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Post To Wire ~ Americana Mixtape Vol. 2

Posted on February 22, 2014 by Doubtful Sounds • Leave a comment

Tracklisting Gene Clark – American Dreamer (American Dreamer soundtrack) Calexico – Alone Again Or (Love cover, Alone Again Or EP, 2003) Davey Craddock & The Spectacles – Keep On Waiting (Going Home EP, 2012) Bill Monroe – Blue Moon Of Kentucky (Country & Western Hit Parade 1947, compilation) Phosphorescent – Cocaine Lights (Pride, 2007) Oakley … Continue reading →

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LIVE: The Wild Men of Folk feat. Mike McCarthy, Mark Moldre, Kris Morris and Adam Lang

Posted on February 19, 2014 by Doubtful Sounds • Leave a comment

On February 27th ‘The Wild Men of Folk’ will be playing at Lizotte’s Kincumber. Featuring Mike McCarthy, Mark Moldre, Kris Morris and Adam Lang the foursome will be playing a mix of their own material and sharing a few favourite covers ( incl. Mississippi John Hurt, Lucinda Williams, Tom Waits, Gillian Welch, Steve Earle, Lefty Frizzell and … Continue reading →

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NEWS: Bear Family releasing Dolly Parton & Porter Wagoner box set

Posted on February 19, 2014 by Doubtful Sounds • Leave a comment

Dolly Parton and Porter Wagoner are two of the most iconic performers in country music and over the years the duo collaborated numerous times, both on record and on stage. German label Bear Family are about to release a new 6 disc box set celebrating the music the pair created together for the label RCA … Continue reading →

Folk / News / Stream

NEW MUSIC: Tiny Ruins ~ Me At The Museum, You In The Wintergardens

Posted on February 17, 2014 by Doubtful Sounds • Leave a comment

I’ve been a big fan of Hollie Fullbrook (Tiny Ruins) since I heard her debut album Some Were Meant For Sea which she followed-up with an excellent EP. Now she has a new record, Brightly Painted One coming out on May 2nd via Spunk Records and you can hear the beautiful and ethereal first track … Continue reading →

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SIX STRINGS: Dave Favours

Posted on February 13, 2014 by Doubtful Sounds • Leave a comment

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 →

Americana / Videos

KATIE BRIANNA: Dark Side Of The Morning (Video)

Posted on February 13, 2014 by Doubtful Sounds • Leave a comment

Katie Brianna released one of the best Americana albums in Australia last year. Dark Side Of The Morning is a record built on her wonderful voice that brings with it barrels of tears and heartache amid a certain uplifting resilience and strength. With wonderfully sympathetic instrumentation it’s a sweetly melancholic collection of songs that draws … Continue reading →

Album Reviews / Americana / Stream / Videos

ALBUM REVIEW: Robert Ellis ~ The Lights From The Chemical Plant

Posted on February 12, 2014 by Doubtful Sounds • 3 Comments

Robert Ellis’ 2011 album Photographs caught many an ear with its efficient and emotive songwriting and guitar playing and gave him an international audience. The Lights From The Chemical Plant finds Ellis expanding his repertoire, stepping outside of the restraints of pure Americana to embrace pop elements, diverse country influences and lush production while still … Continue reading →

Alt-Country / Americana / Videos

WILLIE NELSON: Bloody Mary Morning (live on ACL, 1974)

Posted on February 7, 2014 by Doubtful Sounds • 1 Comment

Austin City Limits has been running for forty years as a TV series and it continues to showcase the finest music across a range of genres. Americana gets a great look-in with recent shows including Dawes, Emmylou Harris & Rodney Crowell, Jason Isbell, Kacey Musgraves and Dale Watson. Here’s Willie Nelson playing the show’s pilot … Continue reading →

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SIX STRINGS: Dan Waters

Posted on February 6, 2014 by Doubtful Sounds • Leave a comment

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 →

Alt-Country / News / Soul / Stream

GREG FLEMING: Crowdfunding new album for CD release

Posted on February 6, 2014 by Doubtful Sounds • Leave a comment

New Zealander Greg Fleming has recently completed recording his new album Forget The Past, which follows the excellent Edge of the City (2012), and now he’s looking for some support to press 300 copies of it on CD to accompany its digital release. Head over to his PledgeMe page and for as little as $5 … Continue reading →

Alt-Country / Blues / Country / Tour / Videos

LOST RAGAS ~ Phantom Ride video and tour

Posted on February 5, 2014 by Doubtful Sounds • Leave a comment

Lost Ragas are a new band based around the supremely talented Matt Walker, a songwriter, guitarist who I first discovered on his I Listen to the Night collaboration with Ashley Davies back in 1997. That was of course very much a blues-based record while this project marries the blues and country music. They released their … Continue reading →

Folk / Videos

VIDEO: Mark Moldre ~ Everything I Need

Posted on February 4, 2014 by Doubtful Sounds • Leave a comment

Mark Moldre continues in his quest to release a clip for every song on his 2013 LP An Ear To The Earth and this could be his best yet. Filmed amid the mid-renovation bricks and tiles of bandmates Jamie and Scott Hutchings’ childhood home the video perfectly complements the percussive elements of the song. Continue reading →

Alt-Country / Rock / Rockabilly / Videos

WATCH: Dave Favours ~ Linda Marie

Posted on February 3, 2014 by Doubtful Sounds • Leave a comment

Sydney songwriter Dave Favours is releasing his excellent new LP Wet Suburban Sunday this week and to accompany it he’s posted a great Jeff Siberry directed clip for the single Linda Marie featuring a Sasquatch and black and white footage of rivers, tunnels and train tracks. Continue reading →

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INTERVIEW: The Lumineers | End of a Chapter

Posted on January 30, 2014 by Doubtful Sounds • Leave a comment

The massive worldwide success of The Lumineers has had them on the road for over a year but now a break in the weather is in sight Neyla Pakarek tells Chris Familton. With a European tour in its closing stages and a pause from touring over the Christmas period, Neyla Pakarek is already looking toward … Continue reading →

Album Reviews / Americana / Country

ALBUM REVIEW: Rosanne Cash ~ The River & The Thread

Posted on January 29, 2014 by Doubtful Sounds • 3 Comments

Rosanne Cash stepped out of her father’s shadow many years ago and has increasingly delivered deeply emotive and personal albums. This may be her best yet, eschewing country music cliches while still remaining firmly rooted in the rich storytelling world of Americana music. There are swampy, Southern musical landscapes reminiscent of where Dylan now resides … Continue reading →

POST TO WIRE

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