Awards and Reviews

Winner 2024 – SA Music Awards Most Popular Blues and Roots Artist
Winner 2024 – Adelaide Roots and Blues Association Blues Album of the Year
Grand Finalist (top 6) – 2023 International Blues Challenge – Memphis, TN, USA
Winners – 2022 Adelaide Roots and Blues Association – Memphis Blues Challenge
Finalist – 2019 Adelaide Roots and Blues Association – Memphis Blues Challenge

Reviews

Review of Shakin’ by Jim Allford at Steel Notes Magazine


https://steelnotesmagazine.com/jim-allford-presents/the-honey-badgers-shakin/

South Australian Music Awards 7/11/2024


Barossa Leader Newspaper – 2/11/2024


Review of Shakin’ by John Sacksteder

https://www.bluesblastmagazine.com/the-honey-badgers-shakin-album-review/


Some kind words from Matt Meltzer, a US based music journalist:
https://www.fiftygrande.com/what-its-like-chasing-the-blues-on-beale-street/


3D Radio 93.7 FM – “Blues Power” Radio Interview with Mick Young
This segment features Peter Hollow, Peter Nixon and Nigel Bourn talking about our time in Memphis and New Orleans


ABC 891 Adelaide radio interview on Sonya Feldhoff’s “Bluesy Tuesday” segment 14/2/2023
This segment features Peter Hollow (vox, guitar), Peter Nixon (upright bass) and Geo Heathcote (sax) doing an acoustic version of “Shakin”


This article was featured in the Sunday Mail, Adelaide, Australia. 5/2/2023


Our drummer, Peter Allan was on on ABC Adelaide on 8/3/2023 with Greg Page of “The Wiggles”. Peter and Greg share a common bond in that they both suffered cardiac arrest at a gig. Greg is volunteer CEO of Heart of the Nation who are getting automated defibrillators into as many places as possible to save lives.

Listen to the chat here:

Radio Interview on “River Blues” 5MBS with the lovely Tess Coleman 8/9/2023