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NEW RELEASE: The Flying Burrito Bros | Close Up The Honky Tonks (remastered reissue)

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Following Gram Parsons’ death in 1973  A&M Records issued a double-LP, 23-song compilation, Close Up the Honky Tonks.  It contained one LP of tracks from The Flying Burrito Bros first two records, adding the non-LP single The Train Song. The second LP introduced 11 previously unreleased tracks including covers of The Bee Gees’ To Love Somebody, Chuck Berry’s Roll Over, … Continue reading →

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LIVE REVIEW: Justin Townes Earle @ Factory Theatre, Marrickville (04/04/12)

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by Chris Familton Pat Capocci had the task of getting the still sparse crowd in the mood for the return to Sydney of Justin Townes Earle. With a wide gulf across the dance-floor between band and audience Capocci and his combo didn’t seem to mind one bit as they fired off song after song of … Continue reading →

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ALBUM REVIEW : Justin Townes Earle | Nothing’s Gonna Change The Way You Feel About Me Now

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written by Chris Familton Justin Townes Earle has made a habit of changing it up on each of his three albums. The Good Life found him very much in the traditional country and folk songwriter mould while Harlem River Blues saw him using New York as a source of inspiration. Now Earle has shifted geographically … Continue reading →

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NEWS: Billy Bragg & Wilco – Mermaid Avenue: The Complete Sessions

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On Record Store Day, April 21, Nonesuch will release Mermaid Avenue: The Complete Sessions, which includes the original two volumes of Mermaid Avenue (the second re-mastered); a third volume with 17 previously unreleased recordings from those sessions; the 1999 documentary on the sessions, Man in the Sand; and a 48-page booklet with new liner notes by Nora … Continue reading →

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LIVE REVIEW: KORT @ City Recital Hall, Sydney, 20/01/12

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written by Chris Familton Kurt Wagner is the closest thing to an artist in residence at this year’s Sydney Festival with his band Lambchop also playing and Wagner doing a solo show at The Famous Spiegeltent. Tonight we were treated to KORT, the collaborative project of Wagner and Nashville country singer Cortney Tidwell who pay … Continue reading →

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LIVE REVIEW: Kurt Wagner @ The Famous Spiegeltent, Sydney, 22/01/12

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written by Chris Familton Those lucky enough to see all three of Kurt Wagner’s manifestations at this year’s Sydney Festival experienced a wonderful insight into his influences, the way he creates his music and how deeply he believes in country music as an art form. As KORT (with singer Cortney Tidwell) he dug into her … Continue reading →

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NEWS: M. WARD ANNOUNCES NEW ALBUM…

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M. Ward will release his sixth solo album Wasteland Companion on April 9th. The album was recorded in studios in Portland, Omaha, New York, Los Angeles, Austin and Bristol (UK) and features the talents of Mike Coykendall (percussion, bass), Giant Sand’s Howe Gelb(piano), John Parish (percussion, marimba), Bright Eyes’ Mike Mogis(organ), Susan Sanchez (vocals), She & Him’s Zooey Deschanel(vocals), Jordan Hudson (percussion), Adam Selzer (bass), Nathan “JR” Andersen (piano), Scott McPherson (percussion), Sonic … Continue reading →

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WATCH: First Aid Kit | Emmylou

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From the band’s forthcoming album The Lion’s Roar out January 27th. First Aid Kit – March 2012 Australian Tour Monday 12 March – The Famous Spiegeltent, Melbourne – SELLING FAST Presented by Arts Centre Melbourne. More info and tickets: http://www.artscentremelbourne.com.au/ Wednesday 14 March – Northcote Social Club, Melbourne – SOLD OUT – Support by The Harpoons Thursday 15 March – The … Continue reading →

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ALBUM REVIEW: Jolie Holland | Pint of Blood

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written by Chris Familton Jolie Holland returns with her fourth studio album and this time she has made a discernible effort to reduce her jazz and folk flavoured americana to simpler structures and cleaner palettes. In many cases the songs benefit from these amendments but they also lose some of what made Holland such an … Continue reading →