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Bryget Chrisfield, Journalist

Bryget Chrisfield

A lifelong love of music and writing consolidated when Bryget Chrisfield started penning live reviews for Inpress (now TheMusic) while studying Professional Writing & Editing at RMIT. After graduating, Bryget was initially employed as full-time staff writer before being promoted to Victorian editor of this national street press publication - now website - where she remained for over ten years. She is currently a freelance journalist - her byline appearing in publications including STACK, The Big Issue, The Music and Beat - and it is through interviewing musical geniuses that Bryget finds true happiness.

Features / Music
Osaka Monaurail: Meeting James Brown & Memories Of Marva Whitney
Osaka Monaurail's singer/director Ryo Nakata chats with Bryget Chrisfield about meeting the Godfather Of Soul before going on to work with a member the James Brown Revue, the late, great "Soul Sister Number One" Marva Whitney.
Reviews / Live
Live Review: A Hitch To The Sticks - Day One
"As we venture further away from civilisation, we start to feel as if we've landed in an episode of 'The Twilight Zone'."
News / Music
LIVE REVIEW: Do Gang Of Youths Deliver On Their Record-breaking Tour?
Our thoughts on the band's show at The Forum last night.
Reviews / Live
Live Review: The Lost Lands
"The Lost Lands truly is a festival that caters for all ages."
Reviews / Live
Live Review: The Bronx, High Tension, Private Function
"Bananaman is the clear crowd favourite and takes out what Caughthran pronounces "the first annual Bronxoween". The prize? Bananaman gets to shave the moustache of a member of The Bronx."
Reviews / Live
Live Review: Foreigner
"''Juke Box Hero' takes many in the crowd back to our teenage years when music felt like it was written specifically for, and about, us."
News / Music
We Were In LA For Nick Cave's Show Last Night - Here's What Went Down
"And some people say it's just rock’n’roll/Ah, but it gets you right down to your soul"
News / Music
We Caught Parcels' West Hollywood Gig This Week & They Were On Fire
"No wonder Daft Punk wanted to work with Parcels."
News / Music
We Saw Arctic Monkeys At The Hollywood Bowl Last Night; Here's What Happened
$US29 for a sangria? COME ON!
Features / Music
Kaiit: Racking Up '200 Followers A Second' After A Jill Scott Regram
After being claimed by Jill Scott as her musical love child with Erykah Badu, Kaiit jokingly describes herself as "this little M&M in a bag" in relation to her 'other mothers'. By Bryget Chrisfield.
Features / Music
Margo Price: Feeling The Ghosts Of Country Legends In The Air
A staunch advocate of Book More Women, Margo Price reckons it's high time festival line-ups achieved a 50/50 gender balance. She also tells Bryget Chrisfield that without her husband/songwriting partner Jeremy Ivey she wouldn't be where she's at today and that the pair "had tears in [their] eyes the whole time" while working with Willie Nelson.
Reviews / Live
Live Review: Jen Cloher, Hollie Fullbrook
"Cloher is a natural storyteller, often following up a tragic, real-life tale with some comic relief. Her instinctive feel for guitar is also showcased in this solo acoustic setting."
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