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EP REVIEW: Tiny Ruins | Haunts

Posted on May 27, 2013 by Doubtful Sounds • 2 Comments

by Chris Familton It has been two years since Hollie Fullbrook released her critically acclaimed debut album and since then she has been touring it through Europe and slowly but surely working on new songs. Haunts is an EP comprised of demos and b-sides mostly written prior to Some Were Meant For Sea so even … Continue reading →

Album Reviews / Americana / Indie Folk

ALBUM REVIEW: Night Beds ~ Country Sleep

Posted on May 14, 2013 by Doubtful Sounds • Leave a comment

by Chris Familton There is a romanticised back story to Winston Yellen, the man behind Night Beds, who dropped out of college, travelled the USA for five months before unknowingly renting a home in the woods that used to belong to Johnny Cash and finding the inspiration for Country Sleep. It is a great story … Continue reading →

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ALBUM REVIEW: Son Volt – Honky Tonk (2013)

Posted on May 14, 2013 by Doubtful Sounds • Leave a comment

It has been two decades since Uncle Tupelo split and gave birth to the Jeff Tweedy-led Wilco and Jay Farrar’s Son Volt. Wilco have been the more adventurous while Son Volt have mostly remained loyal to the traditional tenets of folk and country music. Honky Tonk sees them extending that stylistic allegiance by honouring honky tonk, … Continue reading →

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Six Strings: Mark Moldre

Posted on May 7, 2013 by Doubtful Sounds • 2 Comments

Mark Moldre has slowly but surely carved out a wonderful body of work with more than a decade of releases to his name both as a solo artist and prior to that with the band Hitchcock’s Regret. His first solo album The Waiting Room was a wonderful collection of songs of which we said in our … Continue reading →

Album Reviews / Blues / Folk

ALBUM REVIEW: Mark Moldre | An Ear To The Earth

Posted on May 7, 2013 by Doubtful Sounds • 6 Comments

by Chris Familton An Ear To The Earth is the follow-up to Mark Moldre’s debut solo album The Waiting Room, an accomplished set of folk-tinged indie rock songs that no doubt gave him the confidence and curiosity to dig deeper into his own songwriting and explore some of the more diverse corners of his musical … Continue reading →

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NEW MUSIC: Nigel Wearne ~ Black Crow

Posted on April 24, 2013 by Doubtful Sounds • Leave a comment

Melbourne singer songwriter Nigel Wearne released his album Black Crow at the end of 2012 and this month he will be releasing the title track as its second single. A brisk shuffle with strains of bluegrass and country running through it, Black Crow is a great track that showcases Wearne’s colourful vocal and some wonderful … Continue reading →

Folk / Home / Soul

INTERVIEW: Simone Felice

Posted on April 22, 2013 by Doubtful Sounds • Leave a comment

THE BIG SPIRIT OF SONG AFTER FINALLY STEPPING OUT UNDER HIS OWN NAME, AMERICANA SONGWRITER SIMONE FELICE IS DEEP IN THE MIDDLE OF WRITING AND RECORDING ALBUM #2. HE GIVES CHRIS FAMILTON AN INSIGHT TO WHERE IT MIGHT BE HEADING AND HOW HE HAS ADAPTED TO LIFE AS A SOLO ARTIST. Simone Felice has experienced … Continue reading →

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SIX STRINGS: The Weeping Willows

Posted on April 21, 2013 by Doubtful Sounds • Leave a comment

Last year The Weeping Willows released their excellent album Till The North Wind Blows (review) which showed them to be wonderfully authentic proponents of bluegrass, folk and country music. With voices that contrast and blend perfectly the couple write songs around their voices and the superb guitar playing of Andrew Wrigglesworth. We spoke with singer … Continue reading →

Album Reviews / Americana

ALBUM REVIEW: Caitlin Rose ~ The Stand-In

Posted on April 16, 2013 by Doubtful Sounds • 2 Comments

by Chris Familton Caitlin Rose returns with her second album of bittersweet Americana that shows a marked progression from her 2010 debut. There is a confidence that now pervades her songwriting, casting her in a similar light to Rilo Kiley’s Jenny Lewis, infusing a country template with pop sensibilities in a classic songwriting format. The … Continue reading →

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INTERVIEW: The Lumineers

Posted on April 12, 2013 by Doubtful Sounds • Leave a comment

IN THE WAKE OF THE MASSIVE SUCCESS OF THE SINGLE HO HEY AND THEIR DEBUT SELF-TITLED ALBUM, DRUMMER JEREMIAH FRAITES SPOKE TO CHRIS FAMILTON TO SHED SOME LIGHT ON THE LUMINEERS RAPID RISE TO FAME. The pop world still constantly throws up one hit wonders and success stories that seem to spring from nowhere, gather … Continue reading →

Album Reviews / Country / Folk / Stream

ALBUM REVIEW: Emmylou Harris & Rodney Crowell ~ Old Yellow Moon

Posted on April 12, 2013 by Doubtful Sounds • Leave a comment

by Chris Familton Veritable veterans of country music, Emmylou Harris and Rodney Crowell have been friends ever since she heard a cassette demo of his song Bluebird Wine (covered here) back in 1975. She included the song on her debut album and he joined her band so it is surprising this is their first true … Continue reading →

Album Reviews / Americana / Folk / Stream

ALBUM REVIEW: Dawn McCarthy & Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy ~ What The Brothers Sang

Posted on April 12, 2013 by Doubtful Sounds • Leave a comment

by Chris Familton Collaboration isn’t new to Dawn McCarthy and Will Oldham who released an album of demos in 2007 (Wai Notes) as an addendum to the previous year’s The Letting Go on which McCarthy sang. Those songs showed an ethereal synergy between their voices making this new album a tantalising proposition for those who … Continue reading →

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ALBUM REVIEW: The Weeping Willows ~ Till The North Wind Blows

Posted on April 9, 2013 by Doubtful Sounds • 1 Comment

by Chris Familton Melbourne duo The Weeping Willows released Till The North Wind Blows last year but their superb collection of songs could have dropped at any time in the last hundred years, such is the timeless quality they bring to their music and songwriting. The album drips with authenticity which can be a hard … Continue reading →

Album Reviews / Americana / Country

ALBUM REVIEW: Robert Ellis ~ Photographs

Posted on March 26, 2013 by Doubtful Sounds • Leave a comment

by Chris Familton Finding artists that can straddle the worlds of folk and country music while still harnessing the pure and honest elements of those genres can often be a hard thing. Contemporary songwriters like Justin Townes Earle, Ryan Adams and Will Oldham come to mind and now, with his debut album Photographs, you can … Continue reading →

Country / Tour / Videos

NEWS: Fanny Lumsden & The Thrillseekers announce Country Halls Tour

Posted on March 18, 2013 by Doubtful Sounds • Leave a comment

Last year Fanny Lumsden and her merry men played a series of shows at country halls in places like Ganmain, Tallimba and Boree Creek to fundraise money for flood relief. Next month they are doing the same thing again, this time with the proceeds going towards the continued upkeep and maintenance of the buildings they are … Continue reading →

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EXPLORING THE NEIL YOUNG ARCHIVES

ALBUM REVIEW: The Delines – The Sea Drift

EP REVIEW: Tiny Ruins | Haunts

ALBUM REVIEW: Night Beds ~ Country Sleep

ALBUM REVIEW: Son Volt – Honky Tonk (2013)

Six Strings: Mark Moldre

ALBUM REVIEW: Mark Moldre | An Ear To The Earth

NEW MUSIC: Nigel Wearne ~ Black Crow

INTERVIEW: Simone Felice

SIX STRINGS: The Weeping Willows

ALBUM REVIEW: Caitlin Rose ~ The Stand-In

INTERVIEW: The Lumineers

ALBUM REVIEW: Emmylou Harris & Rodney Crowell ~ Old Yellow Moon

ALBUM REVIEW: Dawn McCarthy & Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy ~ What The Brothers Sang

ALBUM REVIEW: The Weeping Willows ~ Till The North Wind Blows

ALBUM REVIEW: Robert Ellis ~ Photographs

NEWS: Fanny Lumsden & The Thrillseekers announce Country Halls Tour