans on a worldwide level, as well as touring a countless number of times throughout Canada, the United States, Europe and Australia.  Much of the band’s success can be attributed to their phenomenal stage presence and impeccable artistry and musicianship with a wide variety of instruments and sound textures; the trio’s sound draws heavily on the rock and blues of the 1970s, as well as displaying some psychedelic influences with elements of Middle Eastern, Celtic and Mediterranean music.

Fresh from crawling out of the ancient skin of Quentin Crisp, multi-award winning Australian performer Paul Capsis returned to what he loves doing best – singin’ tunes in an exclusive three-night season at MEMO Music Hall St Kilda.

Host RRR’s Jon von Goes and the IOT house band were joined by guests Deborah Conway and Ash Naylor (Even).

lt’s like being at home watching telly when there were 4 channels and everything was live. Singing, dancing, interviews, a desk, a couch, a house band, a house poet, a barrel, a wheel, prizes, mall talk, local legends, big names, small names, dinner, show. All in the comfort of the caravan music club where drinks are still reasonably inexpensive.

A considerable amount of the Melbourne music community gathered at the Corner Hotel Wednesday afternoon to farewell our friend and mentor, Ros O’Gorman. The afternoon was MC’d by Jane Gazzo, with speeches by Paul, Hayley & Tim Cashmere, Mary Boukouvalas, a representative of the SES & Karen and Linda Freedman (the Countdown sisters).