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Just like last week, it’s a one-two entry to the ARIA Albums Chart this week, with the sixth studio album for local rapper Illy called “The Space Between” entering at No.1, becoming his second successive chart-topper locally. “The Space Between” by Illy becomes the 903rd No.1 Album in Australia (1965 to 2021), plus the 753rd for ARIA (1983 to 2021), and the 540th to debut in the top spot (since 1976), while it’s now the second (new) No.1 album of 2021 and the second for Illy, whose ...

Matt Robinson checks out the pitch for the big match at Strathconan Park, Fairlie. After 130 years of being out of existence, the Burkes Pass Sloggers are making a comeback. A special match to commemorate 150 years of organised cricket in the Mackenzie District will be held at Stathconan Park in Fairlie on January 31 between Albury and Burke’s Pass for the former Mackenzie Cricket Sub-Associations Fielden Cup. Cricket enthusiast Matt Robinson came up with the idea when chatting with Chris G...

Watch Bruce Springsteen Perform Land of Hope and Dreams for Biden Harris Inauguration Bruce Springsteen was in Washington, DC to perform ‘Land of Hope and Dreams’ for President Biden and Vice-President Harris on the day of their inauguration. “I want to offer this small prayer for our country,” Springsteen said before performing a solo version of the song on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. Bruce Springsteen opened the Inauguration Day celebration ‘Celebrating America’ for Biden a...

ADVERTISEMENT Parton describes “Words” as “one of my favorite Bee Gees songs ever, and I couldn’t get hear fast enough.” Gibb observes that the studio is where Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, the Everly Brothers, Roy Orbison, among many others, recorded. He goes on to say that he is standing in the spot that Dolly occupied when she recorded both “I Will Always Love You” and “Jolene.” Dolly can be seen in her usual lighthearted and humorous mood, clowning with the studio musi...

Joshua and Lito Mdolomba at Agape Educare Centre in Lwandle where pamphlets were distributed. Despite the continuous dumping of babies and growing concern over increased risk with lockdown pressures, a local community suffers the loss of a safer option to discard an unwanted baby. The Grabouw Baby Saver, which offered pregnant women in crisis a means of safe abandonment and their newborns a chance at life, was closed permanently last October. The Overberg addition s...

Barry Gibb scores his first ever solo No.1 Album in Australia this week with a collection of re-recorded Bee Gees tracks alongside multiple artists on "Greenfields: The Gibb Brothers Songbook 1'.

Barry Gibb & Friends

On the face of it, the Bee Gees were among the most important bands in pop history. They helped define the mainstream disco sound of the late 1970s and their songwriting gifts had been signalled in the 1960s, with such luminaries as Nina Simone, Al Green and Andy Williams happy to cover their songs. And yet the Gibb brothers are rarely mentioned when the giants of music are lauded. They tend not to get the sort of constant exposure rightly enjoyed by, say, the Beatles, David Bowie or Prince. No...

  Article Contributed by Sacks and Company | Published on Monday, January 18, 2021 Legendary artist, songwriter and producer Sir Barry Gibb reaches a career-high this week with the release of his highly anticipated new album,  GREENFIELDS: The Gibb Brothers’ Songbook, Vol. 1, out now on Capitol Records ( stream/purchase). The acclaimed record sold 24,993 equivalent units its first week—debuting at #1 on the Billboard Americana/Folk Albums chart, #2 on the Billboard Albums...

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