Nicholson has become something of a lighthouse on the Australian country music scene, bridging both the mainstream and alt-country scenes with his solo releases, albums with Kasey Chambers and production work. Now signed with Lost Highway as an artist and Staff Producer (incl. A&R), this solo acoustic live set is the precursor to a new … Continue reading
Fresh from their current house concert tour Caitlin Harnett and Josh Rennie-Hynes will be joined by Liam Gerner for a tour that will touch down in QLD, NSW, VIC and SA through the month of March. This will be a great chance to see three acclaimed singer songwriters on tour together. 11th MARCH 2015 | … Continue reading
Last night the wonderful Mother Hen Touring presented a great triple bill at the Petersham Bowling Club in Sydney’s inner west. Bell St Delays are the wife and husband duo of Tracy McNeil and Luke Sinclair (Raised By Eagles) and they played a beautiful set that gently dipped into country and folk styles while staying fully … Continue reading
If you haven’t heard Davey Craddock yet then you need to. Odds are if you’re reading this blog then you appreciate great alt-country, blues and rock ‘n’ roll and Craddock combines all of the above with real verve and emotion. His last EP contained the brilliant and catchy single ‘Keep On Waiting‘ and he followed … Continue reading
The Ravenna Colt is the current project of ex-My Morning Jacket guitarist and engineer Johnny Quaid. His second album Terminal Current is due for release on February 20th. Here’s the first single, the breezy sweet country sound of ‘Absolute Contingency’. Album pre-orders available HERE Continue reading
Last week Norwegian space cowboys Dig Deeper released their new LP How You Spend Your Days and to accompany it there’s a video clip for the second single ‘Dreaming With Einar’. The band trade in spacious, widescreen music that draws equally from the worlds of alt-country and psychedelia, the single in particular bringing to mind Pink Floyd and … Continue reading
Lost Ragas debut album Phantom Ride (2013) crept on me slowly and it wasn’t until I saw them play it live that it really hit home how great their songs are and what a damn fine group of musicians they are. Fast forward to this week and the Melbourne band have released the first track from … Continue reading
Marlon Williams has released the clip for his latest single ‘Dark Child’. The track comes from his long-awaited debut album, due for release on April 24th. You can catch Williams touring NZ and Australia on the following dates: February 13th – Chicks Hotel, Dunedin February 14th – St Michael’s Church, Christchurch February 20th – Tuning … Continue reading
Australian reissue label Raven Records knows the good stuff with back catalog reissues of artists such as The Byrds, Guy Clark, Chet Atkins, David Allan Coe and Jerry Jeff Walker. Now they’ve collected four of John Prine’s finest albums, recorded for Atlantic Records in the early 1970’s. Raven press release: In combining four brilliant albums … Continue reading
Sydney songwriter Roland Kay-Smith has a new album called Sailing By The Stars ready for release on January 30th via Bandcamp, iTunes, Spotify, Google Play. Below you can check out the clip for the first single ‘Lay Me Down’. Live Shows: 18th Jan at the Union Hotel with Peasant Moon and Crow Janes 1st Feb at … Continue reading
Two of Melbourne’s finest exponents of contemporary alt-country music are Luke Sinclair of Raised By Eagles and solo artist Tracy McNeil. Both have released wonderful records with their respective bands and now the married couple have started to share some of the music they’ve been writing and performing as Bell St Delays. The first taste is … Continue reading
Yep, before we had a chance to realise the festive season was upon us it quickly departed, leaving us gazing forlornly or perhaps excitedly at the open musical prairie of 2015 laying before us. 2014 was a damn strong year for Americana releases and no doubt we’re in for another great twelve months of new music. … Continue reading
It’s been a big year for Darren Cross with his solo EP No Damage and the release of the excellent debut album from Jep and Dep. Now Cross has released a new clip from the aforementioned EP, another to come out of his Bernstein Studio. It’s a great video, quite different to what I’d expect … Continue reading
On the back of some superb headline Australian shows with his new band The Yarra Benders, Marlon Williams has released the second single from his forthcoming debut album. The self-titled full-length is due for release in April and will include first single ‘Strange Things‘. ‘Dark Child’ was written by Williams’ close friend Tim Moore and … Continue reading
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