Rosanne Cash is currently doing the rounds of talk shows and radio sessions to promote her excellent new LP The River & The Thread. Here are two clips from a performance for KCRW at Apogee Studios. You can listen to the full session HERE Continue reading
Category Archives: Country
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
NEWS: Delaney Davidson & Marlon Williams announce album and NZ tour
After collaborating on the 2012 album Sad but True – The Secret History of Country Music Songwriting Vol. 1 and picking up Best Album and Best Country Song at the NZ Country Music Awards, Delaney Davidson and Marlon Williams will be releasing Sad But True Volume III – Juke Box B Sides on January 31st via Lyttelton Records/Southbound … Continue reading
COUNTRY COVERS #6 – Emma Swift 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 country cover … 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
Country Covers #4 – Fanny Lumsden 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
REPORT: The Americana Music Festival 2013, Nashville TN
Laura Coates is one half of the Australian duo The Weeping Willows who visited the USA earlier this month for the Americana Music Festival in Nashville TN. Laura has kindly written a piece for us describing the enviable event from the point of view of a visiting fan and participatory musician. Andrew Wrigglesworth and I … Continue reading
WATCH: Emmylou Harris and The Hot Band (live TV special, New Zealand 1984)
The legendary Emmylou Harris brought a little bit of Nashville to Television New Zealand’s Auckland studio for her first ever TV special — recorded during a NZ tour in a deal which allowed her to own the international rights. One of country music’s great vocalists and most loved performers, Harris leads her seven piece band … Continue reading
LISTEN: Hawkshaw Hawkins ~ Rattlesnakin’ Daddy
Lately I’ve been spending a lot of time trawling through an excellent compilation called Hillbilly Boogie that came out on the Proper Box Set label in 2002. It’s a 4CD set and includes well known artists like Tennessee Ernie Ford, Delmore Brothers, Hank Snow and Chet Atkins as well as a ton of lesser known … Continue reading
NEW MUSIC: Bonnie Whitmore ~ There I Go Again
Bonnie Whitmore (Denton TX) has a brand new album There I Go Again out now and it is a wonderful journey through country and sun-dappled soul and rock. Playing country music from the age of 8 means she has lived and learnt it and her songs flow effortlessly, overflowing with a sense of purpose, strength and … Continue reading
ALBUM REVIEW: Roger Knox and the Pine Valley Cosmonauts ~ Stranger in My Land
by Chris Familton Roger Knox’s new album, his first in nine years, is a ambitious and expansive affair that seamlessly weaves together American and Aboriginal strands of country music with a strong social conscience and a laconic sense of humour. The collaborative aspect of Stranger in My Land is important but not one that overshadows … Continue reading
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