Thredbo Blues Festival 2023

Thredbo Blues Festival 2022 took place over three days and nights on a weekend at the end of January.

Below are images and links; each band has a JAlbum slideshow link under their images.

Also at the bottom of this post there are links for all bands, top 25 (colour), top 100 (colour) and selected monochromes. (After a skin update, images should appear correctly sized on all screens.)

At the top of each JAlbum page you will see links to each of the 18 years I have covered Thredbo Blues Festival since 2006 (I missed 2018 because I was in Ladakh and 2021 due to Covid). There are also drop down lists for each band for each year. Alternatively, you can view the Thredbo Blues Festivals blog page from a link at the bottom of this post which has links to all those performances. Note that previous years may have smaller sized images, 640×640 from 2006 to 2011 and 1024×1024 from 2012 to 2021.

The bands in this post are ordered according to when I saw the performances in the festival; the order of bands is alphabetical in JAlbum. If you are on a PC and click on any of the images, you will see it larger (2000x2000px). This is the same size as the images in JAlbum, where you can drill down to a selected image and go through one by one or run a slideshow.

Yanya Boston.
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Karen Lee Andrews.

Karen Lee Andrews (20 images).

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Christian Marsh and Rory Ellis.

Rory Ellis (2)
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Foreday Riders.

Ron King.

Foreday Riders (14)
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Mal Eastick.
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Peter Gray.

Mal Eastick (15)

George Rigatos.
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Katherine Vavahea.
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Craig Lyons.

Marvellous Hearts (23)

8-Ball Aitken (15)

Piper Butcher (2)

George Bibicos.
Toni Swain Band (15)

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Mitch King (3)
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Dan Sipple and Shaun Wessell.
Shaun Wessell Duo (3)
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Pete Cornelius (12)
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Nathan Cavaleri Band.
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Nathan Cavaleri.

Nathan Cavalleri (18)

Genevieve Chadwick.
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Mick Malouf.
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Davo Fester.
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Genevieve Chadwick Band.

Genevieve Chadwick (21)

Stewart D’Arietta.

Stewart D’Arrietta (5)

Simon Holmes.

Pete Cornelius 8-Ball Aitken Jam (17)

Divine Devilles.

Divine Devilles (12)

Stewart Wauchop and CJ Raggatt.

CJ Raggatt (3)

Illya Szwec.
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Dan Sullivan.
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Greg Clark.

Tomcat Playground (18)

Murray Cook’s Soul Movers.
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Matt Crawford.
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Crowd at Murray Cook’s Soul Movers.

Murray Cook’s Soul Movers (22)

Dom Turner and the Rural Blues Project.
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Rosscoe Clark.
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Dom Turner.
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John Gauci.

Dom Turner and the Rural Blues Project (20)

Andrea Marr.
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John McNamara.
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Andrew Houston.

MacnaMarr Project (26)

Craig Marshalsey.
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SunBears.
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CC Hall.

SunBears (18)

Christian Young.
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Blues Power.

Blues Power (17)

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This, as usual, was a significant exercise. I took 3,000 images and produced 323 colour images in individual band portfolios, and also 40 monochrome conversions. I used Lightroom to select and catalogue images, including preliminary processing, and mainly processed images in Capture One.

Top 30 (36)

Selected Monochromes (40)

Top 100 (108)

All Thredbo 2023 images (363)

On the Thredbo Blues Festival Page you will find links to images from all Thredbo Festivals I have photographed since 2006 (but then there are links at the top of the JAlbum pages).

There are now over 11,000 images linked to on this Blog for Live Music Festivals (mainly Blues Festivals).

For other images of a particular band I may have taken since 2006, see the Musicians and Bands Page . …

Blues, Brews and BBQs, Tumut 2023

Apr5

Blues, Brews and BBQs 2023 was a one-day Blues Festival at Tumut which is west of Canberra and about a 2.5 hours drive. It was a very friendly and laid-back event with many locals and visitors as well as people from out of town. Here is a selection of images from each of the eight bands. There are also links to JAlbum slideshows for each of the bands, monochromes, top 100 images and top 25.

Click on any image to see it larger (if on a PC at least). Alternatively, run the Top 30 slideshow from the link at the bottom, because these are the same images as those in the post.

The first three bands were locals. First was a local duet, Az N Daz.

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Darren Jaynoy and Aaron Somner.
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Az N Daz images.

Next band was Captain Jack:

Nicole McIntyre..
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Adam Garner.
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Nicole McIntyre’s boots.
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Captain Jack.
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Captain Jack images.

The third band was Velvetsmyle, also with a number of guests, showcasing the talents of local musicians.

Velvetsmyle.
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Clayton Denson.
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Emma Peacock.
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Billy Barnett.
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Laura Rampling and Natasha Proos.
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Velvetsmyle images.

Next came the bands from outside Tumut. First was James Southwell band.

James Southwell Band.
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James Southwell.
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Alec Coulson.
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Next, Roshani:

Roshani.
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Roshani.
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Roshani.
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Owen Campbell Band, and as it gets later, the lighting slowly start to improve:

Owen Campbell Band.
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Owen Campbell.
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Jamal Salem.
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19 Twenty:

John Gwilliam.
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Kane Dennelly.
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19 Twenty and Roshani.
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Kane Dennelly.
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Last band, Joe Camilleri and The Black Sorrows:

Joe Camilleri.
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Tony Floyd.
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James Black.
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The Black Sorrows.
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Black Sorrows Crowd.
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Joe Camilleri.
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Claude Carranza.
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The Black Sorrows.
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Selected Monochromes.

Top 30 (these images)

Top 100

All images by band

Some of the people who attended the festival will have seen these images on Facebook. This post also allows them to become available to people who do not use Facebook.

For regular readers of the Blog: I have another Blues Festival to post next (Thredbo). Then I will be able to resume regular posts from North Queensland.

Goulburn Blues Festival 2022

Jan1

Goulburn Blues Festival 2022 took place over three days and nights on a weekend at the end of November. Here is a selection of images, and links at the bottom to more.

Click on any image to see it larger (if on a PC at least). With many it makes a big difference.

This is a free festival and I had not organised in advance to cover it. I had intended to photograph just some of the non-Canberra bands I was less familiar with but I ended up effectively covering the festival. However, although I photographed thirty-two performances, I missed some of the earlier acts including Guitar Case Troubadors, The Honey Sippeers, Matt Ross and Johnny Reynolds Band. This post presents a selection of images, I have not tried to include each performance. However, as it happens the only ones without an image here are Catfish Soup, Key Grip, Piano Wizard, Lying Cheating Bastards (though the boy under the table was during Key Grip).

Paul Leeder with Chris Harland Blues Trio.

Mats Marklund with Boneyard Blondes.
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Don Hopkins.

Isy Cappo Band.

Minnie Marks.

Katherine Vavahea with The Marvellous Hearts.

Craig Lyons with The Marvellous Hearts.

Chris Harland and Liam Macalister Jam.

Thomann King Band.

Lead singer, Killwater.

Sheltering from the rain in front of the band (Key Grip).

Frank Sultana, Ben Wicks and James Southwell with Sultana Southwell Roulette.

Sultana Southwell Roulette in the pouring rain with people dancing under umbrellas.

Owen Campbell Band.

Owen Campbell.

Young bass player. This and next four from Goulburn Club jams.

Ross Buchanan.

Daniel Fernandez.

Frank Sultana, James Southwell, Johnny Tesoriero, Jarrod Cockman and Ben Wicks.

Johnny Tesoriero.

Ben Jansz.

Dave Blanken, DJ Gosper and Ali Penney (Divine Devilles).

Dave Blanken with Divine Devilles.

Frank Sultana.

Davo Fester and Al Britten (PJ O’Brien Band).

Al Britten (PJ O’Brien Band).

Davo Fester PJ O’Brien Band).

PJ O’Brien Band.

Howlin’ Mitch.

CC Hall (Sunbears).

Craig Marshalsey (Sunbears).

Simon Kinny-Lewis, Tony Boyd and Christian Young (Simon Kinny-Lewis Band).

Tony Boyd (Simon Kinny-Lewis Band).

Simon Kinny-Lewis.

Chloe Kay and the Crusade.

Drummer, Chloe Kay and the Crusade.

Chloe Kay Richardson.

The Other Blues Festivals page in this Blog includes an overall link for Goulburn 2022 as well as links for each performance, top 100 images, top 30 images and selected monochromes. (That page also has links for thirteen previous festivals, including five previous Goulburns. There are also other pages for Thredbo, Sydney and Narooma Blues Festivals.)

The festival was six weeks ago but I have just finished processing, albeit not on a fulltime basis. I took 3,000 images and produced 360 colour images in individual band portfolios, and also 30 monochrome conversions. I used Lightroom to organise and select images, including preliminary processing, and processed images in Capture One.

(There are over 10,000 images linked to on this Blog for Live Music Festivals (mainly Blues Festivals) and 13,500 for all live music (I still have to add links for about 750 images from last year which I shall do soon). For images of a particular band I may have taken since 2006, see the Musicians and Bands Page .)

Thira to Heraklion

May8

Thira (Santorini), to Heraklion, Crete, Greece, 12 October 2018.

(Click on any image to see it in a larger size, if you are on a PC or tablet at least.)

We are now on the ferry on our way from Thira to Heraklion (in Crete). Fortuitously, it is just after six o’clock and sunset is approaching so there are some special opportunities for long lens photography as we leave Thira.

Cruise liner probably heading to Athens. I think Oia is in the background.

Picturesque vessel, I think a schooner.

Probably part of Thira township at the top of the cliffs.

Close-up of luxurious tourist accommodation atop the cliffs.

Late light playing on the sea.

It took me a while to work out. At the bottom of the cliffs is not the port we came from, it’s the old port of Thira, with Imerovigli at the top. You might need to click on the image to expand it to see, but there’s a road going down there and also a cablecar.

The light is very different according to the direction you are looking.

Towards the sun, sunset approaching.

Akrotiri lighthouse with people in front of it to watch the sunset.

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These houses may be on Akro Aspronisi Point, near Akrotiri Lighthouse.

The light is slowly fading away.

Last view of Thira with darkness approaching.

Venetian Harbour and the Koules Fortress.

Some hours later and we are now in Heraklion in Crete. This is the view from our hotel room.

We are now in Heraklion and for the next nine days we will be travelling around Crete, especially to remote places and ancient sires.

An ancient building with the roof in need of repair.

This is also taken from the hotel the next day, from the balcony outside the dining room at the time of breakfast. This also applies to the next four images.

An old ruined boat fenced off beside the harbour. I think I may have been told a story about it and I know exactly where it is but I can find no further information.

The Venetian Lion on the side of Koules Fortress.

The Venetian Harbour at Heraklion.

Crete has had a long and varied history. Humans were on Crete as early as 130,000 years ago (though not our subspecies). Prehistoric animals included pygmy hippos, pygmy elephants, dwarf deer and giant mice. Remarkably, there have also been plausible though contested claims that footprints in rock in Crete were from a human relative 5.6 million years ago (which is not consistent with the conventional Out of Africa theory).

The Minoan civilisation was the earliest in Europe and lasted from 3500BC to 1100BC. Crete was then taken over by the Mycenaeans and then the Dorians and became part of ancient Greek civilisation. Rome conquered Crete in 69BC and it later became part of the Byzantine Empire. The Arabs took over in 820 and established a piratical Emirate. They built the town of Candia here which became the new capital of Crete and was later renamed Heraklion. Byzantium took it back in 961 until the time of the Fourth Crusade in 1204 when the Venetians took over, after briefly contesting the island with the Genovese.

The Ottomans took over in 1669 after laying siege to Candia for 21 years and the last Venetian outpost at Spinalonga fell in 1718. Many Cretans participated in the Greek War of Independence from 1821 to 1829 but did not gain independence for Crete. Despite many revolts, this did not happen until 1898, first as an independent state under the Ottomans (though occupied by the Great Powers) and Candia was remaned Heraklion at this time. From 1908 it became part of Greece.

The Moslem minority of Crete was repopulated to Turkey after the treaty of Lausanne in 1923. Germany occupied Crete from 1941 to 1944 and there was fierce guerilla resistance from the locals. There was civil war on Crete from 1947 to 1948, with an attempted Communist insurrection and the last two holdouts surrendered in 1974, 25 years after the last action on the mainland.

El Greco was from Crete (and from Candia) and Eleftherios Venezolos “Maker of Modern Greece”, the dominant Greek politician of the early 20th century, was also from Crete.

After breakfast and taking the preceding images, we headed off to the ancient Minoan city of Knossos (next post).

Returning from Knossos, we left the rental car at the hotel and walked to the Museum of Archaeology (post after next). On the way I paused at a couple of weathered doorways.

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We returned from the museum and later in the early evening went for a walk around the harbour. These shells were for sale and Jools bought one.

Fishing boats.

Fishing nets.

Fishing boats leading up to Koules Fortress (which was closed).

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This is in an area of Venetian dry docks and boat repairs. The water was lapping in in those days.

Later in the evening, a closer look at the mysterious old boat. The name XAPAꓥAMΠOΠ may be a reference to Saint Charalampus, who lived during the reign of Septimus Severus.

We were very fortunate that a band was playing Greek music in a park across from the hotel. I do not know the band’s name. There was also a market at the same time.

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Thredbo Blues Festival 2022

Mar13

Thredbo Blues Festival 2022 took place over three days and nights on a weekend at the end of January. Here is a selection of images, and links at the bottom to more….

Click on any image to see it larger (if on a PC at least).

Darren Jack.

Fran Liddle (Big Mama and the Hanged Man).

Genevieve Chadwick (Genevieve Chadwick Trio).

Ron King (Foreday Riders).

Lloyd Spiegel.

CJ Raggatt, wife, Brian O’Kelly, listening to Lloyd Speigel in the rain.

Wes Harder (Kate Lush Band and Darren Jack Band).

Kate Lush

Steve Edmonds (Kate Lush Band and Steve Edmonds Trio).

Simon Kinny-Lewis.

Simon Kinny-Lewis Band.

Jeremy Berg and Kane Denelly, 19 Twenty.

George Rigatos, Michelle Van der Meer, Rosscoe Clark, Mike Rix and Alison Penney, Michelle Van Der Meer and the Midnight Ramblers.

Marty Ferugia and Mike Raper, Ray Beadle & The Hi Tones.

Ray Beadle & The Hi Tones.

Rory Ellis.

Adam Lang, Steve Edmonds Band.

Tony Boyd, Kate Lush Band.

Craig Lyons and John Morris, Blues Preachers.

Robert Susz, Continental Blues Party.

Mike Elrington.

CJ Raggatt, James Hauptman and John Tweed, C J Raggatt Band.

Fiona Boyes.

Phil Jenkins, Fiona Boyes Band.

CC Hall, The Sun Bears.

Dylan Harding, The Sun Bears.
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This, as usual, was a significant exercise. I took 3,000 images and produced 400 colour images in individual band portfolios, and also 100 monochrome conversions. I used Lightroom to select and catalogue images, including preliminary processing, and processed images in Capture One.

There are many more images. On the Thredbo Blues Festival Page you will find links to images from the 2022 Festival, as well as thirteen previous festivals . These are mainly colour images. Links for 2020 include top 100 images, top 30 images, selected monochromes and the 23 performers or bands.

Alternatively, there is also a direct overall link to all Thredbo 2022 images in JAlbum (with overview images and images by band organised by folder).

There are now over 10,000 images linked to on this Blog for Live Music Festivals (mainly Blues Festivals).

For other images of a particular band I may have taken since 2006, see the Musicians and Bands Page …

Next post will be on Thira (Santorini).

Out of the Blues

Jan27

Images from a small exhibition (of A3+ prints in an Album) prepared for Thredbo Blues Festival (which I’m about to attend as Official Photographer).

Next post was to have been the Agora in Athens and that will happen in one to three weeks…..

(Click on any image to see it in a larger size, if you are on a PC or tablet at least.)

Dutch Tilders

Rose Cottage, Canberra 2008.

Pearl Noire

National Press Club, September 2010.

Michael Hardy

Canberra Blues Society Christmas Party 2012,

Best Image, Australian Photographic Society Interstate Comp 2013.

Ray Beadle

Thredbo Blues Festival 2011.

Chris Wilson

Narooma Blues Festival 2009.

Ian Moss

Sydney Blues Festival 2012.

Darren Jack

Thredbo Blues Festival 2012.

Genevieve Chadwick

Sydney Blues Festival 2012.

Rory Ellis

Thredbo Blues Festival 2013.

Pat Powell and Continental Robert Susz

Keller Jam, Thredbo Blues Festival 2013.

Vito Portolesi

Thredbo Blues Festival 2013.

Rick Estrin

Narooma Blues Festival 2014.

Glen Cardier

Thredbo Blues Festival 2016.

Simon Kinny-Lewis

Keller Jam, Thredbo Blues Festival 2013.

Tony Boyd (Kate Lush Band)

Thredbo Blues Festival 2017.

Kate Lush

Thredbo Blues Festival 2017.

Michelle Van der Meer

Sydney Blues Festival 2016.

Turner Brown Band

Blues on Broadbeach 2017.

Tomcat Playground

Sydney Blues Festival 2016.

Lloyd Spiegel

Sydney in Winter Blues Festival 2017.

Liza Ohlback

Thredbo Blues Festival 2016.

Rosscoe Clark

Sydney Blues and Roots Festival 2017.

Nick Charles and Fiona Boyes

Keller Bar, Harmonie German Club, Canberra 2012.

Foreday Riders

Sydney Blues Festival 2017.

George Washingmachine, Phil and Trudy Edgeley

Thredbo Blues Festival 2016.

Harry Brus

Thredbo Blues Festival 2019.

Dillion James (on keyboards) and 8 Ball Aitken

Thredbo Blues Festival 2020.

Leesa Gentz (and Julz Parker), Hussy Hicks

Thredbo Blues Festival 2019.

Sun Bears

Austrian Club, Canberra 2021.

John Gwilliam, 19 Twenty

Red White Amber and Blues Festival, Canberra 2019.

Kane Denelly, 19 Twenty in Schuss Bar

Thredbo Blues Festival 2020.

Michael David, Franchesca Appolis and Evelyn Duprai

Dancing in the Shadows

Thredbo Blues Festival 2019.

George Rigatos

Thredbo Blues Festival 2020.

Steve Edmonds

Red White Amber and Blues Festival, Canberra 2019.

Claude Hay

Thredbo Blues Festival 2016.

Ali Penney

Canberra Blues Society Christmas Party 2021.

Live Music in Canberra in Times of COVID (Part 2)

Feb20

December 2020 to February 2021, Canberra, ACT

Continuing from the previous post…. Canberra has largely escaped COVID (so far at least). It has never been mandatory to wear masks here and lockdown is a long tome ago. There are few restrictions on live music now, though you have to be seated and not use a dance floor. Other States have gone in and out of lockdown though, especially Victoria so interstate musicians were quite often unable to visit. This post is mainly of a couple of large events with many bands. I have avoided including more than one image of each musician (over both posts) except where they appear as part of a band.

On 20th December 2020, the Canberra Blues Society held its Christmas party, featuring Bonnie Kay and the Bonafides from Sydney. It also included the monthly jam and there were six jamming bands. This is Catherine Golden with Bonnie Kay and the Bonafides, who played both at the beginning and the end.

Wayne Rigby (Bonnie Kay and the Bonafides).

This is Ross Buchanan, with Jamming Band 1.

Steve Hartnett (Jamming Band 1).

John van Buuren (Jamming Band 2).

Dave Jensen (Jamming Band 3).

Leo Joseph (Jamming Band 3).

Jeffro Martin (Jamming Band 4).

Mimo (Jamming Band 4).

Berno (Jamming Band 4).

Johnny Huckle (Jamming Band 5).

Juanita Cucinotta (Jamming Band 5).

Calvin Welch (with Bonnie Kay and the Bonafides but playing here with Jamming Band 5).

Bonnie Kay and the Bonafides is back up again at the end. This is Bonnie Kay.

Illya Szwec.

The next big event was on 9th January, Bucky’s Birthday Bash. This is Bucky (David Buckmaster) in an image from 2007. The event has been held for many years and he played in last year’s event but he died of cancer last year, so the event continues in his honour. There were six bands this year and P.J. O’Brien Band was supposed to be the climax but they were unable to attend due to a lockdown in New South Wales, so it was all local bands.

Johnny Reynolds (Johnny Reynolds Band).

Dave O’Neill (Rodeo Clowns).

Chris Van Der Wielen and Dene Burton (Urban Drover).

Mitch Preston (Chris Harland Blues Band).

Chris Harland.

Cam Hall (Sunbears, but playing here with Moondog).

Dylan Harding ()Sunbears).

Sunbears.

Wiesse Wade (Sunbears).

On 19th January there was a celebration of Mitch Preston’s Birthday at Smith’s Alternative (now a venue; originally a bookshop).

30th January. Fiona Boyes, who lived in Canberra for some years, came up from Victoria. This is Ali Penney accompanying for a track or two on the piano.

Fiona Boyes.

4th February. Blues Roulette visited from Melbourne. Organised by Ben Wicks, this is an array of eminent musicians that changes with each visit. This is Jimi Hocking.

James Southwell (Blues Roulette).

Davo Fester (on drums; Blues Roulette).

Jimi Hocking, James Southwell and Ben Wicks.

5 February. Pachamama at Gang Gang Cafe, Downer.

Live Music in Canberra in Times of COVID (Part 1)

Feb14

February to November 2020, Canberra, ACT

I covered Thredbo Blues Festival in January 2020 and took some photographs at Goulburn Blues Festival in February. Then COVID hit and we went into lockdown.

Usually I cover Blues Festivals but not so much local bands because my processing methods are very time-intensive and three hours photographing may lead to three to five days on the computer, processing. During the last year I had more time on my hands and no festivals for me for 2021, so I covered more local bands. There will be two posts, this one and the next.

Altogether, since lockdown started last March, I have photographed eighteen events, 36 groups (including solo performers) and 153 people, though seven groups and 48 people are duplicated in different performances. All performances are in Canberra but some of the musicians are from Sydney or Melbourne.

My selection may be somewhat arbitrary and I’m not trying to cover everyone but I have avoided putting anyone in twice.

This is the Sisters and Brothers Community Choir playing upstairs at Beyond Q on the 29th February, just before we went into lockdown. Beyond Q was a wonderful second hand bookshop and a great music venue. They had had to change addresses due to a lease issue and just got organised at the new location. Sadly, they closed down due to COVID 19. From left to right there is Juanita Cucinotta, Juliet Reeve, Chris Cavanagh, Michelle Mannion, Julie Manley (my partner), Simon Daly, Don Dennes and Mary Bryden.

It is now 7 June. We have been in lockdown for three months. This is the first gig I saw a notification for and must have been close to the first after lockdown. We are outside a small group of shops at Belconnen markets and in the open air because lockdown is just being slowly relaxed. Some of the shops appear to have been abandoned including the one in the background. This is DJ Gosper and Jeff Prime.

It’s now a month later, 5th July, and indoor gigs are now allowed, albeit with limitations on seating and distancing. We are at the Artists’ Shed in Fyshwick. It may look as though we are way out in the country but that is just a backdrop. Dan Fernandes is playing solo as support.

A couple of hours later, this is Bernie Keenan playing drums for Johnnie Reynolds Band.

10th July and further liberalisation has allowed Shane Pacey to come down from Sydney and play solo at the Keller Bar in the Harmonie German Club. Shane usually plays with the Bondi Cigars or the Shane Pacey Trio.

31st July and this is Frank Sultana (based in Kiama) playing in the Keller Bar at the Harmonie German Club. He has Grant DW Barnes (not shown) supporting him on harmonica on some tracks.

8 August and this is Ana Key and the Underdogs playing at the Artists’ Shed in Fyshwick. You can see the background in context here.

Ole Nielsen.

Ana Key.

5th September and this is Milena Cifali launching her book Mallacoota Time at East Hotel, Kingston. The event included book recitals, poetry recitals and musical performances. While Milena and Jim were away in Queensland they were burnt out of their Mallacoota house in the huge fires of January 2020 and lost all their possessions and most of their birds. Here, I am also in the photo, using a cable release to trigger the camera and fisheye lens.

This is at a second book launch the next day at the Artists’ Shed in Fyshwick. This is Peter Swain.

Jim Horvath, Milena’s husband.

2nd October and this is 19 Twenty at the Abbey. John Gwilliam is on double bass.

Syd Green.

Kane Dennelly.

19 Twenty.

9th October and this is Paul Callan with Johnny Reynolds Band at the Austrian Club.

Johnny Reynolds Band.

15th October at the Basement, Belconnen. Chris Harland Blues Band (setting up). Restrictions were in place including that you need to stick to your seat, not visit other tables and no dancing on the dance floor. Most of those restrictions are still in place but now you can mingle.

Paul Leeder.

Rick Milliband.

Moondog was up next, playing solo.

Owen Campbell was the final act for the night.

It was a three-piece band, including Matt Nightingale on bass.

27th November, this is Llara Weaver, part of Stella’s Way, at the Basement Belconnen.

Stella’s Way.

Next up was Ana Key and the Underdogs, This is Stephen Deakin.

Keith Joliffe.

Last band for the night was Carnival Road.

Not set up, this was just at the side of the stage.

3rd December. Julian James, Keller Bar, Harmonie German Club.

Thredbo Blues Festival 2020

Mar1

Thredbo Blues Festival 2020 took place over three days and nights on a weekend at the end of January. Here is a selection of images, and links at the bottom to more….

(Next I will resume with the Cuba & the Caribbean trip, with still a post or two to go on Santo Domingo.)

Psycho Zydeco.

Michelle Van Der Meer’s Midnight Ramblers.

Tony Boyd (Michelle Van Der Meer’s Midnight Ramblers).\

Shane Pacey (Shane Pacey Trio).

Paul Blasi (Shane Pacey Trio).

George Washingmachine (Blue Rinse).

Ron King (Foreday Riders).

Jeff King (Foreday Riders).

Grace Hickey (Grace and Hugh).

Greg Ohlback (Liza Ohlback Trio).

Lloyd Gyi and C J Raggatt (CJ Raggatt).

19 Twenty.

Syd Green (19 Twenty).

Kane Dennelly (19 Twenty).

19 Twenty.

Ray Beadle (Ray Beadle Band).

Jack Purdon (Ray Beadle Band).

Mike Raper (Ray Beadle Band).

Corey Legge (Swamp Stompers).

Steve Edmonds (Steve Edmonds Band).

Sam Boyd (Dancing in the Shadows of Motown Review).

Greg Carger and Jason Bruer (Dancing in the Shadows of Motown Review).

Evelyn Duprai (and Franchesca Appolis) (Dancing in the Shadows of Motown Review).

Franchesca Appolis and Kimi Tupaea (Dancing in the Shadows of Motown Review).

Paula Baxter (Aretha Franklin Tribute).

Aretha Franklin Tribute.

8 Ball Aitken.

Dillion James (8 Ball Aitken).

Nik Downing (8 Ball Aitken).

Dillion James and 8 Ball Aitken (8 Ball Aitken).

Darren Jack (Tyrone Vaughan with Darren Jack Band).

Rick Melick (Tyrone Vaughan with Darren Jack Band).

Tyrone Vaughan with Darren Jack Band.

A few technical notes for those who may be interested. I was using some new equipment, a Nikon D850 (70% of shots) and a Sigma 135mm f1.8 (40% of images). This combination allowed me to replace a 180mm f2.8 and a 105mm f2 with improved resolution and bokeh and greater capacity to crop. I also have a Fuji system which is more portable but the Nikon system has advantages for resolution, autofocus and low light sensitivity. I also processed all the images under stage light in Capture One for the first time, for greater control of colour and greater ease with masking and layers.

There are many more images. On the Thredbo Blues Festival Page you will find links to images from the 2020 Festival, as well as thirteen previous festivals . Links for 2020 include top 100 images, top 30 images, selected monochromes and the 23 performers or bands. Others not mentioned above include Phil & Trudy Edgeley, Charlie Bedford Trio, Claude Hay, Harry Ashton Band, Jordan Thomas Band, Mike Elrington and Richard Perso.

Alternatively, there is also a direct overall link to all Thredbo 2020 images in JAlbum (with overview images and images by band organised by folder). There are 367 images in all (excluding monochrome conversions).

For other images of a particular band I may have taken since 2006, see the Musicians and Bands Page.

Red White Amber and Blues Festival 2019

Nov24

This is the first Blues Festival in Canberra for over twenty years, taking place over three days and nights on a weekend at the end of October. Here is a selection of images, and links at the bottom to more.

Under the performers, I’ve added YouTube links to their music.

On Friday there were five performers, playing acoustic.

Then it rained heavily, while Lloyd Spiegel was still playing.

Phil Manning.

There was eight bands on Saturday.

Marji Curran, Marji Curran Band.

John Gwilliam with 19-Twenty.

Kane Denelly with 19-Twenty.

Milena Barrett.

Ali Penney, Ali Penney and the Moneymakers.

James Southwell with James Southwell Band.

Marshall and the Fro.

Steve Edmonds, Steve Edmonds Band.

Kevin Borich, Ken Borich Express.

On Sunday, there was another seven bands.

Rebecca Davey with Dreamboogie.

Darren Jack.

Sammy Owen, Sammy Owen Blues Band.

Lachy Doley, Lachy Doley Group.

Shane Pacey with Bondi Cigars.

Bondi Cigars.

Matt Taylor with Chain.

Phil Manning, Chain.

Dirk du Bois, Chain.

John Creech with Russell Morris.

Russell Morris.

Russell Morris Band.

There are many more images. On the Other Blues Festivals Page . you will find links to images from this Festival. Links include top 100 images, selected monochromes and one for each of the 20 bands.

Alternatively, there is also a direct overall link to all Red White Amber and Blues Festival 2019 images in JAlbum (with overview images and images by band organised by folder). There are 362 images in all.

For other images of a particular band I may have taken since 2006, see the Musicians and Bands Page .

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