Sydney songwriter Sam Newton has announced a run of dates on the back of his appearances up at Tamworth this month. He’ll be hitting the road in NSW and VIC through February. Continue reading
Alt-Country / Stream / Tour
Monthly Archives: January 2016
alt.country / Americana / News / Tour / Videos
ON TOUR: Tim Easton Announces Australian Tour
Presented by Mother Hen Touring: Nashville songwriter Tim Easton grew up in Ohio. He spent 7 years as a bonafide troubadour on the the streets of Europe, living in Paris, London, Prague, Dublin, before returning to the States to record 5 acclaimed albums for New West Records. The first of those records, The Truth About Us, featured 3/4 of … Continue reading
Album Artwork / Americana / Soul / Stream
NEW MUSIC: Davey Craddock – Peaceful Bay
We’ve long championed Davey Craddock ever since we heard the brilliant single ‘Keep On Waiting’ back in 2012. The good news is that his debut album City West is ready for release on Feb 5th via MGM. Below you can check out the beautiful and haunting new single ‘Peaceful Bay’ with Craddock’s emotive and soaring voice trailing across the … Continue reading
alt.country / Americana / Blues / Tour / Tour News
TOUR NEWS: James Thomson Announces ‘Highway Nights’ Tour
James Thomson released one of our favourite albums of 2015 with his sophomore album Cold Moon. With his band The Strange Pilgrims in tow he’s about to head out on tour for a run of East Coast dates through February and March including a Sydney gig as special guest of Ruby Boots. Highway Nights Tour: Feb … Continue reading
alt.country / Americana / News / Reissue
REISSUE NEWS: Heartworn Highways 40th Anniversary Box Set
On RSD 2015 (April 16th) the wonderful Light In The Attic Records will release the Heartburn Highways: 40th Anniversary Edition Box Set. Limited to 1,000 copies worldwide Proudly Made in the USA Hand crafted custom wood box by Boles Studio, Bronx, NY LP-sized 80 page book with exhaustive 20,000 word essay by Sam Sweet interviewing artists, documentary creators and … Continue reading
VIDEO: Live acoustic session clips from Mark Lucas, Katie Brianna and The Weeping Willows
Photographer and director Lyn Taylor has started producing some great clips of live acoustic performances of Australian folk and alt. country acts with Nick Payne recording and mixing the audio. The pair also form the core of folk/bluegrass group Dear Orphans. Here are three of our favourite sessions so far with Mark Lucas, Katie Brianna … Continue reading
VIDEO: Mark Moldre ~ O, Dreamtime Blues
Mark Moldre continues on his quest to release a clip for each of the ten tracks on his excellent 2013 LP An Ear To The Earth. ‘O, Dreamtime’ is a special family affair with Moldre’s 14 year old daughter creating the video on her iPad. It’s a stellar effort, suiting the song wonderfully with its … Continue reading
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