Emma Volard: Deity

<p><span><span><span>- I don’t know if you remember the old </span><strong>Disposable Heroes Of Hiphoprisy</strong><span> song, </span><em>Music &amp; Politics</em><span>. It’s </span><strong>Michael Franti </strong><span>all weighed down with the blues of a life lived for activism and music-making, often at the expense of other priorities. It’s not really a surprise to be reminded of that when listening to the new record by Emma Volard.

Nai Palm with Moreton @ Eudlo Hall

- It’s not very often the Eudlo Hall opens its doors to a gig, the area of the Sunshine Coast this gig is in is accompanied by a train station and a general store. Yet in the early afternoon of a Sunday, I find myself and one-hundred-and-fifty other people slinking into what on the outside looks like any other community hall from yesteryear. However with the avant-garde makeup and sea of striking fashion not usually seen at the Eumundi markets, it’s obvious this is a community event for music-heads from within one-hundred kilometeres-plusof the venue.

Andrew Tuttle: Fleeting Adventure

<p><span><span>- Hi readers, your captain speaking. This is a pre-boarding announcement for the review of local musician and composer Andrew Tuttle’s (Tutts as he is more affectionately known) new album <em>Fleeting Adventure</em>, with service from Meanjin/Brisbane to ‘Cosmic Australiana’ and stopovers in ambient country and experimental folk. I ask that you strap yourself in, open your ears for listening, mind to spirituality and heart to feeling.