All the way from Bali, Baby Salma brings a mix of youthful spirit, acoustic grit, and alternative rock influence, delivering intimate live performances filled with emotion and nostalgia, blending her sultry, soulful vocals with that alternative edginess. Accompanying her, Melbourne bassist Lucie Malinson fills the low end with warm, steady grooves and tasteful bassline. Together, […]
Arthel Lane "Doc" Watson was an American guitarist, songwriter, and singer whose revolutionary flatpicking and fingerpicking techniques reshaped Appalachian folk, bluegrass, country, and blues music. Blind from infancy, Watson went from a street performer in North Carolina to a multi-Grammy Award-winning national treasure.
Moonee Valley Drifters play the songs of Hank Williams! Hank Williams was an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist who arguably became country music's first superstar. In a brief but explosive seven-year career, he wrote a catalog of emotional, honky-tonk classics before dying tragically of a heart attack at just 29 years old.
Mark Lanegan was one of the great underrated singer-songwriters of the modern era, with a deep, smoky baritone drawing comparisons to Tom Waits, Leonard Cohen and Nick Cave. Rising to prominence with Seattle grunge band The Screaming Trees (I Nearly Lost You), he went on to collaborate with close friend Kurt Cobain, appeared as a featured […]
Victor Stranges returns to the songs that shaped him with Get Stiffed - a rare, one-night-only dive into the catalogue of Stiff Little Fingers, the Irish punk band whose songs defined a generation. As a teenage drummer in Melbourne’s underground ’80s band Drunk ’n’ Disorderly, Stranges cut his teeth on this material across the pub circuit. Now, 37 years on, he […]
DAVE MILES and MICK EVANS (from THE PRAIRIE OYSTERS) present the songs of the best band you’ve never heard of: THE SMITHEREENS. It took some hard decisions to trim the set down when you have 7 albums of masterful power pop to choose from. But they have curated a 1 hour goldmine of great and […]
Brittle Sun & Peter O'Shea play the songs of Velvet Underground
"Townes Van Zandt is the best songwriter in the whole world, and I'll stand on Bob Dylan's coffee table in my cowboy boots and say that." Steve Earle. "I've met Bob Dylan's bodyguards, and if Steve thinks he's going to stand on Bob's coffee table in his cowboy boots, he's sorely mistaken." Townes Van Zandt. […]
Peter Baylor & Nick Hayward play the songs of Willie Nelson
Brendan Lloyd is bringing his John Williamson tribute show back to the Poet, one more time! Brendan has been a fan of John Williamson since he 'was just a boy on the farm'. It’s fair to say that JW was the entire reason he ever picked up a guitar. Accompanied by the inimitable Craig Kelly on bass, enjoy an evening of […]
Yolanda Ingley plays the songs of Billie Holiday!
