Emma Swift is something of golden light for Americana music, particularly here in Australia where it often leads a sheltered existence in mainstream media. Her time as host of the respected In The Pines on FBi Radio in Sydney and more recently as host of ABC National’s Saturday Night Country has cast her as one of the … Continue reading
In our recent review of Edge of the City, the impressive new album from Greg Fleming and The Trains (New Zealand) we said “This is resolutely a landscape of concrete and streets, traffic lights blinking through the Auckland drizzle and people struggling with work, dreams and love” and it is that noir quality that he has … Continue reading
Fanny Lumsden’s reputation as a songwriter and performer has been getting her a lot of attention in the last 12 months with the release of her new EP Autumn Lawn and a higher live profile since moving to Sydney to live. She is backed by the brilliant playing talent of The Thrillseekers who flesh out … Continue reading
Liam Gale & The Ponytails impressed us with the two tracks he has up on Soundcloud and there mix of blues, folk, Celtic and swampy rock vibes so it was only natural we wanted to dive in deeper and find out some of what makes Gale tick, in a musical sense. He seems to be playing … Continue reading
We recently posted links to Davey Craddock & The Spectacles new Going Home EP and we were so impressed with the range and quality of his songwriting on it that we wanted to get Craddock straight into the firing line for our Six Strings Q&A feature. What was the album that first led you down … Continue reading
Six Strings is a new feature on Post To Wire where we’ll be profiling Americana artists, predominately from Australia but sometimes international acts will get a look-in too. First up we asked the Newcastle-based singer/songwriter James Thomson to share his thoughts, opinions and anecdotes in response to our six questions. Thomson recently released his … Continue reading
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