Troy Cassar-Daley is probably best known in Australia as the most likeable bloke in country music! He is also one of Australia’s most awarded and respected singer/songwriters.
Here is a union sure to delight music fans, surfers, and festival goers alike! Midnight Oil's Rob Hirst, Jim Moginie and Martin Rotsey have joined with bass player Brian Ritchie of US group Violent Femmes to form a new surf rock band called The Break.
Bluesfest is extremely proud to present living legend and 2009 ARIA Hall of Fame inductee Kev Carmody.
Dan Sultan is an extraordinarily gifted musician, whose much anticipated second album ‘Get Out While You Can‘ released in November 2009 is currently one of the highest selling records on the Independent Australian Album Charts!
Progressive rock, improvisation, jazz, soul, funk – these guys have got it all going on!
Get ready for one of the funkiest outfits in the known universe! Drummer Stanton Moore, bassist Robert Mercurio, saxophonist/harmonica player Ben Ellman, keyboardist Richard Vogel, and guitarist Jeff Raines are Galactic – and this Bluesfest favourite is coming back to shake our very foundations!
With a nod to the glory days of old but with her heart and soul very much in the present, this rockin’ little minx belts them out with all the musical force of a veteran rockabilly wildcat!
Poor Man’s Whiskey (USA) Performing their incredible creation ‘Dark Side of the Moonshine’.Bluesfest fans take note: Poor Man’s Whiskey could well be the hit of the festival!
Bluesfest is very honoured to bring back important blues institution to Byron Bay once more. Many claim to be fighting the good fight for music, and many certainly are. But who’s really keeping the blues and southern roots music alive? Music Maker Relief Foundation, Inc.
Among the critical acclaim for Jen Cloher and the Endless Sea, Rolling Stone wrote that “Cloher and her exceptionally robust band prove there's still some intriguing, hidden gems among this nation's considerably talented crop of female-led introspective stars.”
Joanne combines fiery guitar playing, sultry vocals and something beyond the blues... a soulful mix of roots and pop influences sung in a haunting smoky voice. Joanne Shaw Taylor is the real deal.
The Blues Cowboys are coming back! They are certain to rock the house and please the crowd with their mixture of blues, rock and country styles.
Singer-songwriter Warren H. Williams is one of the biggest indigenous names in Australian music.
Narasirato’s performances feature dance, traditional costumes, soaring vocals, wooden drums, conch shells and many unique bamboo instruments including pan pipes, thong-o-phones, mouthbow and stomping tubes.
A big hit at Bluesfest last year, the funky flamenco dance tunes of the Gold Coast’s own Tijuana Cartel also provided a thrilling backdrop in Beijing’s hottest bar during the recent Olympic period.
Oscar Jimenez leads his men in an energetic musical fusion of Afro-Caribbean percussion with raw rock guitar riffs and thumping bass that melds into a sound as diverse as Australia’s multiculturism, an “Afro-Columbian rock and roots that defies genres (and) has seen them gain a large following with an ever widening and diverse fan base.”
Sydney duo The Fumes are back with a vengeance, do yourself a favour and check out what all the fuss is about at Bluesfest. You’ll be glad you did.
Grace’s combination of afro-Creole, island roots and reggae, sung in Creole, English and French, laced with a modern pop sensibility have created a fresh sound in world music fusion.
Tribali describe themselves as a group of Maltese musicians who have come together to celebrate their love of world music.
Combining elements of old-school acoustic blues, Stevie Ray Vaughn boogie, hillbilly finger picking and Hendrix flash; three-piece Chase the Sun crank out a new take on a classic sound.