This Sunday afternoon at The Bearded Tit in Redfern, Sydney you can catch the latest instalment of Heartbreaker Sessions, curated by myself and Darren Cross (Jep and Dep). Darren is off freaking out French minds and ears in Paris so I’ll be on the decks spinning alt, cosmic and classic country tunes with a healthy … Continue reading
This Sunday, Dec 4th is the final Heartbreaker Sessions for 2016 (we’ll be back early in 2017) so we’re hoping that plenty of alt-country and folk lovin’ types will come down to The Bearded Tit in Redfern, Sydney for live sets from Darren Cross and Jen Mize plus the usual cosmic country, troubadour picking, folk … Continue reading
Country music has always excelled at capturing the pain and loneliness of heartache and doomed and failed romance. Here at PTW we co-curate a monthly live gig called Heartbreaker Sessions and we thought we’d ask some of the artists appearing to choose a few of their favourite songs that capture that feeling. First up we’ve … Continue reading
Heartbreaker Sessions returns to the bricked walls and sky-high shimmering stage of Freda’s for an Easter Special. Myself and Daz will be on the decks spinning classic and deep-cut country tunes all evening while The Sweet Jelly Rolls and Whiskey Jeff help kick off the long weekend with some fine live music. From 6PM and it’s … Continue reading
When it rains it pours in the Sydney Americana music scene. This week is a big one for shows with Suzannah Espie launching her album here last night and Shane Nicholson (who is currently in the studio working on Katie Brianna’s new album) plays Newtown Social Club tonight with his band The General Waste. We’ve … Continue reading
To kick off November we have two impressive songwriters who approach country music from equally interesting perspectives. Dan Parsons has a smooth-sailing West Coast country folk vibe built around songwriting that is often much darker in subject matter than the music may at first suggest while Jason Walker is a rootsier singer, guitarist and songwriter who is … Continue reading
Heartbreaker Sessions rolls around again this Sunday night in Sydney and Darren and I continue to bring you a fine selection of live performances, Americana DJs coupled with the great food, drinks and relaxed vibe of Freda’s. This week we have two special international guests. This will be your last chance to see Leo Rondeau … Continue reading
Heartbreaker Sessions rolls around again this weekend and it’s an evening that continues to gather great momentum with its reputation for great live performances, food, drinks and some of your favourite country and folk music tunes via the DJ booth. This Sunday (it’s a long weekend!) we’ve got Jep and Dep launching their new single ‘Cut All … Continue reading
As usual, new music has been coming thick and fast. We’ve been reviewing albums from Patty Griffin, Keith Richards, Lachlan Bryan & The Wildes, Papa Pilko & The Binrats and Jemma & The Clifton Hillbillies. Jasper Shelton Hollis has released an excellent first track from his new EP, Jep and Dep have released a new video and Sarah … Continue reading
More announcements this week of new gigs, forthcoming albums and the arrival of some highly anticipated ones. Fanny Lumsden has been working tirelessly over the last few years playing shows in all manner of venue, city, houses and country halls. The culmination of that to date is her debut album Small Town Big Shot which … Continue reading
Heartbreaker Sessions has been building nicely over the first two evenings and this weekend (Sunday, Sept 6th) should be another great evening of live performance, DJs, craft beer and food. LIVE PERFORMANCES Darren Cross needs little introduction with 20+ years in the Australian music scene from his early days in Gerling though to his current … Continue reading
A few new songs of note hit the internet this week. Firstly and hot off the press is the new single from The Falls whose debut full length album is coming soon. The Sydney duo who relocated to the USA have just had ‘Let In The Light’ premiere on The Wall Street Journal. The album OMAHA … Continue reading
The opening night of Heartbreaker Sessions at Freda’s in Chippendale, NSW was a resounding success, thanks to the efforts of the staff, Caitlin Harnett and Brielle Davis and those who attended. If you don’t know, the evening is a new fortnightly alt. country, folk and blues night curated by myself (PTW editor Chris Familton) and … Continue reading
It’s been a big week for announcements and releases and shaping for another big one next week. Jason Isbell‘s new album Something More Than Free is finally out after being announced months ago (and leaking very early too). It’s been getting mixed reviews – Pitchfork gave it a paltry 5.8/10 while Paste gave it an 8.6/10. … Continue reading
Heartbreaker Sessions, the new fortnightly alt. country evening at Freda’s in Chippendale that myself (Chris – PTW editor) and Daz are curating, will kick off with two of our favourite Sydney singer/songwriters in Caitlin Harnett and Brielle Davis (Not Good With Horses). Join us on Sunday August 9th from 6PM. It’s free and we’ll also … Continue reading
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