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
Josh Rennie-Hynes recently wound up his first New Zealand tour with a run through the South Island before a final show in Auckland. Here he continues his ups and sometimes downs with the local cuisine, nearly gets taken out by stingrays and does a lot of driving. Big thanks to Josh for documenting his time … 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
The last 12 months have been a bountiful period for Americana releases in Australia and New Zealand. From debut albums to notable EPs, collaborations to albums recorded on the other side of the world, there was something for everyone and most importantly it showed our local scenes are going from strength to strength. The music … Continue reading
Melbourne’s Pony Face have taken on the massive task of covering Bruce Springsteen’s masterpiece LP Nebraska – in full. They haven’t cut corners either, releasing it on CD, digital and Tri-Colour State Trooper edition Vinyl LP. On the evidence of this first clip for the title track it sounds quite magnificent and suitably dark and … Continue reading
2014, what another great year for Americana music, especially here in Australia where the scene seems to be growing in leaps and bounds. An example of that was Love Police launching the inaugural Out On The Weekend festival in Melbourne with a smaller version in Brisbane and a ton of sideshows in Sydney. All reports … Continue reading
Will Oldham has released the second single from his 2014 album Singers Grave a Sea of Tongues and it finds the ever mercurial songwriter and sometimes actor shimmying and preening with an impressive beard extension. Of his new album we said: It sits comfortably between his folk and country domains and is laden with austere … Continue reading
Caitlin Harnett recently released her long awaited debut album The River Runs North. Recorded in Canada with a great supporting cast of musicians the album is a fine collection of songs that pull from the rivers of folk and sometimes country music. Of the album we said: Even through its melancholic moments there’s a youthful … Continue reading
Amber Rae Slade is a Detroit Michigan native, now resident in Sydney, Australia and in the last week she’s posted the first taste of her music online via a couple of live in-studio video clips recorded with Matt Fell and by Michael Carpenter at their Love HZ Studio. Slade possesses one hell of a great … Continue reading
Ahead of Mark Moldre’s last full band show for 2014 at the Petersham Bowling Club this Saturday Nov 29th (presented by Post To Wire) we’ve asked him to be the guest editor of the inaugural edition of Celluloid Jukebox, a new feature where musicians will select and talk about a handful of their favourite clips. * Mark Moldre + The … Continue reading
Each year in September the Americana Music Festival & Conference is held in Nashville TN with dozens of music showcases from labels, genres and collected offerings from specific countries. Australia has a good profile at the event with shows like Tamworth Presents: Australiana @ Americana, Sounds Australia Presents: The Aussie BBQ and other smaller shows organised by … Continue reading
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