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“We can’t be what they were”: The Hotel Westwood isn’t interested in imitating The Rev 1 / 3 A chat with James Young, co-owner of the new Hotel Westwood. 18 months after being handed the keys, James Young – owner of Melbourne institutions Cherry Bar and Yah Yah’s – has finally opened the doors of the Hotel Westwood in Footscray. A giant musical hole was left in the inner-west after the beloved Reverence Hotel closed in March 2019, with ownership earmarking the site for demolition. But after laying dormant for six months, Young and his team jumped at the chance to make the v...

Step back in time with dinner and a show at the new Brunswick Ballroom Jane Rocca Photo: Nicole Cleary Melbourne's newest live music, cabaret and comedy venue, the Brunswick Ballroom, riffs on the glory of the 1990s, when a dinner-and-show package fulfilled our social needs (think the former Continental Cafe on Greville Street, Prahran). Now in the hands of food and beverage director Tori Bicknell, this northside establishment, formerly known as the Spotted Mallard, cranks it up to 11, delivering the goods on a bed-truck of '70s and '80s-themed cuisine. There are bread trolleys doing the ro...

Australian blues legend Chris Wilson’s ‘Live At The Continental’ album is being reissued WORDS BY CHRIS LAMBIE Recorded in 1994, Chris Wilson’s Live At The Continental stands as one of the most revered albums ever released in this country. “ Don’t it always seem to go, that you don’t know what you’ve got til it’s gone…” There are exceptions to Joni Mitchell’s observation from ‘Big Yellow Taxi’. Melbourne audiences knew what they had in Chris Wilson. The late great purveyor of roots music (and so much more) was recently inducted into the Music...

VIC Premier Victoria’s prized music industry will receive a massive boost with the Andrews Labor Government supporting music venues, musicians, businesses and workers to continue their road to recovery – sharing new music and live performances with audiences across the state. Minister for Creative Industries Danny Pearson and Member for Albert Park Martin Foley today visited St Kilda’s iconic Espy Hotel to announce funding for the venue alongside almost $8 million in grants targetting all levels of the industry. More than 130 Victorian music businesses, artists and venues will share in ...