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Finding The Voice by John Farnham

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This is the soundtrack album of the music documentary about the legendary Australian singer John Farnham which it's still in the cinemas at the moment and among the songs that is on this double CD are some of the John Farnham's hits including Don't You Know It's Magic, You're The Voice, One, Pressure Down as well as some of the live recording in Melbourne and Germany as well as the Masters Apprentices' Because I Love You and Daryl Braithwaite's As the Days Go By. It is FANTASTIC, BRILLIANT and SUPERB with FANTASTIC songs which many of it has stood the test of time and still sound great today. The album is at number 2 in Australia and let's hope it goes to number 1 and the movie is still running in the cinemas. I am giving this 5 stars and it's in the shops now so do yourselves an favour and BUY IT which You Will Love It. Let's keep supporting Australian music.

Seven Psalms by Paul Simon

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This is the new album by legendary American singer-songwriter Paul Simon and it's written by Paul as all the 7 songs are one piece as well as being acoustic as well as his wife Edie Brickell and Wynton Marsalis were guests on the album. it is an excellent album with great songs as well as an great performance by Paul on the album and he produced it with Kyle Cushman. It has gone to number 28 in the UK and this is his first album since 2018 with In The Blue Light but his first with original song since 2016 with Stranger to Stranger. This is an must for Paul Simon fans which I give it 4 stars as it's in the shops now so do yourselves an favour and BUY IT which you will be impressed and amazed.

No Fixed Address by Donald Robertson

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This is the biography of the legendary Australian Aboriginal Rock N Reggae Band and in this book talks about their formation in 1979, playing around Adelaide, doing the film Wrong Side of the Road in 1981, recorded for Rough Diamond Records, touring overseas, doing Countdown, split up in 1984 but have reformed an number of times since then, encounters with Bob Hawke, Lobby Loyde and David Briggs of Little River Band and working with Cold Chisel, Midnight Oil, Ian Dury, The Clash, Men At Work and Peter Tosh and many others. It is FANTASTIC, BRILLIANT and SUPERB with FANTASTIC and BRILLIANT stories as well as very impressive and very entertaining stories which it is well worh an read. Donald Robertson who co founded the music magazine Roadrunner and the inaugural editor of Countdown magazine from 1983 until 1986 and wrote other books including On Tour With INXS did this book which he did an FANTASTIC job and the members of No Fixed Address were interviewed for the book. The band are g...

The Barnestormers by Jimmy Barnes

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This is the new album by legendary Australian singer Jimmy Barnes and is backed up by an band of legendary musicians including Jools Holland, Slim Jim Phantom (The stray Cats) and Chris Cheney (The Living End) doing rockabilly which among the songs on the album are covers of rock classics including Real Wild Child the Johnny O''Keefe song, Sweet Nothin's the Brenda Lee song, Thirteen Women(and Only One Man) the Bill Haley and His Comets 1954 song, Working For The Man the Roy Orbison song as well as 2 Don Walker songs and an song written by Chris Cheney. It is AWESOME, FANTASTIC and ROCKIN with FANTASTIC and AWESOME songs with great singing by Jimmy as well as great playing the band which they do those songs so very well and it is well worth listening as well as getting it played at rockabilly dances which would be great. Jimmy barnes will be back on the road which he will be doing the Red Hot Summer tour with his daughter Mahalia, the Living End, Kasey Chambers, Peter ...

The Tastemaker by Tony King

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This is the memior of British music executive Tony King and in this book he talks about his upbringing in Eastbourne, discovering his parentage as he was raised by his grandparents who he thought were his parents, worked at Golden Record Store, worked for Decca Records , worked for Andrew Loog Oldham who managed the Rolling Stones, worked for Air Records for George Martin, worked for Apple Records as tje Head of A&R , worked for Rocket Records, becoming head of Disco for RCA Records, worked for the Rolling Stones as well as Mick Jagger, becoming creative director for Elton John, encounters with The Ronettes, Ketty Lester, The Beatles, Roy Orbison and Brenda Lee and many others. It is FANTASTIC, BRILLIANT and SUPERB with FANTASTIC and AWESOME as well as very impressive and very entertaining with great stories which it is well worth an read. Tony King has retired and this is must for music fans which I give it 5 stars as it's in the shops now so do yourselves an favour and BUY ...

Playing Under The Piano by Hugh Bonneville

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This is the memior of British actor Hugh Bonneville and in this book he talks about his upbringing in Blackheath, starting acting as an child in school, joined the National Youth Theater as an teenager, joined the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art, doing Theater, made his very first movie Franknstein in 1994 as well as other movies including Notting Hill, Tomorrow Never Dies, Iris, Paddington and many others, great success in the TV series Downton Abbey as Robert Frawley Earl of Grantham , working with John Cleese, Maggie Smith, Judi Dench, Jim Broadbent, Robert DeNiro and many others. It is FANTASTIC and BRILLIANT with FANTASTIC, Very Impressive and very entertaining with great stories which it's well worth an read. Hugh Bonneville is currently filming Paddington In Peru as well as having 2 movies coming out this year Bank Of Dave and Mummies and was at the recent Coronation Concert of King Charles III which he was the host. I give this 4 stars and it's in the shops no...

Finding The Voice

This afternoon I went to the Events Cinema at Carindale to see the documentary Finding The Voice about legendary Australian singer John Farnham and in this documentary talks about his start in the 60's with Sadie The Cleaning Lady as well as One, Raindrops Keep Falling In My Head as well as being King Of Pop, his struggles in the mid 70's going from Johnny to John, had an come back with Help in 1980, joining Little River Band, going through financial issues and coming back in an big way with Whispering Jack the album becoming one of the great Australian albums of all time and many others and it has interviews with record producer David Mackay, Bev Harrell, His sons Robert and James, Celine Dion, Richard Marx, Daryl Braithwaite, Jimmy Barnes, Gaynor Wheatley, Glenn Wheatley in one of his very last interviews before passing away last year, Olivia Newton John in one of her very last interviews before passing away last year, Ross Fraser, Graeham Goble, Tommy Emmanuel and many ot...