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Alt-Country / Americana / Country / Stream / Videos

COUNTRY COVERS #1 – James Thomson selects a favourite

Posted on October 10, 2013 by Doubtful Sounds • Leave a comment

Coming up on Sunday October 27th is an afternoon/evening of Sydney (and Newcastle) artists covering some of their favourite country songs plus they’ll play a few of their own. Inner Western (FB Event) is happening at the Petersham Bowling Club from 2pm. Ahead of the show we’ve asked some of the artists appearing to choose a favourite … Continue reading →

Alt-Country / News

NEWS: Secretly Canadian announce Magnolia Electric Co reissue

Posted on October 4, 2013 by Doubtful Sounds • Leave a comment

On its 10th anniversary Secretly Canadian are reissuing a deluxe edition of Songs: Ohia’s (Jason Molina (R.I.P.)) excellent album Magnolia Electric Co. Molina would go on to use the album title as his band name. Available from November 12th Pre-order Here Track listing (bonus 10″ and t-shirt with the deluxe bundle) LP 1 1. Farewell Transmission 2. I’ve … Continue reading →

Album Reviews / Americana / Blues / Soul

ALBUM REVIEW: Lo Carmen & Peter Head ~ The Apple Don’t Fall Far From The Tree

Posted on October 2, 2013 by Doubtful Sounds • Leave a comment

by Chris Familton Surprisingly this is the first collaborative album from Lo Carmen and her pianist father Peter Head and hopefully it won’t be the last, such is its endearing mix of country soul and late night jazz. Primarily the songs are built on Head’s elegant and melodious playing and Carmen’s playful purr of a … Continue reading →

Americana / Country / Features

REPORT: The Americana Music Festival 2013, Nashville TN

Posted on September 30, 2013 by Doubtful Sounds • Leave a comment

Laura Coates is one half of the Australian duo The Weeping Willows who visited the USA earlier this month for the Americana Music Festival in Nashville TN. Laura has kindly written a piece for us describing the enviable event from the point of view of a visiting fan and participatory musician. Andrew Wrigglesworth and I … Continue reading →

Blues / Folk / Videos

NEWS: Mark Moldre releases new video and announces solo shows

Posted on September 30, 2013 by Doubtful Sounds • Leave a comment

Mark Moldre only recently completed a run of East Coast shows with his band and now he is heading out again, this time solo, for to play some free acoustic gigs on the NSW South Coast with support from Sarah Humphreys. Moldre has also released his new video for the haunted and drifting Four Winds … Continue reading →

Americana / News

NEWS: Winners of the Americana Music Honors & Awards 2013

Posted on September 19, 2013 by Doubtful Sounds • Leave a comment

The 2013 Americana Music Honors & Awards were held last night at Nashville’s historic Ryman Auditorium and featured performances by Milk Carton Kids, Roseanne Cash, Shovels & Rope, Old Crow Medicine Show, John Fullbright, Jim Lauderdale and house-band leader Buddy Miller, Kelly Willis and Bruce Robison and Stephen Stills, guitarist Kenny Wayne Shepherd and Buffalo Springfield’s Richie … Continue reading →

News / Tour / Videos

TOUR NEWS: Robert Ellis, Cory Chisel & Marlon Williams Australian Tour

Posted on September 17, 2013 by Doubtful Sounds • Leave a comment

Robert Ellis won a ton of new fans with his tour at the start of the year supporting Justin Townes Earle and on the back of his excellent debut LP Photographs. Now he is returning to Australia for an appearance at the Mullumbimby Music Festival and a run of solo dates with Cory Chisel and … Continue reading →

Bluegrass / Folk / Tour / Videos

NEWS: Little Bastard announce Sydney headline show

Posted on September 10, 2013 by Doubtful Sounds • Leave a comment

The punk-spirited bluegrass rabble that are Little Bastard have played a ton of shows this year with international supports and local gigs. Now their setting themselves up for a night of good times and chaos with a headline show at Brighton Up Bar in early November. A full album, to follow their self-titled EP, is … Continue reading →

News

VOTE for Post To Wire in the 2013 Pedestrian.TV Ultrabook Blogster Awards

Posted on September 4, 2013 by Doubtful Sounds • Leave a comment

For the last three years Pedestrian.TV have been hosting the Australian Blogster Awards which cover a range of subject matter including music, food, fashion photography and more. Last year my main music blog Doubtful Sounds was honoured to be included in the music finalists and the good news is that DS has again made the … Continue reading →

Country / Videos

WATCH: Emmylou Harris and The Hot Band (live TV special, New Zealand 1984)

Posted on September 2, 2013 by Doubtful Sounds • Leave a comment

The legendary Emmylou Harris brought a little bit of Nashville to Television New Zealand’s Auckland studio for her first ever TV special — recorded during a NZ tour in a deal which allowed her to own the international rights. One of country music’s great vocalists and most loved performers, Harris leads her seven piece band … Continue reading →

Alt-Country / Americana / Videos

WATCH: Jason Isbell ~ Travelling Alone

Posted on August 31, 2013 by Doubtful Sounds • Leave a comment

Here’s the official video for Travelling Alone, one of the many excellent songs on Jason Isbell’s 2013 LP Southeastern. Continue reading →

Americana / Country / Stream

LISTEN: Hawkshaw Hawkins ~ Rattlesnakin’ Daddy

Posted on August 29, 2013 by Doubtful Sounds • Leave a comment

Lately I’ve been spending a lot of time trawling through an excellent compilation called Hillbilly Boogie that came out on the Proper Box Set label in 2002. It’s a 4CD set and includes well known artists like Tennessee Ernie Ford, Delmore Brothers, Hank Snow and Chet Atkins as well as a ton of lesser known … Continue reading →

Album Reviews / Alt-Country / Americana / Folk / Indie Folk / Stream

ALBUM REVIEW: Basko Believes ~ Melancholic Melodies

Posted on August 26, 2013 by Doubtful Sounds • 1 Comment

by Chris Familton Swedish songwriter Johan Örjansson is the latest in a strong line of Scandinavians who manage to dial into authentic interpretations of folk and Americana. First Aid Kit, The Tallest Man on Earth and Kings of Convenience among others have nailed the melodic richness and vocal sensitivities of folk music and Örjansson is … Continue reading →

Alt-Country / Americana / Stream / Videos

LISTEN: Townes Van Zandt ~ Hunger Child Blues

Posted on August 17, 2013 by Doubtful Sounds • Leave a comment

Here’s Townes Van Zandt with a great full band recording of Hunger Child Blues, taken from the compilation In The Beginning (Compadre Records, 2003). The songs on In The Beginning were recorded in his first Nashville recording sessions in 1966 –predating the release of For the Sake of the Song by two years. Eight of these ten … Continue reading →

Alt-Country / Americana / Home / Six Strings

SIX STRINGS: The Ramalamas

Posted on August 9, 2013 by Doubtful Sounds • Leave a comment

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 →

POST TO WIRE

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