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WATCH: Delaney Davidson & Marlon Williams ~ How Lucky You Are

Posted on March 15, 2013 by Doubtful Sounds • Leave a comment

New Zealand duo Delaney Davidson & Marlon Williams released a fine love letter to country music last year with their LP Sad But True – The Secret History Of Country Music Songwriting Volume 1 and now they’ve released a second single from it in the shape of How Lucky You Are. The pair are about to head … Continue reading →

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NEW MUSIC: Son Volt ~ Honky Tonk

Posted on March 11, 2013 by Doubtful Sounds • Leave a comment

Jay Farrar’s band Son Volt have a new album, just released last week, called Honky Tonk via Rounder Records. The album features eleven new songs that are inspired by the classic honky tonk sound of Bakersfield. Check out the video for the opening track, an Rdio stream of the LP and the band’s upcoming US tour dates. http://rd.io/x/QUN9AiJ31oE … Continue reading →

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SIX STRINGS: Emma Swift

Posted on March 8, 2013 by Doubtful Sounds • 5 Comments

Emma Swift is something of golden light for Americana music, particularly here in Australia where it often leads a sheltered existence in mainstream media. Her time as host of the respected In The Pines on FBi Radio in Sydney and more recently as host of ABC National’s Saturday Night Country has cast her as one of the … Continue reading →

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NEW MUSIC: Emmylou Harris & Rodney Crowell ~ Old Yellow Moon

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

Two of the greats, Emmylou Harris and Rodney Crowell have finally got around to recording an album of duets together after thirty years of friendship and playing music together. Old Yellow Moon is made up of four Crowell originals and eight covers by the likes of Kris Kristofferson, Roger Miller and Patti Scialfa that the … Continue reading →

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NEW MUSIC: Dawes ~ From A Window Seat

Posted on February 21, 2013 by Doubtful Sounds • 1 Comment

Dawes released a fantastic album in 2011’s Nothing Is Wrong and impressed many on their tour of Australia supporting My Morning Jacket. They seemed to have space to spare in their music that touched on classic pop/rock and a healthy streak of americana. The good news is that the band have a new album about … Continue reading →

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LIVE REVIEW: Justin Townes Earle + Robert Ellis @ The Basement, Sydney (05/02/13)

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

by Chris Familton The practice of an established artist giving a relative newcomer a leg-up by taking them out on tour is an admirable one and in the case of Texan singer/songwriter Robert Ellis it was a real treat to watch and listen to such an affable singer with a firm grasp of a number … Continue reading →

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NEWS: Iron & Wine to release new LP ‘Ghost on Ghost’

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

On April 16th Sam Beam’s Iron & Wine will release their fifth studio album in Ghost on Ghost. It follows the excellent swamp folk mantra rock of 2011’s Kiss Each Other Clean. It will be Beam’s first release on Nonesuch Records and below you can check out the first music to emerge from the record … Continue reading →

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ALBUM REVIEW: The Glorious | Sweetwater

Posted on January 23, 2013 by Doubtful Sounds • Leave a comment

by Chris Familton The Glorious revolve around the songwriting of Melbourne singer Dave Mather and they’ve been peddling their classic pop rock sound in a variety of incarnations since 2004. Their sophomore album Sweetwater makes a strong case for the appeal of well crafted songs that succeed on nuance and feel rather than a band … Continue reading →

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ALBUM REVIEW: Delaney Davidson and Marlon Williams | Sad But True – The Secret History of Country Music Songwriting Vol. One

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

by Chris Familton In a strong year for New Zealand americana music comes yet another release to boost the profile of a genre that has mostly lurked on the musical fringes. Delaney Davidson has been on the scene for a number of years touting his folk, blues and country music through endless tours and living … Continue reading →

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LIVE REVIEW: Joe Pug @ The Annandale Hotel, Sydney (23/11/12)

Posted on December 16, 2012 by Doubtful Sounds • 1 Comment

by Chris Familton This night of folk and country music kicked off with the soft and lilting sounds of Patrick James who was accompanied by a banjo/mandolin player and who showed right from the opening notes that he is another of the many outstanding new singer/songwriters emerging on the local americana scene. His was an … Continue reading →

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Top Albums of 2012

Posted on December 7, 2012 by Doubtful Sounds • Leave a comment

It has been another bountiful year of releases in the all encompassing world of americana music and as happens at the tail end of the year many of us love to undergo the sometimes painful process of compiling end of year lists. Below we’ve listed our favourite albums of 2012. Hopefully there are a few … Continue reading →

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NEW MUSIC: Drive-by Truckers’ Mike Cooley releases solo LP

Posted on November 30, 2012 by Doubtful Sounds • Leave a comment

In the wake of Patterson Hood’s solo record Mike Cooley has also decided to release a new solo album of some fan favourites in an acoustic style, live. Fool on Every Corner is out Dec 11, 2012 and features Carl Perkins Cadillac, 3 Dimes Down, Marry Me, Shut Up And Get On The Plane and more plus one … Continue reading →

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NEW MUSIC: A new collection of unreleased Townes Van Zandt recordings

Posted on November 28, 2012 by Doubtful Sounds • Leave a comment

Due for release on February 5th, Townes Van Zandt, Sunshine Boy: The Unheard Studio Sessions and Demos 1971-1972 (Omnivore Recordings, 2013) consists entirely of previously unreleased music from Van Zandt’s classic albums High, Low & In Between and The Late Great Townes Van Zandt. Both albums were originally released in 1972 on the Poppy label. … Continue reading →

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SIX STRINGS: Greg Fleming

Posted on November 27, 2012 by Doubtful Sounds • Leave a comment

In our recent review of Edge of the City, the impressive new album from Greg Fleming and The Trains (New Zealand) we said “This is resolutely a landscape of concrete and streets, traffic lights blinking through the Auckland drizzle and people struggling with work, dreams and love” and it is that noir quality that he has … Continue reading →

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LIVE REVIEW: Henry Wagons, Fanny Lumsden @ Achoo! Bless You @ The Annandale Hotel, Sydney (10/11/12)

Posted on November 20, 2012 by Doubtful Sounds • Leave a comment

by Chris Familton Fanny Lumsden is one of those personalities for whom the phrase ‘born entertainer’ was created. Boundless energy, a warm and endearingly funny stage persona and a stellar voice are what made her set so appealing. Her band of country/folk players played a critical role in presenting Lumsden’s songs making her the real deal and … Continue reading →

POST TO WIRE

ESSENTIAL AMERICANA ALBUMS: Wilco – Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (2002)

ALBUM REVIEW: Adam McGrath – Dear Companions

ESSENTIAL AMERICANA ALBUMS: Lucinda Williams – Car Wheels On A Gravel Road (1998)

ESSENTIAL AMERICANA ALBUMS: Gillian Welch – (Time The Revelator) (2001)

ALBUM REVIEW: Watty Thompson – S/T

ESSENTIAL AMERICANA ALBUMS: Gram Parsons – Grievous Angel (1974)

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ALBUM REVIEW: The Delines – The Sea Drift