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
With only a month to go until the inaugural Dashville Skyline festival takes flight in the Hunter Valley of NSW we thought we’d profile some of the known and lesser known acts performing at the event that will be a celebration of Americana music. Melody Pool drew a ton of critical acclaim for her 2013 … Continue reading
Dashville Skyline appeared on social media a couple of months ago with the promise of a celebration of Americana music and culture with a twist.Now they’ve made their first line-up announcement and it is a very strong one featuring some of Australia’s favourites and a couple of interesting looking internationals. At the end of July they’ll … Continue reading
Skyscraper Stan made his way up from Melbourne to play support and he did a sterling job, setting the scene with just his guitar, voice and self-deprecating humour. Impossibly tall, hence the nom de plume, and possessing a deep, richly-toned voice he played a set that showed his impressive lyrical ability, dissecting and poeticised topics … Continue reading
If you haven’t heard the other-worldly voice of New Zealander Marlon Williams you need to fix that immediately. Below you can check out his new single ‘Strange Things’, released today and presumably from a forthcoming and much anticipated solo album. It’s a lush and beautifully haunting song with ghostly backing vocals that highlights Williams’ voice and … Continue reading
It’s been another superb year of Americana releases both here in Australia and from around the world. It also feels like a well balanced collection of great music that makes up out twenty favourite albums of 2013 with alt-country rocking guitars, sensitive songwriters, both male and female, as well as a spread of ages that … Continue reading
Folk singers have been coming out of the woodwork at a rate of knots in recent years and while many fall into the generic strum and whimper category they do serve to highlight the qualities of the good ones that rise to the top. The Hunter Valley’s Melody Pool is one to take note of … Continue reading
We’re a bit off the pace with our mid year list of albums that have impressed us the most so far in 2013 but here they are. Some may not appear on our end of year list, many more will be added in the coming months and no doubt there are some we’ve missed. Here … Continue reading
by Chris Familton Being an evening of minimal and sparse folk this was a seated show and those that took their seats early were treated to the solo songs of Melody Pool who immediately took the room in the palm of her hand with just her vocals and guitar. She possesses a sweet mix of … Continue reading
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