Australian Blues & Roots Airplay Chart

Australian Charts 2019

Delbert McClinton - Tall, Dark & Handsome

International Charts 2019

The Australian Blues & Roots Airplay Charts has been compiling airplay of great Australian Blues music and related genres since January 2010...in April 2018 we produced our 100th chart!

Thankyou to all the independent radio presenters who contribute their music for inclusion each and every month, the publicists, labels and distributors and of course the hard working musicians who put in the big efforts to play and record the music we all love.

You can check out all charts back to chart #1 here acrossthetracks-anthonym.blogspot.com

FESTIVALS & GIGS

Australian Blues & Roots has been hanging out at some local festivals and gigs lately...come over to check out the write-ups and photos on our review pages.

Bello Winter Music 2019
30th Byron Bay Bluesfest 2019
Blues on Broadbeach 2019
Blues on Broadbeach 2018
Byron Bay Bluesfest 2018
Holler Roots Music Festival 2017- Caravan Club Melbourne

Byron Bay Bluesfest 2017

Blues on Broadbeach 2017

International Blues Music Day celebrations @ The Basement

Mullum Music Festival 2016
Blues on Broadbeach 2016
Bluesfest 2016
Bello Winter Music 2016
Bello Winter Music 2015

Festival season 2019

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So we are into the fourth month of 2019...what are our recommendations on the gig/festival goings-on this year?

Have our festival offerings diminished because of government regulations or are there as many opportunities as there always was to get out and see some live music?

Did you get along to one or several of these already ...Thredbo Blues Festival, Australian Blues Festival in Goulburn, Blue Mountains Music Festival, Bruthen Blues and Arts Festival, Illawarra Folk Festival, WOMADelaide, Port Fairy Folk Festival?

Over Easter maybe The National Folk Festival in Canberra or the 30th Bluesfest at Byron Bay.

How about one of these?

The Gum Ball, Girrakool Blues Festival & BBQ, Mojo Burning, Candelo Village Festival, Blues on Broadbeach, Nimbin Roots Festival, Dorrigo Folk & Bluegrass Festival, Narara Music Festival,Sunshine Rock & Blues Festival, Echuca/Moama mid-winter Blues Festival, Gympie Music Muster, Out On The Weekend, Adelaide Guitar Festival, Mitchell Creek Rock'n'Blues Fest, Bendigo Blues and Roots Music Festival, Fleurieu Folk Festival, Wollombi Music Festival, Caloundra Music Festival, Blues at Bridgetown, Queenscliff Music Festival, Woodford Folk Festival, Bello Winter Music Festival or its slightly older sibling, the Mullum Music Festival ...

What about some of the intimate house gigs which are starting to spring up around the place?

How are you going to get your fix of music in 2019?

...We here at ABARAC would love to hear of any other musical ventures you know of!

Testimonials & citations

"What you guys are doing is helping build an enthusiastic, healthy, Aussie Blues and Roots scene. Keep up the great work!" -- 2015 Mitch Grainger - Musician

"The hard work and support community radio puts in for Australian blues is astounding ... this chart is absolutely essential for the growth of Aussie blues. A big thanks to all the presenters." -- 2015 Lloyd Spiegel - Musician

"As a performing artist and a radio presenter I find ABARAC a very valuable tool to gain insight into what the interest is in what is an expanding genre...Blues/roots...Its certainly changing and our charts reflect this change." -- 2015 Tony Jaggers - 2EAR FM 107.5 & 102.9, Moruya, NSW

"In July 2015, Wards Xpress celebrated their 20th anniversary by releasing The Back Roads retrospective album (a remastered selection of tracks from the band’s back-catalogue). The album hit the No. 1 position on the Australian Blues & Roots Airplay Chart and stayed there for the next three months." -- Ward's Xpress, Bluesfest promotional material - Byron Bay 2016