Melbourne duo The Weeping Willows have a beautiful and evocative new lyric video (by Anita Lester) for their song ‘Singin’ The Blues‘, and to celebrate they’re heading out on tour (see below). The song, taken from last year’s You Reap What You Sow album, is one of those devastating slow waltz ballads, unspooling at the … Continue reading
Melbourne duo Hana Brenecki and guitarist Jessie-Lee Zubkevych have a new single out called ‘The Tallest of Tales‘, the second from their forthcoming new album, and we’re very happy to premiere the video clip for it today. It’s another fantastic single from the pair, Hana’s voice possessing the perfect balance of ache, twang and crackle. … Continue reading
PRESENTED BY DASHVILLE, 2SER AND POST TO WIRE One of the alt-country, Americana, folk, blues and rock ‘n’ roll highlights on the calendar each year is Dashville Skyline. The festival is held yearly in the Hunter Valley/Wonnarua Country region of NSW over the October long weekend. Dashville Skyline – Cosmic Country Weekender is a throwback … Continue reading
Taken from Tré Burt‘s forthcoming new LP Traffic Fiction, out Oct 6th via John Prine’s Oh Boy Records, ‘Piece of Me‘ has me mildly obsessed and listening to this gem on repeat. The way his voice strains and rattles at the edges, the way he doubles the timing of the song title as it tumbles … Continue reading
Paddy McHugh has been a favourite here at PTW for a number of years. His 2017 album Trials & Cape Tribulations in particular caught my ear and stuck with me. Paddy always manages to combine the social, the political and the personal, blending them in a passionate and emotive form that educates and entertains beautifully. … Continue reading
Melbourne/Naarm Americana artist and ex-Gooch Palmer Leroy Macqueen has released his new country single ‘Long Way Down’ single today. Firmly on the same playing field of warm and emotive crooning country in the vein of Orville Peck, Macqueen reinforces the impressive writing and singing chops he revealed on the fine previous single ‘Stepping Out’. Great … Continue reading
From the opening notes of Small Town Romance‘s new single ‘Home Fires‘ you’ll be hard pressed not to succumb to the warm and lilting tone of Flora Smith‘s lead vocal on this slow burning slice of dreamy twang and mesmerising country soul. It drifts along with one eye to to sky and the other grounded … Continue reading
LUCERO SHOULD’VE LEARNED BY NOW LIBERTY & LAMENT/THIRTY TIGERS Lucero are coming up to quarter of a century in the rock ’n’ roll and alt-country game and the Memphis band’s new album finds them returning to their bristling, punk’ish country-rock template after a run of more introspective releases. It’s a thrilling reminder of how great … Continue reading
Tré Burt has a new album out on October 6th via John Prine’s Oh Boy Records and today he’s released the new single/video for the excellent title-track ‘Traffic Fiction‘. This song, and the new album, have a more of a soul sound than his previous folkier releases. Apparently as a child he listened to a … Continue reading
Jeff Tweedy and WILCO are back with a new album called Cousin, produced by Cate Le Bon, and set for release on September 29th. Recorded in the band’s legendary Chicago studio—The Loft—over a period of two years, the ten new tracks are written by band leader Jeff Tweedy, and feature musical performances by the long … Continue reading
PHIL SMITH INTO THE NIGHT INDEPENDENT Tasmanian songwriter Phil Smith’s new album is one of those records that’s full of effortless sounding songs, where every note caresses and complements the next. There’s a specific kind of Australian Americana at play across the nine songs – part heartland rock, part jangly melodic rock. Overall though, it’s … Continue reading
Last week Melbourne singer-songwriter Clint Wilson released ‘Slow to Trust‘, the third single from his forthcoming new album, L.A. (August 11th). Today I’m very pleased to be able to premiere the song’s clip which finds Wilson and band performing in glorious black and white, filmed and directed by Stu Art Video Productions. The song dances lightly … Continue reading
“You’re a loser and you’re losing me” Aotearoa/New Zealand singer-songwriter/producer Delaney Davidson has just released a new compilation album of deep cuts from across his fascinating career called Alternatives. The collection includes the APRA Best Country Music Song Award winning single, ‘You’re a Loser‘. A timeless country music ballad, the song follows the tropes that have … Continue reading
Matt Malone is a singer/songwriter born in the goldfields region of country Victoria. He has formed his musical vision out of the blues, country, folk and gospel traditions of the American, British and Australian past. Malone’s commanding baritone and masterfully crafted songs have been compared to the archetypal Johnny Cash, African-American gospel preachers such as Blind Willie Johnson, … Continue reading
‘Sittin’ in the kitchen, a house in Macon Loretta’s singing on the radio Smell of coffee, eggs and bacon Car wheels on a gravel road’ Quarter of a century ago, at the mid point of 1998, Lucinda Williams released her fifth and best-selling album Car Wheels On A Gravel Road. It was an album that … Continue reading
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