written by Chris Familton Kurt Wagner is the closest thing to an artist in residence at this year’s Sydney Festival with his band Lambchop also playing and Wagner doing a solo show at The Famous Spiegeltent. Tonight we were treated to KORT, the collaborative project of Wagner and Nashville country singer Cortney Tidwell who pay … Continue reading
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Americana / Country / Folk / Gig Reviews
LIVE REVIEW: Kurt Wagner @ The Famous Spiegeltent, Sydney, 22/01/12
written by Chris Familton Those lucky enough to see all three of Kurt Wagner’s manifestations at this year’s Sydney Festival experienced a wonderful insight into his influences, the way he creates his music and how deeply he believes in country music as an art form. As KORT (with singer Cortney Tidwell) he dug into her … Continue reading
Blues / Folk / Indie Folk / News
NEWS: M. WARD ANNOUNCES NEW ALBUM…
M. Ward will release his sixth solo album Wasteland Companion on April 9th. The album was recorded in studios in Portland, Omaha, New York, Los Angeles, Austin and Bristol (UK) and features the talents of Mike Coykendall (percussion, bass), Giant Sand’s Howe Gelb(piano), John Parish (percussion, marimba), Bright Eyes’ Mike Mogis(organ), Susan Sanchez (vocals), She & Him’s Zooey Deschanel(vocals), Jordan Hudson (percussion), Adam Selzer (bass), Nathan “JR” Andersen (piano), Scott McPherson (percussion), Sonic … Continue reading
WATCH: First Aid Kit | Emmylou
From the band’s forthcoming album The Lion’s Roar out January 27th. First Aid Kit – March 2012 Australian Tour Monday 12 March – The Famous Spiegeltent, Melbourne – SELLING FAST Presented by Arts Centre Melbourne. More info and tickets: http://www.artscentremelbourne.com.au/ Wednesday 14 March – Northcote Social Club, Melbourne – SOLD OUT – Support by The Harpoons Thursday 15 March – The … Continue reading
NEWS: Shonna Tucker leaves Drive-By Truckers…
Sad news today that bassist Shonna Tucker is parting ways with Drive-by Truckers after eight years with the band. Tucker is the the former wife of Jason Isbell who also left the band to pursue a solo career back in 2007. Tucker has contributed a couple of stellar vocal tracks to the last few DBT … Continue reading
NEWS: WOVENHAND releases book and new EP…
After six groundbreaking longplay records under the name of Wovenhand, David Eugene Edwards –in conjunction with Glitterhouse Records – releases the synopsis of his work titled Black of the Ink. Oral history turns into written history. Black of the Ink is a 110 page hard-cover book that contains the complete lyrics of all Wovenhand records … Continue reading
Album Reviews / Americana / Blues / Folk / Videos
ALBUM REVIEW: Jolie Holland | Pint of Blood
written by Chris Familton Jolie Holland returns with her fourth studio album and this time she has made a discernible effort to reduce her jazz and folk flavoured americana to simpler structures and cleaner palettes. In many cases the songs benefit from these amendments but they also lose some of what made Holland such an … Continue reading
WATCH: John Grant | Where Dreams Go To Die (Live on KEXP)
John Grant performs a devastating version in Iceland of Where Dreams Go To Die from his album Queen of Denmark. If you haven’t checked him out before then that album is an essential listen. Grant first found fame in the totally underrated band The Czars who released six studio albums before imploding around Grant. The … Continue reading
WATCH: Wilco’s Jeff Tweedy interviewed in Studio Q
NEWS: First Aid Kit 2012 Australian Tour…
Swedish folkies First Aid Kit return to Australia in March 2012 to play a run of dates and promote their new album The Lion’s Roar which will be released in January. Last time they toured in 2010 we described their Oxford Art Factory as “The future of countrified folk is in good hands when authenticity can … Continue reading
Americana / Folk / Indie Folk
Where is Jason Molina?
Secretly Canadian have posted a letter from Jason Molina’s (Songs:Ohia, Magnolia Electric Co) family giving some insight into why the devastatingly talented singer/songwriter has been off the radar since 2009. It seems he has been battling addiction of some kind and has now accrued large medical bills as a result of having no medical insurance. … Continue reading
WATCH: Ryan Adams | Ashes & Fire (acoustic)
Ahead of the release of his new album of the same name Adams has recorded a version of the title track to get us warmed up for the new material – and it sounds fantastic, vintage Adams! Continue reading
WATCH: A clip from Neil Young Journeys…
Jonathan Demme has directed his third Neil Young film following on from Heart of Gold and Trunk Show. Neil Young Journeys will debut at the Toronto International Film Festival later this month and includes footage from shows Young played last May at Toronto’s Massey Hall. Continue reading
NEWS: Listen to the first single from Ryan Adams’ Ashes & Fire…
The ever prolific Ryan Adams has been relatively quiet since he released Cardinology in 2008 with the exception of the indie metal Orion and a Cardinals collection. Apparently he had an inner ear condition to sort out as well as getting hitched to Mandy Moore. Now he has announced a new album Ashes & Fire … Continue reading
WATCH: Joe Pug | Speak Plainly Diana (Electric)
This video chronicles the last year since Joe Pug released his brilliant LP Messenger… Continue reading
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