Upcoming GigsNo shows booked at the moment. Album and Book Now Available <a href=”http://music.ianbland.com.au/album/everything-and-nothing”>Everything And Nothing by Ian Bland</a> If you are in Melbourne both are available at Basement Discs Thanks for your support, it really is great to see you at the gigs.Occasional Updates here and on Facebook and Twitter. Recent Bland On Bland poems…Ian Bland, Enda Kenny & Greg Hunt – Emerald April 9, 2019 Ian Bland and Irish expat Enda Kenny, accompanied by fiddle virtuoso Greg Hunt, join forces, presenting stories drawn from the urban and rural landscape for an evening of song and verse blending humour, pathos and the odd murder ballad.… Read MoreBland On Bland – He Said She Said The theme for this week’s JVG Radio Method poem is “He Said She Said“. This week’s topic was “said”, well I think that was what JVG wanted, hard to know sometimes. I decided on an observation about modern “conversation” rather than a poem. Now a conversation requires at least two participants and the odds of… Read MoreBland On Bland – News The theme for this week’s JVG Radio Method poem is “News“. I had this weeks poem written early (unusual). And then the news from New Zealand exploded across the media. On the way into the studio this morning, I wrote the piece you have here. The original one didn’t fit the day as well as… Read MoreIan Bland & Greg Hunt @ Caravan Music on 31/03/19 Ian Bland with Greg Hunt in the Winnebago Lounge‘ALMOST TRUE’ An evening of storytelling in verse, prose and song with IAN BLAND with GREG HUNT…… Read MoreBland On Bland – Astronauts The theme for this week’s JVG Radio Method poem is “Astronauts“. I have no idea what Jon was thinking this week. Astronauts? Well, it was interesting, after four attempts (something of a record) to come to grips with it, I settled on this piece I presented on air. I do like it but I wish… Read MoreBland On Bland – Silence I suspect that JVG was trying to intimidate with this weeks title, but silence is a poets friend. Allowing individual words to shine.So after blathering on like that with JVG for a while about John Cage and silence ( and how neither of us had recovered from BBQ day last week), I got on with the poem … Read More
Ian Bland, Enda Kenny & Greg Hunt – Emerald April 9, 2019 Ian Bland and Irish expat Enda Kenny, accompanied by fiddle virtuoso Greg Hunt, join forces, presenting stories drawn from the urban and rural landscape for an evening of song and verse blending humour, pathos and the odd murder ballad.… Read More
Bland On Bland – He Said She Said The theme for this week’s JVG Radio Method poem is “He Said She Said“. This week’s topic was “said”, well I think that was what JVG wanted, hard to know sometimes. I decided on an observation about modern “conversation” rather than a poem. Now a conversation requires at least two participants and the odds of… Read More
Bland On Bland – News The theme for this week’s JVG Radio Method poem is “News“. I had this weeks poem written early (unusual). And then the news from New Zealand exploded across the media. On the way into the studio this morning, I wrote the piece you have here. The original one didn’t fit the day as well as… Read More
Ian Bland & Greg Hunt @ Caravan Music on 31/03/19 Ian Bland with Greg Hunt in the Winnebago Lounge‘ALMOST TRUE’ An evening of storytelling in verse, prose and song with IAN BLAND with GREG HUNT…… Read More
Bland On Bland – Astronauts The theme for this week’s JVG Radio Method poem is “Astronauts“. I have no idea what Jon was thinking this week. Astronauts? Well, it was interesting, after four attempts (something of a record) to come to grips with it, I settled on this piece I presented on air. I do like it but I wish… Read More
Bland On Bland – Silence I suspect that JVG was trying to intimidate with this weeks title, but silence is a poets friend. Allowing individual words to shine.So after blathering on like that with JVG for a while about John Cage and silence ( and how neither of us had recovered from BBQ day last week), I got on with the poem … Read More