With the folk-big-band project Bellowhead winding down with a couple of farewell tours in the UK it looks like we’re getting one final release from the band.
Bellowhead Live – The Farewell Tour is a live album featuring 29 tracks recorded in November 2015. The album will be released on the 8th April with the CD version of the release also coming with a DVD featuring the band’s full concert from Leicester’s De Montford Hall, 19th November 2015.
To get a taster of Bellowhead Live – The Farewell Tour check out Bellowhead’s new live video “Fine Sally” below:
If you managed to catch Irish Mythen on her recent tour of Australia over the new year period you’ll know just how amazing she is live. Watching the Irish-Canadian singer command a stage with just a guitar and her voice is just magical – and I know she was a highlight for people over the recent festival period.
Well the good news is that Irish Mythen is heading back to our shores having been announced as part of the 2016 Bluesfest lineup over Easter. And to add to that Mythen will also be opening for rock legend Melissa Etheridge for her Sydney and Melbourne shows.
Check out the full list of dates below:
Wednesday 23rd March – Enmore Theatre, Sydney, NSW
Thursday 24th March – Enmore Theatre, Sydney, NSW
Saturday 26th to Monday 28th March – Bluesfest, Byron Bay, NSW
Wednesday 30th March – Palais Theatre, Melbourne, VIC
Temple is the followup to Matthew and the Atlas’ debut album Other Rivers which was released way back in 2014. The second single from Temple is the album’s title track – check it out below:
– Melbourne indie-folk darlings TinPan Orange announced details of their new album, released a new video “Rich Man” and announced national tour dates. Details here
– Violinist Jane Aubourg released her new single “The Girl with the Ash Brown Hair”. Details here
– UK based nu-folk five-piece Treetop Flyers released their new video “31 Years”. Details here
– NZ songstress Aldous Harding has announced a couple of Australian shows. Details here
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“This year’s Cobargo Festival presents a great opportunity to take a world tour of the different styles of Celtic music and dance” – Peter Logue outlines the Celtic music program at the Cobargo Folk Festival. Blog here
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“This is a band that has reached its stride and now has a career pace that they could maintain for the veritable marathon ahead. While their new stuff is developing a new sound and direction, their old stuff is just as open to new interpretation and appreciation. Their rendition of “Rabbit Song” was beautiful, with a slowed bridge the seems to hang in its own air only to roll and tumble down from the stage, out across the audience. The quality of this performance brought a whole new grace and beauty to a well known favourite” – KT Bell reviews Boy & Bear. Details here
Saturday 27th February – The Garden of Unearthly Delights, Adelaide, SA
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Amistat, Ben Whiting, Oliver’s Army Thursday 3rd March – House Concert, Newcastle, NSW
Beth Patterson Friday 26th to Sunday 28th February – Cobargo Folk Festival, Cobargo, NSW
Burnt Creek Deviation Friday 4th March – The Petersham Bowling Club, Sydney, NSW
Brisbane Folk Club feat. The Timbers, Anna & Jordan, Luke Morris Tuesday 2nd March – The Foundry, Brisbane, QLD
Calexico Wednesday 2nd March – Hamer Hall, Melbourne, VIC
Friday 4th March – Town Hall, Meeniyan, VIC
Catherine Traicos Saturday 28th February – The Newsagency, Sydney, NSW
Cobargo Folk Festival Friday 26th to Sunday 28th February – Cobargo, NSW
Colin Hay Friday 4th March – Melbourne Zoo Twilights, Melbourne, VIC
Courtyard Sessions feat. Fanny Lumsden Friday 4th March – Seymour Centre, Sydney, NSW
Davey Craddock Friday 26th February – Major Toms, Kyneton, VIC
Saturday 27th February – Junkyard, Maitland, NSW
Sunday 28th February – Django Bar, Sydney, NSW
Dawn Landes Friday 4th March – Jet Black Cat Music, Brisbane, QLD
Elwood Myre Friday 26th February – Petersham Bowling Club, Sydney, NSW
Friday 4th March – Nannup Music Festival, Nannup, WA
Friday 4th March – The Odd Fellow, Perth, WA
Exile: Songs & Tales of Irish Australia Monday 29th February – QPAC Concert Hall, Brisbane, QLD
Frances Folk Gathering Friday 26th to Sunday 28th February – Frances, SA
Get Folked! English Bitter Launch feat. The Crooked Fiddle Band, The Baudelaires, Handsome Young Strangers, BDSM Sunday 28th February – Frankie’s Pizza, Sydney, NSW
Hussy Hicks Thursday 3rd March – Settlers Tavern, Margaret River, WA
Friday 4th to Sunday 6th March – Nannup Festival, WA
If You See Her, Say Hello feat. Ali E, Al Parkinson, Amarina Waters, Amy Parkinson, Brooke Russell, Cookie Baker, Elizabeth Barker, Emilee South, Gretta Ray, Jac Tonks (Amarillo), Jemma Nicole, Kate McMahon, Kelsey James, Layla Fibbins (The Sideshow Brides), Loni Rae, PHIA Saturday 27th February – The Garden of Unearthly Delights, Adelaide, SA
James Thomson Friday 26th February – The Grand Junction Hotel, Maitland, NSW
Saturday 27th February – Cambridge Hotel, Newcastle, NSW
Thursday 3rd March – The Retreat, Melbourne, VIC
Friday 4th March – Baha, Rye, VIC
Kate Miller-Heidke Wednesday 2nd March – The Spiegeltent, Adelaide, SA
Friday 4th March – J-Shed, Bathers Beach, Fremantle, WA
Lady Sunday feat. The Lyn Taylor Band, Megan Cooper, Georgia Mulligan Sunday 28th February – The Union Hotel, Sydney, NSW
Liam Gerner Thursday 3rd March – Four5Nine, Perth, WA
Friday 4th to Sunday 6th March – Nannup Music Festival, Nannup, WA
Lime and Steel Saturday 27th February – Humph Hall, Allambie Heights, NSW
Sunday 28th February – The Rhythm Hut, Gosford, NSW
Little Features feat. Gentle Leader, The Campervan Dancers, Gostwyck, Ed Wells Saturday 27th February – Hibernian House, Sydney, NSW
Nannup Music Festival Friday 4th to Sunday 6th March – Nannup, WA
Not Good With Horses Sunday 28th February – Gasoline Pony, Sydney, NSW
Passenger Saturday 27th February – The Riverstage, Brisbane, QLD
Tuesday 1st March – The Palais Theatre, Melbourne, VIC
Friday 4th March – Thebarton Theatre, Adelaide, SA
Patrick James Friday 26th February – Howler, Melbourne, VIC
Saturday 27th February – Anita’s Theatre, Wollongong NSW
Friday 4th March – The Basement, Sydney, NSW
Pocket Fox Saturday 27th February – Wesley Anne, Melbourne, VIC
Sam Joole Band w/ Ainsley Farrell Thursday 3rd March – Spring Street Social, Sydney, NSW
Sam Newton Saturday 27th February – Treehouse on Belongil, Byron Bay, NSW
Sunday 28th February – The Rails, Byron Bay, NSW
Sian Evans Saturday 27th February – Club Greenslopes, Brisbane, QLD
Sufjan Stevens Friday 26th February – Hamer Hall, Melbourne, VIC
Saturday 27th February – Hamer Hall, Melbourne, VIC
Sunday 28th February – Hamer Hall, Melbourne, VIC
Wednesday 2nd March – Red Hill Auditorium, Perth, WA
Friday 4th March – QPAC Concert Hall, Brisbane, QLD
The Beards Friday 26th February – Waratah Hotel, Hobart, TAS
Saturday 27th February – Red Hot Music, Devonport, TAS
The East Pointers Friday 26th to Sunday 28th February – Cobargo Folk Festival, NSW
Thursday 3rd March – Bulli Heritage Hotel, Bulli, NSW
Friday 4th to Sunday 6th March – Nannup Music Festival, WA
The Little Stevies Friday 26th to Sunday 28th February – Cobargo Folk Festival, Cobargo, NSW
Wednesday 2nd March – The Spotted Mallard, Melbourne, VIC
Thursday 3rd March – Adelonia Theatre, Adelong, NSW
Friday 4th March – Tallangatta Memorial Hall, Tallangatta, VIC
The Plough Sunday 28th February – The Coach and Horses, Sydney, NSW
The Rambling Boys Friday 26th to Sunday 28th February – Cobargo Folk Festival, NSW
Thursday 3rd March – Milton Theatre, Milton, NSW
Friday 4th March – City Diggers, Wollongong, NSW
The Timbers Wednesday 2nd March – Brisbane Folk Club, Brisbane, QLD
Thursday 3rd March – Sol Bar, Maroochydore, QLD
The Weeping Willows Friday 4th March – Basement Discs, Melbourne VIC
Tim Easton Friday 26th February – Major Tom’s, Kyneton, VIC
Saturday 27th February – The Junkyard, Maitland, NSW
Sunday 28th February – Django Bar, Sydney, NSW
Tuesday 1st March – Jane’s, Wollongong, NSW
Wednesday 2nd March – The Midnight Special, Sydney, NSW
Vin Garbutt Friday 26th February – Cobargo Folk Festival, Cobargo, NSW
Willowy Friday 26th February – Hibernian House, Sydney, NSW
New Zealand based gothic-folk singer Aldous Harding is generating a bunch of buzz in the Northern Hemisphere so is about to head off on a massive world tour.
And the first stop on that tour is Australia with a couple of dates announced for March. The shows will see Timber and Steel favourite Jess Ribeiro in support.
The new single from UK based nu-folk five-piece Treetop Flyers, the Springsteen-esque “31 Years”, now has a brand new video. The track is taken from the band’s upcoming album Palomino which is due on the 11th March.
Violinist and looping pedal master Jane Aubourg recently released her brand new single “The Girl with the Ash Brown Hair”. The track is inspired by a photo of performance artist Tamara Elkins and “uses a slowed and reversed performance of Debussy’s The Girl with the Flaxen Hair, layered with 5-string violin”.
We think this is pretty stunning and well worth a share. Listen to “The Girl with the Ash Brown Hair” below:
Having recently released his solo album Little Town Blues Sydney based troubadour Mark Lucas has just released a brand new album with his band of ten years The Dead Setters.
The Continental Drift is the band’s fifth album and it hit shelves last week on the 15th February.
To celebrate its release Mark Lucas and The Dead Setters will be officially launching The Continental Drift at Django Bar in Sydney on the 10th March before heading out on a two month tour. Check out the full list of dates along with the video for “Slip of the Tongue” below:
Thursday 10th March – Django Bar, Sydney, NSW
Friday 11th March – The Lass O’Gowrie Hotel, Newcastle, NSW
Saturday 12th March – 5 Church Street, Bellingen, NSW
Sunday 13th March – Nimbin Hotel, Nimbin, NSW
Friday 18th March – The Merton Hotel, Sydney, NSW
Saturday 26th March – The Retreat Hotel, Melbourne, VIC
Sunday 27th March – The Yarra Hotel, Abbotsford, VIC
Friday 1st April – The Gasoline Pony, Sydney, NSW
Sunday 10th April – Petersham Bowling Club, Sydney, NSW
Thursday 14th April – Canterbury Hurlstone Park RSL, Sydney, NSW
Friday 15th April – Hotel Gearin, Katoomba, NSW
Saturday 16th April – The Bunker, Sydney, NSW
If you managed to catch William Fitzsimmons while he was in the country earlier this month you probably heard him let slip plans to release a followup to last year’s album Pittsburgh. Well pretty much as soon as Fitzsimmons left the country the official word came through that we’ll be getting a new six track EP titled Charleroi: Pittsburgh, Volume 2 on the 1st April.
“Charleroi is the second half of the Pittsburgh story,” William Fitzsimmons explained. “The Pittsburgh album was about the grandmother I knew. Charleroi is about the one I never did. My father was returned to the hospital as an infant, ill with whooping cough. He was left there for several months as an orphan. Finally, he was adopted by a kind doctor who became his father. Never knowing his birth family it was assumed that mystery would always remain.
“In 2015, after over 60 years of wondering and waiting, the family was finally found. Having been mistakenly told that my father died in infancy, he was never sought out by the remainder of his biological family. Sadly his mother passed away several years before having a chance to ever see her son again. Her name was Thelma and she was my grandmother. She was from Charleroi, Pennsylvania. These songs are about her.”
Charleroi: Pittsburgh, Volume 2 will also be packaged as a joint vinyl with Pittsburgh which will also be available in April. The first single from Charleroi: Pittsburgh, Volume 2 is “People Change Their Minds” – check it out below:
Melbourne based singer-songwriter Liam Gerner has just returned to Australia after a successful tour of New Zealand at the start of this year and is hitting the road. This is Gerner’s first Australian tour since he supported Paolo Nutini last April and will see him sharing sounds new and old.
Check out the full list of dates below:
Thursday 3rd March – Four5Nine, Perth, WA
Friday 4th to Sunday 6th March – Nannup Music Festival, Nannup, WA
Wednesday 9th March – Ararat Live, Ararat, VIC
Friday 11th March – Billy Roy Blues, Bendigo, VIC
Wednesday 16th March – Petersham Bowling Club, Sydney, NSW
Thursday 17th March – The Stag, Newcastle, NSW
Friday 18th March – Flow Bar, Old Bar, NSW
Sunday 20th March – Leftys Old Time Music Hall, Brisbane, QLD
Friday 8th April – The Wheatsheaf, Adelaide, SA
Friday 15th April – Spotted Mallard, Melbourne, VIC
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