He is a legendary world music icon, as lead singer, songwriter and finger-tipped, soul-filled guitar player. Distinguished by his deep, gravely voice that seems to come from the depths of his spirit and a huge talent for songs that reflect on the daily life and struggles of the people of his homeland, Mtukudzi can rightly be said to be not only Zimbabwe’s, but one of Africa’s greatest musical artists. With a career that has spanned almost three decades and produced over forty original albums, most of them best-sellers, ‘Tuku’ is now coming to Australia! He will perform in Adelaide for 1 show only on September 15 at the Thebarton Theatre. Book here to see him live and be part of Radio Adelaide’s live broadcast of this rare event.
www.zambezipromo.com.au

5 Melbourne lads got together in 2001 and formed 67 Special, citing a vast array of influences, from delta blues to Motown, British punk and Brit Pop and rock revival bands such as the Strokes and the Vines. 67 Special will be here in Adelaide on the back of their fourth album :”Devil may Care”.
www.67special.com

A duo comprising of David Heslop and Lee Bridle. They’ve combined their talents into a Country Music Juggernaut and can be found playing at various venues around Adelaide.

Acujazz's sound ranges from traditional jazz to jazz fusion, some vocal tunes provided. Led by Takashi Kitahara former graduate from the Berklee College of Music, Boston. Members include: Tom Pulford – Sax, Paul Whitney – Guitar, Shireen Khemlani – Bass and Takashi Kitahara – Drums

Adam is at the forefront of performing multi-instrumental solo shows using live sampling and looping. His influences are deeply rooted in many styles from Indian and Eastern music to Jazz and he has mastered numerous instruments including Saxophone, Bass, Voice and the humble egg-shaker.
www.coma.net.au/Bios.html

Having both migrated to Australia over 15 years ago Agron Zenuni & Petrit Lejak are now integral to the Adelaide Albanian music scene. They will be performing with Piano and voice.

An original 4 piece local band, comprised of Lachlan Tanner, Chris Bateman, Tony Marshall and Andrew Marshall They’ve only been on the scene a little while but have already caught the publics eye by placing 3rd in the recent Allan’s Band Competition as "best new talent/most original sound" Grand Finalist.
www.myspace.com/alpengrenadiers

Anouvong (flute) and Amanda (clarinet) are currently completing the Bachelor of Music Performance at the Elder Conservatorium. They perform regularly with the Elder Conservatorium's Symphony and Wind Orchestras, where Anouvong plays principal. Career highlights for Anouvong include the University's May Gepp Pont Scholarship (07), the Flute Society of S.A's David Cubbin Memorial prize (06) and first place in both the Adelaide Eisteddfod’s Woodwind, Brass, Percussion Concerto section and the Open Flute Sonata Section. Amanda has toured with Co. Opera and performed at the Bundaleer Forest Weekend. Amanda also enjoys a teaching career.
www.music.adelaide.edu.au

Ancient Free Gardeners’ is the moniker for three recently Melburnian, country-bred indie-rocking gents attempting to make musical sense of the nonsensical musings of singer and songwriter James Milsom. Their independent release EP is out now through Green Media (MGM).
www.myspace.com/ancientfreegardeners

Forming February 2007, Avenue for Escape are a fresh Rock act from Adelaide, South Australia. With a confidence-boosting following already brewed, and having already shared the stage with some of Australia's Popular Premier, and up-and-coming Acts including; Behind Crimson Eyes, In Fiction, Capeside, Her Latest Flame, and Wendy Icon - to mention a few, the band have a strong kickstart. The Band are now working on Recording their Debut Release, with plenty of Regional and Interstate travel in Months to come.
www.myspace.com/avenueforescape

One of Adelaide's leading jazz vocalists, BecJM showcases extraordinary talent, strong yet sensitive feeling and outright joy in her musical performances. She’ll be performing here at Radio Adelaide on the 14th of September.

Is the electronic-shoe gazing work of just one man, Morgan Read. He generally performs with “just a minidisc player and some synths”. You can find him playing at venues around Adelaide.
www.myspace.com/belittleleague

Performances from this schools most talent classical music soloists.
www.brightonss.sa.edu.au

Be sure to catch these emerging young Jazz specialists playing some of your favourite Jazz charts.
www.brightonss.sa.edu.au

Brillig takes its audience through the looking glass into theatrical dark wave pop. Driven by male & female lead vocals, Brillig features a curious combination of guitars, viola, keyboards, harmonica, bass & drum machines.....They’ll be performing on Radio Adelaide in acoustic mode so tune in to hear something different!
www.myspace.com/brilligthelookingglass

Nick, Marin, Marija and Jonno formed Breakerfall in 2005 with the aim of providing pure and unrivalled rock music. You can hear them at their most explosive around Adelaide’s live venues, but only at Radio Adelaide can you hear a special acoustic set from these renegades of grunge.
www.myspace.com/breakerfallpj

Between dishes enjoy some classical hits from this emerging soprano.

Formed in Adelaide in 1963, with the purpose of promoting and performing music to high standard and from a wide repertoire. The Corinthian singers are still singing loud and clear and will be showcasing their fine voices on Colle Voce.
www.anca.org.au/choirlist/choirdetails.asp?ID=1058

As well as being Radio Adelaide’s Co-ordinator of Afro World, Mentor to Neo Voices and Youth Broadcaster for New and Emerging communities, Mr Joseph Tungaraza, is also one of Adelaide’s hottest DJs. He’ll be spinning some funky tunes here at Radio Adelaide during Live Music Fest.

Derek has been playing saxophone professionally for over 30 years. He is currently completing a degree of Master of Music at the Elder Con where he met Jazz pianist Chris Martin. These two musos frequent the Adelaide live circuit and are know for their brilliant abilities as improvise.

You might remember Don from legendary 1980’s punk blues band “The Bodgies”, and also from bands such as Prawnhead and Thunderbox Carbunckle and the Lonely Cosmonauts. Tune in to find out what form he’s going to take when this legendary song-writer takes to the Radio Adelaide stage.
www.donmo.com/Music/Home.html

Tune in to hear the Jazz departments finest
www.music.adelaide.edu.au/ensembles/jazz

Besides being a great song-writer, Emily Davis also has one of those voices that you can’t ignore, honest and heartfelt her latest album 'Moving in Slow Motion' has been met with critical acclaim.
www.emilydavis.com.au

Australian Live Music Awards winners – Etype Jazz are one of Australia's hottest commercial, contemporary bands, performing smooth Jazz, Blues and Swingin’ Soul. They’ll be takin’ the A train when they stop by to play here at Radio Adelaide.
www.etypejazz.com

14 year old soloist Grace Bawden, has been likened to performers such as Charlotte Church, and has even been touted as the next Delta Goodrem! Having recently performed on the Today show, she’ll be joining us here for live music fest!
www.australiaslittlevoice.com

Gumbo Ya Ya aim to bring you the richness and variety of New Orleans rhythm and blues music hence the name which comes from the New Orleans expression meaning everybody’s talkin’. Even though they formed way back in 1987, they are still in top form and will be bringing you some great eclectic blues during Live Music Fest.
www.entertainment.on.net/performer profiles/gumboyaya.htm

The Heather Frahn Trio funk up rootsy grooves, following their success touring Australia this year. Their sound features Heather's positive & big voice, her hybrid guitar-bass, plus outstanding harmonica and drums/percussion. On September 14th the HF Trio will be launching their new CD "synergy" @ Jive with special guests.
www.myspace.com/heatherfrahntrio

Motzart’s Cosi Fan Tutte is a witty meditation on marriage and morality. Students from the Elder Conservatorium will bring you highlights from this great opera.
www.music.adelaide.edu.au

Jayne-Anne Power sets out to define the Nu-Soul, RnB scene in Australia with a five piece band of Guitar, Bass, Drums and Keys accompanying her vocal artistry. A mix of influences underpin the music - acoustic soul, RnB, pop, gospel and jazz - but it's her diva vocal delivery and the ever-present rhythmic drive in her music that is winning Jayne-Anne critical acclaim.
www.jayne-annepower.com

Keiko (alto saxophone), Erina (vocal) and Yuri (keyboard) are the Keys Jazz trio performing pop, R&B and Traditional regularly at the Gemini Lounge Cocktail Bar in the Colonel Light Hotel. Keys have also performed at Kodomo No Hi Festival, Music Festival of Multicultural Youth South Australia and monthly events of Japan and Australia Friendship Association.

Kineman Karma have a huge original song list infused with plenty of social-justice, environmental and cultural messages of reconciliation - laced with Ngarrindjeri style humour. The band was awarded South Australian Music Industry (SAMI) awards for Most Popular Indigenous Act in 2005 and 2006.
www.kinemankarma.com

Kubrick have been described as 'electro-jazz-groove' – the sound of the band includes samples, found sounds & field recordings while still maintaining a strong connection to the improvised tradition of jazz & groove based music. Kubrick released their much anticipated album 'Think' July this year, and toured the eastern states with sell out shows in Adelaide & Sydney.
www.coma.net.au/Bios.html

A young singer guitarist who is fast making a name for herself in the country music industry. Last year she was Junior Champion of Champions and has been training as a compere under the guidance of our very own Wally Sparrow.
www.myspace.com/kristalcollins

Soprano Lisa Cannizzaro is currently completing an Honours degree at the Elder Conservatorium. Career higlights include the role of Rosalinda ("Die Fledermaus"), soloist in Handel's "Israel in Egypt" and Tippett's "A Child of Our Time", Second Lady in "The Magic Flute and the national co-opera tour of Cole Porter's "Kiss Me, Kate". In September she will play Fiordiligi in "Cosi fan Tutte".
www.music.adelaide.edu.au

This multi award winning choir will attempt to squeeze its 40 members into out studios to bring you some of their finest repertoire
www.marryatvillehs.sa.edu.au/schoolprofile/fac_music.html

Marlene Richards performs in all good Jazz venues around town. Be sure to tune in to hear her perform and talk about her music with presenter Meg Abbott.

Be amazed by the talents of pianist Michelle Threadgold.

This award winning quartet comprises talented soloists and composers who perform regularly at functions and concerts. In March they performed at the APEC event at the Adelaide Convention Centre. As a part of the Australian Festival of Chamber Music, the Moonlight Quartet was invited to partake in the prestigious 2007 Winterschool.
www.myspace.com/moonlight4tet

Moore Black & The Organic Roots transport a Conscious & Spiritual message wrapped in material sound! While their conscious lyrics leave the crowd in a "feel good" mood it is the dynamic energy & pulsating rhythms that they deliver with each performance that keeps the crowd from sitting still!
zambezipromo.com.au

If dynamic entertainment combined with electrifying and emotive sounds are your idea of a great performance then Nancy Bates and the Pool Sharks is not to be missed!

Violinist, Natsuko was a child prodigy and at the age of 11 she left her family in Japan to study at the Yehudi Menuhin School in London. Natsuko is now based in Australia where she leads The Grainger Quartet and tours regularly as a soloist. Her performance will be a highlight of Live Music Fest.
www.graingerquartet.com

Talented Melbourne brooding singer songwriter Ned Collette, has just released an album where he forgoes the democracies of a group and plays almost everything himself. The album features songs of spiritual loss and gain, of happiness and love and of cunning loneliness. Tune in to hear more
nedcollette.com

As a guitarist Noni Espinosa has been described as melodic and mellifluous. Tune in to hear his unique sound.
www.scala.org.au

Obsidian Aspect was conceived, not quietly, in the first year of the new millennium. They supported German grind outfit Profanation, before releasing their debut self-titled album in late 2006, just in time for the support show with US death metal act, Skinless. 2007 has seen them play Australia’s premier open-air metal festival, Metalstock, their new EP, “Eat Flesh”
www.obsidianaspect.com

'Rail and Chain - A tribute to Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash - featuring Karl Zander (guitar and vocals) Andrea Duff (keyboard and vocals), JP Calabretto (harmonica) and Jimmy Taylor on snare. A small, portable outfit with a generous and fun sound. Great entertainment!'

Well respected on the local live circuit, be sure to catch these ratbags live on Radio Adelaide

Adelaide Satly have played support to Sophie B Hawkins, Marie Wilson, Bluehouse, Ember Swift, Katie Noonan, Junior, The Audreys, Aurora Jane, Fruit, Jodi Martin, The Velvet Janes, Heather Frahn and Emma Wall. They played at the Beachport Festival & Port MacDonnell Bayside festival to 10 000 people and are working on their 2nd album
www.saltymusic.net

Local lad Sam Leske has been playing guitar for 12 years. Having only recently finished High School he is fine tuning his own brand of Acoustic /Jazz/ Pop, while also playing in progressive rock band “Mirrors of condition.
profile.myspace.com

13 year old Siobhan is a classically trained singer whose pure soprano voice has been described as “hauntingly beautiful” – especially when singing Celtic songs. She holds Music Scholarships at St Aloysius College and with the St Francis Xavier Cathedral Choir, is a frequent winner of Vocal Eisteddfods and a regular soloist in concerts, recitals and musical theatre productions.
www.siobhanowen.com

Sirca is an exciting new band that is doing great things both in the studio and the stage. As a seven piece outfit, their sound is sweet and huge. all highly respected full time Adelaide based musicians coupled with the creative vocal finesse of Lucas Keely, Sirca produce an easy listening experience of complex rhythmic ideas.
www.myspace.com/sirca

Skyline Quartet is sponsored by the Helpmann Academy, undertaking a mentorship scheme with members of the former Australian String Quartet. In 2006, the quartet made their debut performance through sponsorship by the Soroptomist International of Adelaide Inc., and subsequently performed at the Australian Festival of Chamber Music in Townsville, as part of the Winterschool program

Soursob Bob is an original songwriter and folk musician from Adelaide. The Adelaide Advertiser said “Soursob Bob is unlike anything else in Adelaide. His music is an accomplished take on folk, with a definite Australian slant…Nothing is sacred in Soursob Bob’s world, as he puts his spin on everyday occurrences, the unusual, even the political.”
www.musicsa.com.au/artists/soursobbob

Steve Garie has enjoyed community entertaining over 40 years playing brass in Campbelltown Brass, Kensington & Norwood Brass and Adelaide Village Oom-Pah Band and French Horn in the ARPA and Mitcham Orchestras.

Last year he won an award from the Recitals Australia for his performance of Pictures at an Exhibition by Mussorgsky. In 1998, he won the Junior Piano Concerto competition in the Adelaide Eisteddfod for his performance of Saint-Saëns’ Piano Concerto No 2, and also was the South Australian state finalist in the National Yamaha Piano Competition in 1999 held in Sydney. He also holds a Licentiate Diploma in Piano from the AMEB, and was awarded the state prize for Associate Diploma candidates in 1999. In 2002, he performed in a concert of newly composed music in the Barossa Music Festival.
www.recitalsaustralia.org.au

Active in the community the St Johns music ensemble are sure to delight Roundabout’s listeners
www.stjohns.sa.edu.au/music.htm

Sukatash describe their influences as fat beats, old school funk and kathryns curries....in no particular order. Be sure to catch this unique band.
profile.myspace.com

A songwriter, vocalist, guitarist who started writing songs at the age of 8. She has spent much of the last 11 1/2 years on the road with the Australian female-fronted harmony heavy genre blending band, FRUIT. Hear he perform solo on Radio Adelaide’s Aqueerium.
profile.myspace.com

Tangerines have played at the Mullet Festival, SCALA FOOM Festival, Off the Couch, Feast, Mental Health Week and Blind Sporting Council Awareness Week. Catch them on the Friday’s Range
profile.myspace.com

In the lead-up to the release in stores of Tecoma’s debut album Home Brew, Tecoma and band are hitting the road for her most extensive tour yet. Tune in for your chance to hear this captivating Hobart band.
www.tecomamusic.com

The Johnwoods band, hailing from Adelaide South Australia formed in late 2006 after a great response around Adelaide to john's solo performances. As a solo entity john supported many of the nations top touring artists including Xavier Rudd, Lior, and Ash Grunwald
www.johnwoodsmusic.com

They opened for the Ice Cream Hands last month and punters were not disappointed. Be sure to catch this band of the rise.

Zeta League is a four-piece indie outfit hailing from the lonely plains of inner city Adelaide. It was formed, like most great things, in a videostore.
collect.myspace.com

Singer songwriter duo, Jesse and Emily Lubitz, write with flare about the poetics of the everyday uncanny. The wit and whimsy of their music expresses a refreshing perspective on the events, stories and myths of the anonymous individual.
www.tinpanorange.com

Uncle Chester's Triumphant Return are best described as the audio equivalent of a friendly saloon brawl:sucker punches, broken bottles, collapsing tables, swinging from the rafters. Combining frantic swing and ragtime with the liveliest dance-floor pop songs in town might look intimidating, but once you're in the thick of it, it's hard to stay away.
www.myspace.com/unclechesters

No doubt that Vorn Doolette's star is on the rise. With his compelling voice and canny, often humourous lyrics, Vorn was a standout amongst the hundreds of musicians who performed in our inaugural Live Music Fest. Let see what he can produce this year.
www.vorndoolette.com

Wayne is one of Australia's most popular and versatile performers, having worked extensively in Theatre, Film and Television, as well as being much sought after for Corporate and Cabaret Entertainment.
www.waynescottkermond.com.au

We Grow Up is a musical outlet for singer/songwriters Anthony Golding and Jonathan Mortimer. Anthony & Jon recorded a batch of songs in Jonathan's cable filled bedroom. Despite their humble beginnings they are already attracting a lot of interest from people in the music industry.
profile.myspace.com

A group of professional musicians, performing Celtic influenced traditional music. The band features an array of exotic instruments uncommon to the Adelaide music scene, including Wooden Flutes, Irish Uilleann Pipes, Mandolin, Bodhràn drum, Fiddles, and Tin whistles. Wintergreen has performed alongside some of the most respected performers in the folk scene, include legendary blues guitarist Chris Finnen, and world renowned song writer Eric Bogle.
www.folktrax.com/folktrax2/WIN001.php

Describe themselves as strange critters at the best of times, with a heart and are not afraid to wear it on our sleeves. And although some lyrical content may be construed as 'preaching', we are by no means perfect. We've all had a hard life in one way or another, and that's what relates people to hiphop. We all have a story to tell.
vids.myspace.com