Waitin’ Around To Die ~ A new Americana music Group on Facebook
Alt-Country / Americana / Bluegrass / Country / Folk / News

Waitin’ Around To Die ~ A new Americana music Group on Facebook

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

NEWS: Jim Lauderdale: The King of Broken Hearts documentary out this month
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NEWS: Jim Lauderdale: The King of Broken Hearts documentary out this month

This sounds fascinating, a documentary film on Jim Lauderdale directed by Australian filmmaker Jeremy Dylan. The film is available to PRE-ORDER as a digital download, Vimeo rental or DVD. PRESS RELEASE: Jim Lauderdale, the two-time Grammy winning hit Nashville songwriter and icon of Americana music, is set to mark his 25th year of record-making with the release … Continue reading

NEWS: Bonnie “Prince” Billy announces new album
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NEWS: Bonnie “Prince” Billy announces new album

Will Oldham has, by his own prolific standards, been a tad quiet on the album front since his Everly Brothers-inspired album from 2013. That all changed when today he announced a new Bonnie “Prince” Billy record called Singer’s Grave ・ a Sea of Tongues will be released on September 23rd via Drag City and Spunk here … Continue reading

James Thomson crowd funds mixing and mastering of second album
Alt-Country / Blues / News / Stream

James Thomson crowd funds mixing and mastering of second album

James Thomson released a very special debut album in 2012 which we described as “A slow growing collection of folk, blues and country songs – stark, brooding, intimate and elegant in the way they carry and convey emotional ache and weight. There are touches of Justin Townes Earle, and the rootsier side of Ryan Adams”. Now … Continue reading

NEWS: Bob Dylan & The Band ‘Basement Tapes’ box set due in November
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NEWS: Bob Dylan & The Band ‘Basement Tapes’ box set due in November

In November Dylan fans will be licking their lips waiting to get their hands and ears on the next edition of the The Bootleg Series (11). The Basement Tapes Complete one features 138 tracks from the sessions Dylan recorded with The Band at Big Pink in 1967 and is compiled from the original, recently rediscovered tapes. … Continue reading

NEWS: Justin Townes Earle announces 2014 Australian tour
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NEWS: Justin Townes Earle announces 2014 Australian tour

For those of us unable to make it to the inaugural Out on the Weekend Americana Festival (JTE, Robert Ellis, Nikki Lane, Henry Wagons, The Delines, Emma Swift, Raised By Eagles etc) in Melbourne, this is the start of the news we’ve been waiting for. The sideshow announcements have started rolling with Justin Townes Earle … Continue reading

TOUR NEWS: John Murry announces two Australian shows
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TOUR NEWS: John Murry announces two Australian shows

After his appearances at the Sydney Festival and elsewhere earlier this year, John Murry is heading back to Australia to record his next album in the Dandenong Ranges in Victoria with Australian producer Mark Stanley and Irish producer Karl Odlum (Kila, Glen Hansard & The Frames, Lisa O’Neill). While he is here he will also … Continue reading

LIVE: Darren Cross announces No Damage EP release shows
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LIVE: Darren Cross announces No Damage EP release shows

  Darren Cross released one of our favourite singles in ‘Slings and Arrows’ recently and now a new six-track EP called No Damage is due out next month. To celebrate Cross is playing launch shows, proudly presented by Post To Wire, in Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide and Brisbane. No Damage will be released on Wednesday August 6th in … Continue reading