Will Wood is the latest artist to release an album on the Lyttleton Records label out of the South Island of New Zealand. The label has already released Aldous Harding’s excellent debut plus the three volumes of Sad But True… featuring Delaney Davidson and Marlon Williams. Wood is Auckland based and his debut album Broken Man … Continue reading
Pauline Andrès is set to release her debut LP All Them Ghosts on October 14th and we’ve been lucky enough to have a sneak preview of the album that takes in influences such as PJ Harvey, Mazzy Star, Lucinda Williams and mixes them up in a shimmering, haunted gothic Americana sound. These are songs about … Continue reading
The mercurial Ryan Adams is always chasing his muse in whatever direction it takes him and this time it is back to the electric guitar with strong rock trappings contrasting the acoustic Americana of Ashes & Fire. Heavily reverbed chords ring out (courtesy of his favourite Princeton amps) somewhere between Johnny Marr and Tom Petty … Continue reading
Shovels & Rope burst through the wall of anonymity with their debut album and now they’ve backed it up with another rollicking, rough and ready clutch of thirteen songs. Their live show gets rave reviews for its rawness and passionate delivery and they’ve bottled some of that here with throat-shredding enthusiasm sidling up next to … Continue reading
Recently Mark Moldre unveiled the new video clip for the song ‘Bone Orchard’ from his excellent 2013 LP An Ear To The Earth. Moldre’s been on a mission to get a clip made for every song on the record and so far he’s got through seven of them. On the back of the latest video … Continue reading
For those of you who prefer the acoustic heartache troubadour version of Ryan Adams, ‘My Wrecking Ball’ is your song on the new Ryan Adams LP. Stark, beautiful and up there with his finest compositions. Now it has an equally fine video clip to accompany it. Continue reading
Waitin’ Around To Die ~ A place where Americana (we’re talking alt-country, folk, bluegrass, rock n roll, country…) music fans and musicians can share new (and old) music they’ve discovered, their own releases, photos, gigs, recruit new band members, source information and continue to build the Americana music community, primarily in Australia and New Zealand. … Continue reading
Nashville-based Lera Lynn has a new album just out called The Avenues which blends her slow-burn shimmering country music with some soulful pop shades. Here’s a clip for the opening track ‘Out To Sea’. Continue reading
Lindi Ortega’s Tin Star was one of last year’s finer Americana albums after winning the Roots Artist or Group of the Year category at the Canadian Country Music Association Awards earlier this month she’s released a great new clip for the single ‘Lived And Died Alone’, rich with Mexican imagery and iconography. Continue reading
Married couple Chris Masterson and Eleanor Whitmore return with their second album and they stick close to the game-plan on this one with its upbeat rock-lite country pop, near-perfect harmonies and clinical yet accomplished guitar and fiddle playing. The problem is that it’s all too polished and nice. When they tackle melancholic subject matter it … Continue reading
Gretta Ziller has already generated a great deal of critical and industry acclaim in the 2013 Telstra Road to Discovery Grand Finals at the Tamworth Country Music Festival, as well as her 2013 TSA/APRA New Songwriter of the Year award. Now she has released her debut EP Hell’s Half Acre which captures the essence and graceful … Continue reading
Gretta Ziller has already generated a great deal of critical and industry acclaim in the 2013 Telstra Road to Discovery Grand Finals at the Tamworth Country Music Festival, as well as her 2013 TSA/APRA New Songwriter of the Year award. Now she has released her debut EP Hell’s Half Acre which captures the essence and graceful Americana beauty of … Continue reading
Later this month the new documentary film Jim Lauderdale: The King of Broken Hearts is officially launched at a screening in Nashville ( Bongo After Hours Theatre on Monday 15th Sept) prior to the Americana Music Festival. The film traces the career arc of the country music singer/songwriter who has been rejected by record labels, had his songs recorded … Continue reading
Sylvie Simmons is best known as a renowned music journalist both in magazines and books (Leonard’s Cohen’s ‘I’m Your Man’ biography) but she has also played music since her childhood though primarily for herself. Bow she is finally stepping out from behind her keyboard and pen to release her debut album Sylvie, a collection of ukelele-based … Continue reading
Kasey Chambers sits in that rare artistic position having sold 1.2 million albums as a hugely successful commercial songwriter/performer, while still retaining integrity and respect from the country and alt-country communities where she first established her talent. Bittersweet is Chambers’ first album since she split from husband Shane Nicholson after they released their 2011 collaborative … Continue reading
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