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Bryget Chrisfield, Journalist

Bryget Chrisfield

A lifelong love of music and writing consolidated when Bryget Chrisfield started penning live reviews for Inpress (now TheMusic) while studying Professional Writing & Editing at RMIT. After graduating, Bryget was initially employed as full-time staff writer before being promoted to Victorian editor of this national street press publication - now website - where she remained for over ten years. She is currently a freelance journalist - her byline appearing in publications including STACK, The Big Issue, The Music and Beat - and it is through interviewing musical geniuses that Bryget finds true happiness.

Features / Music
‘Greater Longevity Than If We Had Relied On Triple J’: Local Acts Overseas [Part 2]
We chat with Vacations drummer Joey Van Lier, and Nic Johnston, vocalist/keyboardist for Sons Of The East, about why their bands are currently experiencing greater levels of success overseas than in Australia.
Features / Music
‘I Had To Leave Australia In Order To Succeed’: Local Acts Overseas [Part 1]
"I’ve also now got a very unique success story that a lot of Australian artists don’t have."
Reviews / Arts
Joseph & The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat @ Regent Theatre
"Good, wholesome, daggy fun for the whole family."
Features / Music
The Best Schoolies Anthems Of All Time
Wherever, however and with whomever you plan to blow off final-exam pressure – the GC, Byron Bay, Mornington Peninsula or just at a local house party with a select few besties – undoubtedly you’ll need some sick tunes to rock out, or reminisce, to. While planning your themed outfits with your squad, and squabbling about which Cruiser flavours to bulk buy, don’t forget to sort out your playlists for gee-ups and partying, but also soothing sore heads on the flipside. See below for inspo.
Features / Music
The Buckleys Part 2: ‘The Atmos Experience’, Getting Jack White's Permission & Murph’s Ongoing Legacy
The day after the global premiere of The Buckleys’ 'Take It As It Comes' documentary – which screened as part of 2022’s Byron Bay Film Festival – Bryget Chrisfield sat down for a chat with its director Grant James plus all three members of the sibling band – Sarah, Lachlan and Molly – inside the beloved South Ballina home of the late, great Chris Murphy; the precise location where he signed this talented, Clunes-based outfit to his label, Petrol Records.
Features / Music
Bruce Springsteen Takes On AC/DC, Lorde & More: Top 10 Covers
We rank Bruce Springsteen’s ultimate covers of all time.
Features / Music
10 Songs We Wanna Hear Beck Perform Unplugged
Does anyone else automatically burst into tears every time they hear Everybody’s Gotta Learn Sometime because of Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind?
Features / Music
The Buckleys Part 1: Movie Premieres, Recording In Nashville & Exclusive Signing News
Byron Bay Film Festival recently hosted the global premiere of The Buckleys’ new documentary, Take It As It Comes. The documentary’s director/honorary Buckleys member Grant James flew in from the States for the post-screening Q&A. The following day, Bryget Chrisfield sat down for a chat with Grant plus all three of The Buckleys – Sarah, Lachlan and Molly.
Features / Music
Icehouse: Even Bowie Knew The Words To ‘Great Southern Land’
To celebrate 40 years since the release of their landmark, iconic masterpiece 'Great Southern Land,' Icehouse are heading out on tour and flying The Psychedelic Furs in for support duty. Bryget Chrisfield checks in with Iva Davies to discuss his Psychedelic Furs cover that became part of a contemporary dance score, being amongst Fairlight’s elite “power users,” that time Bowie materialised side stage at an Icehouse gig and sang along to 'Great Southern Land,' and so much more.
Features / Music
We Rank The Top 10 Best Billy Joel Songs Of All Time
A five-time Grammy winner, Billy Joel is one of the best-selling artists of all time. Now marking almost four decades since the release of his mammoth collection of Greatest Hits, you can’t deny he boasts one helluva back catalogue! Do you prefer the tender ballads Joel penned for his (now-ex) wives or his rambunctious rockers, which demand enthusiastic daggy-dancing? Ahead of his exclusive, one-night-only Australian performance at the MCG on 10 Dec, we rate Joel’s ten greatest songs.
Features / Music
Quashing The Stereotype: ‘Being A Working Mother In Music Is Perfectly Viable’
“Being a mum doesn’t stop someone from writing a song or playing a show, neither does being a dad.” In part two of our Motherhood And Music feature, we sit down with artist manager Charlotte Abroms and Melbourne singer-songwriter Ainslie Wills to continue the discussion on changing “prehistoric narratives".
Features / Music
‘The Hardest Part Of The Gig’: Breaking Down ‘Mum Guilt’ In Artists
We check in with two musician mums – Gumbaynggirr and Yamatji soul queen Emma Donovan, a single mum, and self-managed Melbourne art-pop singer-songwriter Georgia Fields, founder of the Mother Lode website, which shares resources to help mothers maintain sustainable careers in the arts – to discuss how we can help more women keep doing what they love doing creatively and pursuing their dreams within motherhood.
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