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On BLUE MOUNTAINS LIVE this time we have an interview with songwriter/musician Daniel Champagne. 

Live in Concert at the Baroque Room, Katoomba, Blue Mountains, SAT 11th December 2021

This amazing talent is back in the Blue Mountains for one show only Saturday 11th December and pre the show he chatted to the Professor exclusively on Blue Mountains Live. There are limited tickets left so get in quick! Pre-sales are discounted and you can use your new ServiceNSW discover vouchers for payment! it’s always great to see Daniel Champagne bring his tour through The Blue Mountains! If you have any friends who love live music please get them to listen tonight and then bring them along, it’s going to be a special evening!

Daniel Champagne | Biography

The story goes that the young Australian singer, songwriter, and one-of-a-kind guitar virtuoso first picked up his instrument of choice as a five-year-old following in the footsteps of a musical father. He began writing songs at 12, training classically throughout his teens and performing solo wherever he could, honing his craft and developing what would become the dynamite live show that he is renowned for today. At 18 he left school, turned professional, and hit the road.

The following decade saw him release 5 studio albums, tour relentlessly around the globe with upwards of 300 shows per year, play some of the biggest festivals under the sun and share stages with the likes of Tommy Emmanuel, INXS, John Butler, Lucinda Williams, Ani DiFranco, Judy Collins and Rodrigo y Gabriela.

In early 2020 as the COVID pandemic ground all touring to a halt, Daniel returned to Australia writing music and further honing his craft and will return to international audiences with a swag of new songs and a completely new live show. For fans of guitar, songs or just artistic expression at it’s finest this show is a must-see!

BLUE MOUNTAINS LIVE IS BACK! Blue Mountains Live is where The Professor interviewed Charity Mirow from Fusion Boutique about upcoming gigs in the Blue Mountains and in particular the Oktoberfest show at the Bootlegger Bar being held Saturday 30th October with the band 'The Sauerkrauts'. He also interviewed Deta and Rob Rayner from the band with local drummer Julia Day. 

and here's the playlist for you to follow.

Blue Mountains Live Playlist 28 Oct 2021

'Fusion Boutique 'Oktoberfest Special'

0:05 The 'Beez Beds Are Burning' (Midnight Oil Cover)

0:10 Julia Day Interview

0:27 Dyson, Stringer & Cloher 'Too Seriously'

0:30 Chrissie Amphlett 'Love in Motion (Icehouse Cover)

0:36 Charity Mirow Interview

0:55 Daniel Champagne 'A Bird of Paradise'

0:58 Kim Churchil 'You're My Window to the Sky'

1:00 Rob Rayner Interview Pt1

1:05 The Beez 'Carouselfie'

1:08 Rob Rayner Interview Pt2

1:13 The Beez 'Lazy'

1:26 The Beez 'Chicken Wings'3

8:26 The Beez 'Chicken Wings'

1:31 End

On Blue Mountains Live on the 6th of May, The Professor had a chat with Andrew Russell of The Fir Trio in anticipation of their gig at Gang Gang Gallery on Sunday the 9th May from 4:30.

Book your seat! Sunday 9th May 4.30-6.30pm

THE FIR TRIO & KANIMBLA STRING QUARTET - LIVEatheGALLERY

THE FIR TRIO – Built around Kristina Frazer’s beautiful voice, the Fir Trio features an eclectic repertoire, loosely billed as jazz.  Swing standards, blues, contemporary songs and originals all have found their way into the trio’s repertoire. Kristina and her gorgeous voice lead veteran sidemen Andrew Ireland (double bass, voice) and Andrew Russell (guitar, voice) through their varied repertoire.

Their vocal harmonies are an outstanding feature of the group and their musical sense of humour infuses every performance.

On Blue Mountains Live March 18 on RBM, ‘Misty Mountain Accord’, which is a folk duo comprised of local musicians Ellie Peterson and Gaines Post, were in the studio playing live and talking about their first-ever gig at ‘On the Soul Side Café’ in the old Hotel Gearin in Katoomba, Sunday 12-1 pm. This marks an exciting return to live music at the Gearin presented by cafe owner Dave Griffiths.

For more info on the gig and the new cafe, check out this great article by local lad Corin Shearston on the Shout Out Australia website: https://www.shoutoutaustralia.com/blue-mountains

Listen to the Podcast and help to promote Live Music everywhere, especially in the mountains.

You can listen to and download Ellie Petersons EP Clouds here on BAndcamp:

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On Blue Mountains Live (Thursday 7:30pm RBM89.1FM) we were especially excited to be featuring the new album from Wolf Van Der Made, 'Springtime in the Mountains'. We had in the studio two of the local artists who appear on the album, Skye Evans (bass) and Jonathan Bowman-Yeend (violin). We also rang Wolf in Adelaide, where he was currently in the middle of a backpacking/songwriting working holiday, to talk about the process of making the album.

Artists on the album include Skye Evans, Jonathan Bowman-Yeend, George Vargas, Nick Macken, Michael Macken, Kolya Chan, Oli Morley-Sattler, Martin Cooke, Aiden Abby and Stuart Cam.

Here is the linkito the album on Bandcamp where you can buy for $10. Please do so and support Blue Mountains Live music

https://whttps://wolfvandermade.bandcamp.com/album/springtime-in-the-mountains?fbclid=IwAR3ZvgXq5_lmyxBWKy74EOY4GlTRIQeh3pbFbYzs_urqNtdpAtj8CI7N8xw

**TAFENSW MUSIC INDUSTRY COURSE and STEVE BULL (ICEHOUSE)***

For this episode of Blue Mountains Live The Professor was joined by  Steve Bull who is a musician/producer/songwriter who has been living in Katoomba for almost 3 years now. His main gig is with ICEHOUSE ( when they get to play again)  but he also plays with a few other bands in and around Sydney and elsewhere.

He talked about his career in music as a performer but also as an Industry Lead with TAFENSW to let everyone know that TAFE are ( finally) offering the Certificate III in Music Industry qualification at the Katoomba Campus starting in February. It is a broad based course that will cover the basics of performance, audio, music technology and the music industry. Have a listen and Enrol Today!

You can download the flyer for the course here

https://tinyurl.com/y2n59bc6

and also a more detailed information pack here.

https://tinyurl.com/y2sklmrc

For course info and enrolment go here

https://tinyurl.com/y2ya3tk3

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•••• Special Christmas Eve Show Podcast ••••

Blue Mountains Live highlights holiday inspired songs by local Blue Mountains performers on this special Christmas Eve show. After the success of streaming music this year and the joy of having local musicians join us in our living rooms I thought it would be nice to continue this trend on Christmas Eve. This idea became a reality only through the extreme generosity of the local performers who threw themselves into it with a very short time to send me their favourite and original tunes over the last two weeks before Christmas. Hear what they came up with on this episode wich includes performances from Jason Thornton and Andie (Dee), CJ Stranger, Alastair McConnachie (The Blindfolds), Gavin Bowles, Jimmi Carr, Simon Watts, TDB, Skye Evans, Linda Mizzi, Peter Long, Gillian and Eliot (Sideshow Annie), Richard 'The Duck' Keegan and Crow Mountain.

On this episode of Blue Mountains Live Brad has Live in the studio Jak Housden (The Badloves, The Whitlams) and local artist CJ Stranger who both have recent releases and are both appearing at Pigeon Lane under Gallery188 as part of the Songs & Stories series of shows. CJ played live in the studio.

EXCLUSIVE! Blue Mountains Live podcast with local artist Gavin Bowles in studio to launch debut album "This Year's Modern" came out on November 20! He'd been brewing it for 18 months with help from his band "The Distractions" (Wesley, Cameron and Simon Bowles). Listen for an exclusive first listen to tracks including the new single and title track "This Year's Modern". Tune in normally on RBM89.1FM at 7:30pm after ARTHouse.

Based in the music and art rich community of Katoomba, in the Blue Mountains of NSW Andre Matkovic of local band Sonori is currently coping with lock down by taking up a role as store manager at Katoomba Music, the regions leading resource for musical instruments. This prolific musician, graphic photo-retoucher and friend of the show brought a long a playlist, some stories and info on how we can cope with being isolated but still creative during the pandemic. We are also briefly joined by good friend pianist Monica Brooks.