BLUESFEST
Bluesfest delivered again, even if the weather didn’t. The rain couldn’t put a dampener on the 30th anniversary of Australia’s – if not the world’s – biggest and best blues and roots festival. Starting out way back in 1990, the festival has grown into a mammoth five-day extravaganza, attracting punters and artists from all around the world. You would be hard pressed to find a festival with such a wide range of punters, from grandparents to kids, to parents with their kids in little decorated buggies.
Bluesfest has stayed true to a formula of booking world class blues and roots artists both known and unknown, and every year, they seem to top the previous one’s lineup. This year was no exception – Jack Johnson, Iggy Pop, Ben Harper, Tommy Emmanuel, Jack White, Tash Sultana, Norah Jones, Hozier... In
