http://pkxfx.blogsome.com Music, arts, the Church, politics, history and popular culture are all likely to get a mention from time to time Fri, 08 Aug 2008 06:26:28 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Two Men With The Blues  A country harmonica solo followed impeccably by a jazzy sax solo! Huh? Miles Davis once said he enjoyed listening to Willie Nelson because he had a jazz sense to his music. Nelson has always had jazz nuances in his vocal style and his off-the-beat phrasing. ... http://pkxfx.blogsome.com/2008/08/08/willie-nelsonwynton-marsalis/ Steve Winwood was 16 years old when he led the Spencer Davis Group in 1963 and he is an  excellent keyboardist who has remained an in-demand session musician for decades. With ‘Nine Lives’ Winwood pulls together every style that he’s used since he began his career from old-school R&B to hard ... http://pkxfx.blogsome.com/2008/07/25/stevie-winwood-nine-lives/ After playing the blues for forty five years blues boss Buddy Guy shows no signs of slowing down.  Now, he has released ‘Skin Deep’, an album of 12 original songs where he is in outstanding form. Don’t be put off by the fact that it’s yet another album with guest ... http://pkxfx.blogsome.com/2008/07/25/buddy-guy-skin-deep/ That was the headline over a lead story in the West Australian newspaper on 7.7.08; the story ran over two pages and it was covered in the editorial. The West was reasonably balanced in it approach, unfortunately the government is not. The Minister for Aboriginal Affairs, Michelle Roberts, is considering closing ... http://pkxfx.blogsome.com/2008/07/08/funding-axe-hangs-over-remote-settlements/ Is the unused ‘purpose built’ detention centre on Christmas Island a white elephant, or does it serve another purpose? The Christmas Island story is fascinating, the Poms ‘gave’ it to us just before Singapore gots its independence.  This was supposedly to secure superphosphate supplies for the cockies.  The super has virtually ... http://pkxfx.blogsome.com/2008/07/04/christmas-island-detention-centre/ We occasionally need to look in a mirror and take a reality check.  On the weekend four very young Noongar boys died in a tragic accident in a stolen car just outside of Perth.  The sunday Times opened up a comments page, which in effect became a temporary blog on ... http://pkxfx.blogsome.com/2008/06/30/4-deaths-show-us-a-lot-about-ourselves-2/ Last week the Birriliburu people celebrated their strong connection to country in a native title determination covering 66,593sq km of their Central Desert land.  This comes  relatively soon after the Federal Court upheld appeals made by both the State and Federal Government that left the Single Noongar native title claim in ... http://pkxfx.blogsome.com/2008/06/23/native-title-in-western-australia-2/ This is a work in progress and it has a lot of big gaps.  It should also be noted that it does not include much early acoustic blues, an important area that almost requires a chart of its own.  These songs are not in any order of priority, rather, they are ... http://pkxfx.blogsome.com/2008/06/12/top-blues-songs/ These are a selection of almost 200 great Australian songs.  They are listed alphabetically (by artist) and they are great for a whole range of reasons (that does not mean that I like them all!) so here goes: It’s A Long Way To The Top      by AC/DCYou Shook Me All night Long  by AC/DCHighway to ... http://pkxfx.blogsome.com/2008/06/11/songs-of-australia/ HMS Collingwood was a battleship of the Royal Navy. It participated in The Battle of Jutland, the largest naval battle of World War I and the only full-scale clash of battleships in that war. It was also the largest naval battle in history. It’s always handy to have Collingwood trivia ... http://pkxfx.blogsome.com/2008/06/11/collingwood/