Here it is, the inaugural Post To Wire mixtape. We’ll endeavour to make these a regular thing and mix them up with everything from honky tonk, hillbilly boogie and rockabilly to alt-country, folk, and country-soul. Tracklisting Hawkshaw Hawkins – Doghouse Boogie Houndmouth – On the Road Raised By Eagles – Penny Drop Michael Nesmith – … Continue reading
Tag Archives: 2014
TOUR NEWS: The Good Lovelies announce 2014 Australian Tour
Canadian folk trio The Good Lovelies return to Australia this March for a healthy string of 18 dates including appearances at the Port Fairy, Yackandandah and Blue Mountains folk festivals. They’ve released 3 studio albums plus their most recent release, the 2012 live album Live at Revolution which you can check out below. Friday, February … Continue reading
WATCH: Rosanne Cash ~ Live on KCRW
Rosanne Cash is currently doing the rounds of talk shows and radio sessions to promote her excellent new LP The River & The Thread. Here are two clips from a performance for KCRW at Apogee Studios. You can listen to the full session HERE Continue reading
WATCH: The Weeping Willows ~ Home for the Broken Soul
The Weeping Willows have today unveiled the clip for the third single taken from their LP ”Till The North Wind Blows’. Continue reading
Pokey LaFarge announces Australian tour
Signed to Jack White’s Third Man Records, Pokey LaFarge is heading to Australia in March to tour his recently released self-titled LP. Support from Mustered Courage. Friday, March 7th & Saturday, March 8th – Port Fairy Folk Music Festival Tickets: http://www.portfairyfolkfestival.com/ Sunday, March 9th & Monday, March 10th – WOMADelaide, Botanic Park, Adelaide Tickets: http://www.womadelaide.com.au/ … Continue reading
Blues / Folk / Home / Six Strings
SIX STRINGS ~ Hat Fitz & Cara
Hat Fitz & Cara are an Australia-based blues and folk duo who have gradually built a great reputation both on stage and on record for their authentic and organic approach to the form. Unfortunately their lives and music were derailed by a terrible car accident at the end of 2012 that left Cara with severe … Continue reading
Americana / Country / Indie Folk / New Music / Videos
WATCH: Fanny Lumsden & The Thrillseekers | Your Rattle & Your Roll
Fanny Lumsden and her band The Thrillseekers did a live session at Cleveland’s late in 2013. Here’s a great new song Your Rattle & Your Roll, gently overflowing with that magical melodicism that Lumsden seems to fill each song with. It’s set to be a big year for the band with plans to record and … Continue reading
NEW RELEASE: Lucinda Williams’ Self-Titled LP Remastered and Expanded
Lucinda Williams’ out of print 3rd album from 1988 gets the remastered and expanded treatment plus (thankfully) a vinyl reissue release. Out on January 14th it also includes a 1989 live set from The Netherlands plus other live tracks culled from radio sessions. Lucinda Williams: 25th Anniversary Edition (Thirty Tigers, 2014) LP: Amazon U.S. Disc 1: Original … Continue reading
STREAM: Rosanne Cash ~ Modern Blue
Modern Blue is track 4 on Rosanne Cash’s new swamp-tinged, moody Americana LP The River & The Thread out Jan 14th via Blue Note Records. https://soundcloud.com/bluenoterecords/rosanne-cash-modern-blue Continue reading
NEWS: Delaney Davidson & Marlon Williams announce album and NZ tour
After collaborating on the 2012 album Sad but True – The Secret History of Country Music Songwriting Vol. 1 and picking up Best Album and Best Country Song at the NZ Country Music Awards, Delaney Davidson and Marlon Williams will be releasing Sad But True Volume III – Juke Box B Sides on January 31st via Lyttelton Records/Southbound … Continue reading
Alt-Country / Americana / News / Tour
NEWS: Jason Isbell and Tift Merritt Australian Tour
On the back of his superb album 2013 album Southeastern, strangely not released locally in Australia until February, Jason Isbell has announced a series of dates in addition to his appearance at Boogie Festival next April. In addition to performing with a full band, Isbell will have Tift Merritt opening for him. Merritt locally released her Travelling Alone LP earlier … Continue reading
Alt-Country / Americana / News
NEWS: Uncle Tupelo’s ‘No Depression’ to be reissued
On January 28th, 2014, Legacy Recordings will reissue Uncle Tupelo’s debut LP, 1990′s No Depression as a special two-disc remastered and expanded edition featuring rare and previously unreleased material. Included is the recently unearthed 10-song demo tape Not Forever, Just Now, recorded by the original trio of Jeff Tweedy, Jay Farrar, and Mike Heidorn in 1989. The reissue will also include … Continue reading
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