NEW MUSIC: Harvey Russell – Gave You Flowers

Posted on July 23, 2021 by Doubtful Sounds • Leave a comment

Harvey Russell’s latest single ‘Gave You Flowers’ rounds out the highly successful campaign for his 2019 country music album Liquid Damage. ‘Gave You Flowers’ kicks along with a honky tonk twang and country rock swagger as he details the well-intentioned but ultimately failed efforts of making up for bad behaviour. Russell’s band The Widowmakers provide the requisite quick-footed, toe-tapping swing and … Continue reading →

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NEW MUSIC: The Deltaz – I Went Away Too Much

Posted on July 20, 2021 by Doubtful Sounds • Leave a comment

Man I love this track. It’s all in the rhythm, the way it leans back, pauses, drops the gears and takes off again down the highway with the sun in the rear view mirror. Simple melodies and structure executed perfectly with that snaking groove and cosmic, laidback vocal. Superb! This is The Deltaz second single … Continue reading →

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NEW MUSIC: Riley Catherall – Mother Please [VIDEO]

Posted on July 12, 2021 by Doubtful Sounds • Leave a comment

‘Mother Please’ is the third single from Riley Catherall‘s new album When I Go, due out on July 23rd. The song is a lovely, low-key wisftful wander through the melodic edges of country and folk music. Through its effortless delivery the song also conjures that yearning, pure quality that runs through the songwriting of Neil … Continue reading →

Folk / Indie Folk / New Music / premiere / Videos

PREMIERE: Charm of Finches – Concentrate on Breathing [video]

Posted on July 2, 2021 by Doubtful Sounds • Leave a comment

We’re very please to be able to today premiere the brand new video clip for Charm of Finches single ‘Concentrate On Breathing‘. The duo of sisters Mabel and Ivy Windred-Wornes continue their fascinating exploration of evocative and ethereal folk music. The new single is propelled by a rhythmic pitter-patter, baroque sensibilities via strings, horns and … Continue reading →

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NEW MUSIC: Tré Burt – Sweet Misery

Posted on June 24, 2021 by Doubtful Sounds • Leave a comment

There’s a really beautiful lyrical dance and flow to the cadence of Sacramento songwriter Tré Burt on this new single ‘Sweet Misery’. Melodic and wistful, the song drifts and sways courtesy of piano, some fine acoustic guitar playing , harmonica and shuffling drums. There’s a Dylanesque quality to the track and it also reminds me … Continue reading →

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NEW MUSIC: Jeremy Pinnell – Wanna Do Something [VIDEO]

Posted on June 21, 2021 by Doubtful Sounds • Leave a comment

Jeremy Pinnell returns with his new single ‘Wanna Do Something’, that showcases his richly detailed country voice and his way with a killer melody. Over a sparse, soulful and solid backing he sings of the the struggle to change one’s circumstances. This is the first taste of his forthcoming new LP Goodbye L.A. out on … Continue reading →

Americana / Australia / Bluegrass / Country / Folk / New Music / Stream

NEW MUSIC: The Redlands – Falling Down

Posted on June 17, 2021 by Doubtful Sounds • Leave a comment

Hot off the press and released today is the brand new single from band The Redlands, on the still fairly new label Cheatin’ Heart Records (Fenn Wilson) ‘Falling Down’ finds the North West Victorian trio achieving a symbiotic blend of country, folk and bluegrass with its sonic pot pourri of banjo, pedal steel and acoustic … Continue reading →

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NEW MUSIC: Tyler Key – Lemonade

Posted on June 4, 2021 by Doubtful Sounds • Leave a comment

This track reminded me of Robert Ellis when I first heard it. The Athens GA songwriter Tyler Key has a similar vocal tone that cuts through the sweet country stylings on this really great new single that balances rough swagger and nuanced playing. As Key explains, “Most everyone I know in their mid-to-late twenties has … Continue reading →

Alt-Country / Americana / Cosmic Country / New Music / Stream

NEW MUSIC: Jeb Cardwell – Blood Moon / Storm Clouds

Posted on June 4, 2021 by Doubtful Sounds • Leave a comment

Ahead of the release of his new album My Friend Defiance (Blind Date Records) next week, Jeb Cardwell has shared these two tracks – ‘Blood Moon’ and ‘Storm Clouds’. The former is a low-slung rhythmic delight, steeped in the effortless cosmic country sound of Tony Joe White and J.J. Cale with it’s loping groove and … Continue reading →

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NEW MUSIC: Griffin Winton – Blockbuster Blues

Posted on May 31, 2021 by Doubtful Sounds • Leave a comment

A very cool slice of talking blues with a country folk heartbeat courtesy of Griffin Winton out of middle Tennessee. You can hear Blaze Foley, Townes Van Zandt and Dylan running through Winton’s delivery on the track, accompanied by a perfect blend of strummed acoustic guitar and a chorus that’s right on the money. Winton … Continue reading →

Americana / Country / Folk / Indie Folk / Stream

NEW MUSIC: Carnation Blue – Patient

Posted on May 31, 2021 by Doubtful Sounds • Leave a comment

From the get-go this new single from Swedish band Carnation Blue reminded us of a really great mix of peak Houndmouth, Hurray For The Riff Raff and Shovels and Rope in the way it revels in its sparse instrumentation and thrills with the character-filled lead vocal of Helene Åhström. There’s pop, country and folk in … Continue reading →

Cosmic Country / Country / Honky Tonk / New Music / Stream

NEW MUSIC: The Deltaz – I’ve Been Rejected

Posted on May 17, 2021 by Doubtful Sounds • Leave a comment

Who woulda thought rejection could sound like so much fun. That’s what Los Angeles duo The Deltaz have done on this slice of 70s style country funk. Check that bass-line and try not nod along as a smile slowly spreads across your face. ‘I’ve Been Rejected’ was inspired by a night of drinking and line … Continue reading →

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NEW MUSIC: Ruby Gilbert – No Vacancy

Posted on May 7, 2021 by Doubtful Sounds • Leave a comment

Ruby Gilbert recently released her new single ‘No Vacancy’, a song that nestles beautifully between dreamy country and a more soulful, vintage Americana sound with electric slide guitar and trumpet. Noir aesthetics of bruised romance and helplessness run through the song. “’No Vacancy’ is about the early stages of a romance and the inevitability of … Continue reading →

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VIDEO PREMIERE: Katie Brianna – Running Disaster

Posted on May 5, 2021 by Doubtful Sounds • Leave a comment

Following the highly successful launch of her new album This Way Or Some Other, Katie Brianna and Stanley Records have released the video clip for the new single ‘Running Disaster’ which is released digitally tomorrow (May 7th). It’s a song that perfectly combines Brianna’s effortless way with a sublime melody and the way she complements … Continue reading →

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VIDEO PREMIERE: Natalie Henry – Weed, Wine and Women

Posted on April 22, 2021 by Doubtful Sounds • Leave a comment

Natalie Henry returns with a brand new single that touts some of life’s essentials… ‘Weed, Wine and Women’. With a sweet and sassy, honky-tonk saloon swing the song hits one hell of a great 70s country vibe. It’s a tongue- in-cheek song that possesses a standard of songwriting that the likes of Nikki Lane, Jaime … Continue reading →