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soul artist Laura Mvula has long dreamt of visiting Australia. Now she's headlining Bluesfest 2017 behind an album symbolically entitled The Dreaming Room . "I remember when I was maybe ... performed at Glastonbury — is surely the boldest contemporary act on this year's Bluesfest roster, alongside Gallant. But, having magicked her own genre from gospel, symphonies and pastorals, Mvula

Bluesfest continues to surprise with stellar artist announcement after stellar artist announcement, but strap yourself in because this one's particularly hefty. The Byron Bay blues extravaganza have booked renowned ... only been seen at New Orleans Jazzfest and Brooklyn Hip Hop Festival, and Bluesfest will be Nas and The Soul Rebels' sole Australian performance this year. Catch both on Bluesfest

town for Bluesfest this year, frontman of English ska legends Madness , Suggs , is filling out his schedule with some one-man-shows this April. The 'Suggs: My Life Story ... Suggs and Madness will also be hitting up Sydney, Perth and Melbourne for some Bluesfest sideshows. Head to theGuide for full details

Bluesfest  2017 draws closer, some of the artists on the festival's line-up are also gearing up for exclusive sideshows and the acts who will join them ... alphabetical order) and for more details, including all the info you need for Bluesfest this year, click on theGuide . gregory porter  Playing at Sydney's Enmore Theatre

After selling out his Sydney  Bluesfest  sideshow, it has today been announced that  Gallant 's gig has been moved from Oxford Art Factory to Metro Theatre ... still on sale now.  For more details, including a look at the entire Bluesfest 2017 line-up, click on theGuide

tour was axed and speaking exclusively to  The Music  today,  Bluesfest  director  Peter Noble  said he is yet to be given a reason either ... talk to his fans and tell them why he made that decision." The Bluesfest 2017 bill is still stacked with big names despite Young's exclusion, which includes Patti Smith

Ahead of her appearance at Bluesfest this year to play seminal album Horses in full, Patti Smith has announced a rare solo show at the Sydney Opera House in which ... Words will be held on 23 April, just a few days after Bluesfest wraps up on 17 April. She and her band will also perform Horses in full

their inaugural international date at WOMADelaide. Then, in April, Snarky Puppy will make their Bluesfest premiere — League himself excited to catch co-headliner Bonnie Raitt. "I've never seen

release the Skin Companion EP II this Friday. In other news, Bluesfest act Gregory Porter has picked up Best Jazz Vocal Album for Take Me To The Alley, while

seminal 2-tone ska band Madness — and, as part of this year's epic Bluesfest line-up, the band are taking the chance to spread their wings a little with ... Melbourne's Festivall Hall and Sydney's Hordern Pavilion ahead of their appearance at Bluesfest on 16 April, showcasing tunes from their newest and twelfth studio full-length