Ahead of his Australian tour with Tift Merritt you can check out the 20 minute set Jason Isbell played last September at radio station KEXP in Seattle, WA. Songlist: Flying Over Water Live Oak Different Days Stockholm Continue reading
Category Archives: Americana
WATCH: Dan Waters ~ Guilt and Shame
Here’s the latest video from Dan Waters‘ acclaimed album La Vita E Bella which won Best Country Album at The Age Victoria Genre Awards last year. Ah, guilt and shame, two of the age-old corner posts of great country music. Continue reading
Americana / Country / Indie Folk / New Music / Videos
WATCH: Fanny Lumsden & The Thrillseekers | Your Rattle & Your Roll
Fanny Lumsden and her band The Thrillseekers did a live session at Cleveland’s late in 2013. Here’s a great new song Your Rattle & Your Roll, gently overflowing with that magical melodicism that Lumsden seems to fill each song with. It’s set to be a big year for the band with plans to record and … Continue reading
WATCH: ‘Lonesome Highway: The History of Country Music’ documentary
Here’s an excellent four hour documentary detailing the history of Country Music including the Carter Family, the Louvin Brothers, Bill Monroe, Hank Williams, Ray Price, Buck Owens, Merle Haggard, Waylon Jennings, Kitty Wells, Loretta Lynn, Dolly Parton and more. Sit back, pour yourself a drink (or three), watch and learn… Continue reading
NEW RELEASE: Lucinda Williams’ Self-Titled LP Remastered and Expanded
Lucinda Williams’ out of print 3rd album from 1988 gets the remastered and expanded treatment plus (thankfully) a vinyl reissue release. Out on January 14th it also includes a 1989 live set from The Netherlands plus other live tracks culled from radio sessions. Lucinda Williams: 25th Anniversary Edition (Thirty Tigers, 2014) LP: Amazon U.S. Disc 1: Original … Continue reading
STREAM: Rosanne Cash ~ Modern Blue
Modern Blue is track 4 on Rosanne Cash’s new swamp-tinged, moody Americana LP The River & The Thread out Jan 14th via Blue Note Records. https://soundcloud.com/bluenoterecords/rosanne-cash-modern-blue Continue reading
Album Reviews / Alt-Country / Americana / Folk / Stream
EP REVIEW: Jordie Lane ~ Not Built To Last EP
by Chris Familton Two years on from Jordie Lane’s well received second album Blood Thinner, the Melbournian returns from some overseas jaunts with a new EP of warm, bucolic folk and alt-country songs that further enhance his stock as a quality singer/songwriter. Lane is one of those contemporary singers who sounds very much like the … Continue reading
LIVE REVIEW: Robert Ellis, Cory Chisel, Marlon Williams @ The Basement, Sydney (21/11/13)
by Chris Familton New Zealander (now Melbourne-based) Marlon Williams opened the evening with an impressive set of originals and covers (Townes Van Zandt). Williams’ voice is a beautiful instrument capable of soaring falsetto, yodel hiccups and he used it to near perfection singing songs of tear-stained loss and heartache. One in particular, State Hospital, was … Continue reading
Alt-Country / Americana / News / Tour
NEWS: Jason Isbell and Tift Merritt Australian Tour
On the back of his superb album 2013 album Southeastern, strangely not released locally in Australia until February, Jason Isbell has announced a series of dates in addition to his appearance at Boogie Festival next April. In addition to performing with a full band, Isbell will have Tift Merritt opening for him. Merritt locally released her Travelling Alone LP earlier … Continue reading
Alt-Country / Americana / News
NEWS: Uncle Tupelo’s ‘No Depression’ to be reissued
On January 28th, 2014, Legacy Recordings will reissue Uncle Tupelo’s debut LP, 1990′s No Depression as a special two-disc remastered and expanded edition featuring rare and previously unreleased material. Included is the recently unearthed 10-song demo tape Not Forever, Just Now, recorded by the original trio of Jeff Tweedy, Jay Farrar, and Mike Heidorn in 1989. The reissue will also include … Continue reading
Alt-Country / Americana / Folk / News / Videos
NEW MUSIC: Jep and Dep ~ Confide In Me [Video]
Jep and Dep are Sydney duo Jessica Cassar and Darren Cross who have been working up a reputation as a wonderful live act over the last year or so. I’ve caught them a couple of times now and they really do possess that special musical connection and that balance of sweetness and grit that typifies … Continue reading
WATCH: Fanny Lumsden & the Thrillseekers ~ Sea Elephant School
Fanny Lumsden has today released the video clip for her recent single Sea Elephant School, filmed at Tooma in the Southern NSW region of the Upper Murray. It is a wonderful video with footage of Lumsden and her sisters riding horses across the landscape amid shots of the band and various ephemera. Upon the release of … Continue reading
Alt-Country / Americana / Country / Home / Videos
Country Covers #5 – A Ramalama chooses a favourite
Coming up on Sunday October 27th is an afternoon/evening of Sydney (and Newcastle) artists covering some of their favourite country songs plus they’ll play a few of their own. Inner Western 2 (FB Event) is happening at the Petersham Bowling Club from 2pm. Ahead of the show we’ve asked some of the artists appearing to choose a favourite … Continue reading
Alt-Country / Americana / Country / Videos
Country Covers #2 Roland Kay-Smith chooses a favourite…
Coming up on Sunday October 27th is an afternoon/evening of Sydney (and Newcastle) artists covering some of their favourite country songs plus they’ll play a few of their own. Inner Western (FB Event) is happening at the Petersham Bowling Club from 2pm. Ahead of the show we’ve asked some of the artists appearing to choose a favourite country … Continue reading
Alt-Country / Americana / Country / Stream / Videos
COUNTRY COVERS #1 – James Thomson selects a favourite
Coming up on Sunday October 27th is an afternoon/evening of Sydney (and Newcastle) artists covering some of their favourite country songs plus they’ll play a few of their own. Inner Western (FB Event) is happening at the Petersham Bowling Club from 2pm. Ahead of the show we’ve asked some of the artists appearing to choose a favourite … Continue reading
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