This year marks the 25th anniversary of the free, family-friendly festival, which spans over 20 venues and features more than 60 artists for a huge four days of blues music.
This year at the Riv, we're doing things a little differently, with a Winter Blues Podcast, in addition to the event wrap.
“For the last couple of years, I’ve been previewing the Echuca Moama Winter Blues Festival for the Riverine Herald,” Riv journalist Jaci Hicken said.
“This year, I thought I’d approach previewing it a little differently by turning my chats with artists into a podcast.”
First up, Jaci spoke with Kane Dennelly, from 19Twenty, about why the band has been attending the festival continuously since 2015.
“The crowds are amazing and the venues are packed,” he said.
“We get well looked after, and it's just a really good atmosphere.”
Louise Macgregor spoke about playing the Echuca Moama Winter Blues Festival for the first time in 2024 on the Homegrown stage.
“We were outside and it was just really lovely as Echuca is so beautiful,” she said.
“And it was wonderful because people came from everywhere, walking by and stopping, and I thought, this is just such a great way to connect with a whole bunch of different people outside on stage.
“You call people in with your music, I loved it, so I made sure that I applied this year.”
Lastly, Blues guitar legend Nathan Cavaleri talked about his latest albums and what you could expect from his sets at this year’s festival.
“I am going down solo, and that's definitely not to be confused as being intimate and laidback, because we bang pretty hard,” he said.
He promised his set is more bluesy than his studio recordings, with at least one 10-minute guitar solo in there for all the blues guitar lovers.
To listen to the podcast and Jaci’s full chats with Kane, Louise and Nathan, including who they recommend not to miss at the 2025 Echuca Moama Winter Blues Festival, go to Riverine Herald’s Winter Blues podcast on Spotify and iTunes.
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