DASHVILLE SKYLINE ANNOUNCES FIRST ACTS FOR THEIR TENTH ANNIVERSARY FESTIVAL

Posted on May 31, 2024 by Doubtful Sounds • Leave a comment

Dashville Skyline, my favourite Australian music festival, returns for its tenth iteration in 2024 and today they’ve revealed the first batch of acts for the Wonnarua Country/Hunter Valley NSW cosmic country weekender in October (4th-6th). In terms of personal highlights, across a very impressive line-up, The new Hurray For Riff Raff album The Past Is … Continue reading →

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TOUR NEWS: Minor Gold Announce Australian Tour

Posted on August 21, 2023 by Doubtful Sounds • Leave a comment

Minor Gold (Tracy McNeil and Dan Parsons) have announced an Australian tour, starting mid October in NSW and running through to the Thirroul Music Festival at the start of December. The pair are currently on a 26-date tour in North America, including four US shows supporting The Teskey Brothers and performances at this year’s AMERICANAFEST. I described the … Continue reading →

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DASHVILLE SKYLINE ANNOUNCES FULL LINE-UP FOR OCTOBER LONG WEEKEND FESTIVAL

Posted on July 19, 2023 by Doubtful Sounds • Leave a comment

Presented by Dashville, 2SER and Post To Wire, Dashville Skyline is excited to announce the full line-up for the festival, held on Wonnarua Country/Hunter Valley NSW on the October Long Weekend, Sept 28th-Oct 1st. This is more than just your standard country music festival. Dashville Skyline is a meticulously orchestrated musical feast, which casually meanders … Continue reading →

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TAKE ME TO TAMWORTH TOWN

Posted on January 19, 2019 by Doubtful Sounds • Leave a comment

Take Me To Town, the 3CD, 47 track compilation of contemporary Australian alt-country music is heading to Tamworth 2019, with a very special showcase gig featuring an all-star line-up of Ben Leece & Left Of The Dial, Katie Brianna, The Weeping Willows, Hana & Jessie-Lee, Lachlan Bryan, Jen Mize and Mitch Power. If you are … Continue reading →

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TAKE ME TOWN showcase at Australian Music Week

Posted on October 29, 2018 by Doubtful Sounds • Leave a comment

The celebrations marking the release of Take Me To Town, our self-proclaimed landmark compilation of contemporary Australian alternative country music continues next week with a very special showcase evening at Australian Music Week in Cronulla on Wednesday Nov 7th at El Sol Restaurant. Facebook Event Tracy McNeil and her band The GoodLife take the songwriting … Continue reading →

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NEWS: Take Me To Town launched in NSW, Melbourne and Brisbane are next

Posted on October 16, 2018 by Doubtful Sounds • Leave a comment

It was huge weekend in NSW with the launch of the Take Me To Town: An Australian Alternative Country Compilation launched in Newcastle, Sydney and Cronulla over three consecutive nights. It was a real thrill to see plenty of people turn out across the weekend to support and celebrate the release of what we feel … Continue reading →

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Take Me To Town launch show announced in Brisbane

Posted on September 15, 2018 by Doubtful Sounds • Leave a comment

We’re only a couple of weeks out from the release (Sept 28th) of Take Me To Town, the 3CD compilation of Australian alt-country music put together by Stanley Records, Mother Hen Touring and ourselves. We’ve already posted the pre-order links so if you want to ensure you get a copy then hit the link and … Continue reading →

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NEWS: Take Me Town Melbourne album launch announced

Posted on September 5, 2018 by Doubtful Sounds • Leave a comment

As you should be well aware by now, Take Me To Town: An Australian Alternative Country Compilation, is being released on September 28th. There are already pre-order links available so please hit up one of the following or head down to a physical store at the end of the month to pickup a copy of … Continue reading →

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NEWS: Davey Craddock Announces 2018 Tour

Posted on July 31, 2018 by Doubtful Sounds • Leave a comment

Post To Wire (plus Harbour Agency and Otherside) are proud to present Davey Craddock’s 2018 One Punch Tour which will kick off in Sydney at the end of September before taking in NSW, QLD, VIC and WA shows through October. Along the way he’ll play two of the most prestigious alt-country/Americana festivals in Australia – … Continue reading →

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Tamworth 2018 – Gig Posters

Posted on January 14, 2018 by Doubtful Sounds • 2 Comments

Here’s a handy collection of posters for alt-country/Americana gigs happening at Tamworth this year. This is the good stuff, not the cheesy, cliche ridden country pap… Continue reading →

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PTW Presents: Red-Eyed & Blue – Tim Easton + Jason Walker

Posted on October 4, 2017 by Doubtful Sounds • Leave a comment

Post To Wire Presents: Red-Eyed & Blue JASON WALKER + TIM EASTON (USA) Sunday October 8th 2017 @ The Bearded Tit, Redfern Jason Walker little introduction to Sydney audiences, with a pedigree of decades in the indie and alt-country scenes he’s built up a well earned respect from the industry built on strong songwriting, in-demand pedal … Continue reading →

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NEWS: Dashville Skyline unveil their full 2017 lineup

Posted on July 19, 2017 by Doubtful Sounds • Leave a comment

Dashville Skyline in the Belford area of the Hunter Valley, NSW is now in its third year and they’re going from strength to strength. They’ve just unveiled their full lineup for this year’s event and it looks stronger than ever with artists from across Australia plus touring acts from USA, Ireland, Netherlands and New Zealand. … Continue reading →

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NEWS: Liam Gerner Announces New Single & Tour

Posted on October 30, 2016 by Doubtful Sounds • Leave a comment

Liam Gerner has settled back into Melbourne after ten years based overseas and amid near-constant touring he’s recorded a new album with his band (The Sunset Pushers) that includes Shane Reilly from Lost Ragas. The self-titled LP (due out in Feb 2016) was recorded in three days in both Melbourne by Roger Bergodaz and in the USA at … Continue reading →

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TOUR NEWS: Leah Flanagan Announces Saudades Tour

Posted on September 7, 2016 by Doubtful Sounds • Leave a comment

Leah Flanagan is hands down one of this country’s finest songwriters. She has the ability to swing from folk to country, jazz to blues and all corners in-between. Her new album Saudades is coming out on September 16th and she’s hitting the road to play some shows to celebrate its release. The culmination of two … Continue reading →

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TOUR NEWS: Fanny Lumsden Announces Annual Country Halls Tour

Posted on August 8, 2016 by Doubtful Sounds • Leave a comment

Fanny Lumsden has been traveling around Australia for the last 6 months, covering over 20,0000km and playing shows from Tasmania to Darwin to promote her Small Town Big Shot album. Now she’s announced her annual run of country hall shows from September – November 2016. For five years now the Western NSW raised, Fanny Lumsden … Continue reading →