Melbourne Ska Orchestra
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Melbourne Ska Orchestra Create A Cinematic Ska-ghetti Western With Their New Album
Ska flag-bearers and homegrown fan favourites, Melbourne Ska Orchestra are currently recording their new album and preparing for their mammoth 2025 global tour spanning
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Review: 2025 Bluesfest Part Two
Good vibes and good music kept the skies blue this year for a fully stocked Bluesfest 2025 (17-20 April).
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Review: 2025 Bluesfest Part One
In a surprise opening to Bluesfest 2025, punters were greeted by a four-day forecast for stunning weather, with none of the mud and rain of some recent
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Bluesfest 2025 Line-up (Australian Artist Release)
The countdown is on to the final edition of Bluesfest, with a second wave of all-Australian artists joining the line-up.
Some of the country’s finest blues, roots... -
Melbourne Ska Orchestra Australia 2024 Tour
Australian ska juggernaut, Melbourne Ska Orchestra is celebrating its 21st birthday in 2024.
The up to 26-piece band, fronted by the infectiously charismatic... -
Take A Sonic Dip With Xavier Rudd, Spiderbait & Others At Ocean Sounds 2024
Ocean Sounds is back at Phillip Island for 2024 – a one-day sunset concert for music lovers this summer.
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Review: Bluesfest Melbourne @ Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre
Welcome to Bluesfest Melbourne, where there is no mud and you can wear your finest shoes without fear of ruining them.
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Wanderer Festival Tease 2023 Line-up With First 5 Acts
After staging a highly successful inaugural event last year, destination music event Wanderer Festival returns in 2023 to the Sapphire Coast (NSW) the last weekend of
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5 Fond Memories Playing With Melbourne Ska Orchestra The Last 20 Years As Reminisced By Nicky Bomba
Led by Nicky Bomba, Melbourne Ska Orchestra have turned 20 years young.
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Blues On Broadbeach Add More Talent To 2023 Line-up Including Melbourne Ska Orchestra & Chris Cheney
With Tommy Emmanuel, Don Walker, and Emma Donovan & The Putbacks already on the line-up, Blues On Broadbeach have added even more talent to their 2023
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Bluesfest Melbourne 2023 Line-up
For the first time in their 30-plus-year history, Bluesfest is headed south to host a special two-day offering, Bluesfest Melbourne, featuring a selection of artists playing
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Review: 2022 WOMADelaide @ Adelaide Botanic Park
Walking into WOMADelaide, staged at Adelaide's Botanic Park (11-14 March), you could be easily fooled into thinking life is back to normal and the past few years were a fever
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Nicky Bomba Digs Deep Into His Bag Of Musical Tricks Creating 'Mini-Movies' Of Ethnic Funk-Reggae-Roots Flavours On New Solo Album
Some ten years-plus since his last solo studio album, reggae-funk-ska-roots maestro Nicky Bomba has taken time out from his other band projects – Melbourne Ska Orchestra,
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2021 Bluesfest Line-up
Bluesfest is pressing on from the carnage of 2020, revealing 50 acts on their first artist announcement (their largest ever in the festival's history) for the 2021
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Melbourne Ska Orchestra 2020 Australia Tour
Melbourne Ska Orchestra start 2020 with a huge national tour off the back of their 2019 ARIA Award-winning album 'One Year Of Ska'.
The tour celebrates 'One Year Of... -
Iggy Pop and Norah Jones Lead New Additions To 2019 Bluesfest Line-up
With a line-up already bristling with the highest-quality international talent of the calibre of Ben Harper, Jack Johnson, Paul Kelly, Julia Stone, Mavis Staples, Hozier and
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Gympie Music Muster Embraces The Blues With New Music Additions
A staple of the Australian country music scene for almost 40 years, Gympie Music Muster is also home to an amazing smorgasbord of blues and roots acts that highlight the
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Time To Join Melbourne Ska Orchestra's Ska-bq Tour
In March, Nicky Bomba and the Melbourne Ska Orchestra (MSO) will perform as part of their Ska-bq tour.
For those of you who have never heard of 'ska' before, it... -
Melbourne Ska Orchestra @ The Gov Review
Adelaide was the first city in Australia in which Nicky Bomba’s Melbourne Ska Orchestra would play to sell-out audiences.
This is not a surprise; every year our... -
Melbourne Ska Orchestra @ The Triffid Review 2016
“1. 2. 3. 4. Boom shak-a-la, oh yeah let’s ska.”
The Triffid was teleported into “ska-tosphere” on Saturday (23 April), as Melbourne Ska Orchestra, magnanimously...