Les Thomas is a Melbourne singer-songwriter, activist and blogger who has built a name for himself as a strong supporter of alt-country music in Australia. His songs resonate with themes of social justice and a desire to awaken social conciousness. He recently released his full length album Survivor’s Tale, a record that tells the story of those … Continue reading
The latest instalment of Six Strings, where we focus on an Australian or New Zealand songwriter and dig into their musical psyche, opinions and memories via our Q&A. This one features Mark Lucas, a long-time stalwart of the local Sydney scene who arrived here from England at the dawn of the ’80s and went on … Continue reading
Gretta Ziller has already generated a great deal of critical and industry acclaim in the 2013 Telstra Road to Discovery Grand Finals at the Tamworth Country Music Festival, as well as her 2013 TSA/APRA New Songwriter of the Year award. Now she has released her debut EP Hell’s Half Acre which captures the essence and graceful … Continue reading
The Yearlings recently released one of the finest local Americana albums of 2014 in All The Wandering and they’ve backed it up with strong reviews of the shows on their album release tour. As that tour winds up Robyn Chalklen kindly took the time to answer a few questions in our regular Six Strings Q&A. Album Review: … Continue reading
Tracy McNeil released her new solo album Nobody Ever Leaves last week to strong reviews (including ours) and now she has started a comprehensive tour (dates below) to celebrate its release and spread the magic with her great band The Good Life that includes guitarist Luke Sinclair of Raised By Eagles. McNeil was kind enough to take some … Continue reading
Sydney-based US singer/songwriter Jenny Queen recently released her new LP Small Town Misfits which we summarised in our review as “A very good album that proves how catchy melodies and astute, substantive songwriting can successfully coexist.” Queen was kind enough to answer our Six Strings Q&A and give us an insight into her musical world. … Continue reading
Darren Cross has been part of the music industry for the last two decades as a member of a number of bands, most notably 90s indie pop upstarts Gerling. He’s also a soundtrack composer, runs the music and video production company Bernstein Studios, has co-written with Jagwar Ma and is now one half of Jep and Dep … Continue reading
De’May has just released her debut album If We Don’t Leave Now, a record that announces the arrival of an intriguing new talent on the local scene. The album weaves it’s way through blues, country and folk styles with her voice the unifying element. She sings with real conviction and the ability to sound both tender and fragile (‘Tell … Continue reading
Dave Favours has just released his debut full length album Wet Suburban Sunday, that follows last years EP One Hand On The Wheel and it’s a great mix of country and rock with covers of The Rolling Stones, Ramones and The Saints thrown into the mix of originals. We’ll have a review of the album up shortly but … Continue reading
Last year Dan Waters released his excellent solo LP La Vita E Bella to critical acclaim and he was rewarded with Best Country Album at the Age Music Victoria Awards. Waters has followed that up with a new EP under the name The Gulbransen Brothers, featuring Chad Mason of Wagons as his equal songwriting/sparring partner. Don’t Let The Music Stop … Continue reading
Hat Fitz & Cara are an Australia-based blues and folk duo who have gradually built a great reputation both on stage and on record for their authentic and organic approach to the form. Unfortunately their lives and music were derailed by a terrible car accident at the end of 2012 that left Cara with severe … Continue reading
Sydney alt-country six-piece The Ramalamas have a brand new album Brass Razoo out this week and they are celebrating the release with a show at the Union Hotel on Sunday August 11th (4pm). Together for over a decade, the group play authentic Americana music and we were lucky enough to catch Chris Nielsen ahead of their … Continue reading
Melbourne band Raised By Eagles have just released their debut self-titled album via Bandcamp and it is one of those records that makes you sit up and tune in close to the speakers from the superb opening shot of Penny Drop. The shadows of everyone from Dylan and Van Zandt to Parsons, Justin Townes Earle and … Continue reading
Mark Moldre has slowly but surely carved out a wonderful body of work with more than a decade of releases to his name both as a solo artist and prior to that with the band Hitchcock’s Regret. His first solo album The Waiting Room was a wonderful collection of songs of which we said in our … Continue reading
Last year The Weeping Willows released their excellent album Till The North Wind Blows (review) which showed them to be wonderfully authentic proponents of bluegrass, folk and country music. With voices that contrast and blend perfectly the couple write songs around their voices and the superb guitar playing of Andrew Wrigglesworth. We spoke with singer … Continue reading
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