While many festivals are hanging on for dear life, Blues on Broadbeach has continued to grow and welcomed its biggest lineup of international acts this year including Jon Cleary, Ana Popovic, Samantha Fish, Eric Bibb and more.

A conversation with Lawrence “Boo” Mitchell: GRAMMY Award-winning engineer, producer, composer, award-winning movie producer, and owner of Royal Studios in Memphis, TN.

Back on Australian shores for the first time in five years with The Absolute Monster Gentlemen by his side, ABS caught up with the multi-instrumentalist before his headline set at Blues on Broadbeach.

His voice on the album is guttural like a Delta denizen. On the phone, he comes off as a polished executive. The Reverend Shawn Amos discusses ‘Soul Brother No. 1,’ his new album as diverse as his resume.