Melbourne based alt-country singer-songwriter Andrew Swift has just announced plans to release his new album Call Out For The Cavalry, due for release on the 2nd March next year.
The album follows on from Andrew Swift’s eponymous 2015 release and was produced by sought after producer Matt Fell. Swift has gone for a full band feel on the record with guitarist Glen Hannah, drummer Josh Schuberth, Hammond organist Dan Biederman, lap steel from Dan Biederman and Matt Fell on bass, guitars, keys and percussion. The album also features guest vocals from Catherine Britt, Gretta Ziller and Katie Brianna.
The full track listing for Call Out For The Cavalry is below:
1. Runaway Train
2. Reckless Desires
3. Georgia
4. The Devil & His Sin
5. Jezebel
6. Fire & Ice
7. Ball & Chain
8. Unforgiven Sins
9. Blood Moon High
10. King of the Sky
The first single from Call Out For The Cavalry is the rocking “Reckless Desires” which we have an exclusive stream of here:
Andrew Swift is heading out on The Great Australian Caravan Park Country Music Showcase Tour with Gretta Ziller this December and January – the full list of dates is here:
Wednesday 27th December – Discovery Parks Lake Hume, Ebden, VIC
Thursday 28th December – Porepunkah Bridge Holiday Park, Porepunkah, VIC
Friday 29th December – Omeo Caravan Park, Omeo, VIC
Saturday 30th December – Marlo Ocean Views, Marlo, VIC
Sunday 31st December – Somers Holiday Village, Somers, VIC
Monday 1st January – Inverloch Foreshore Camping Reserve, Inverloch, VIC
Tuesday 2nd January – Phillip Island Caravan Park, Newhaven, VIC
Wednesday 3rd January – Kangerong Holiday Park, Dromana, VIC
Thursday 4th January – Anglesea Family Caravan Park, Anglesea, VIC
Friday 5th January – Torquay Foreshore Caravan Park, Torquay, VIC
Saturday 6th January – Eastern Beach Caravan Park, Lakes Entrance, VIC
Sunday 7th January – Mallacoota Foreshore Holiday Park, Malacoota, VIC
Monday 8th January – Eden Beachfront Holiday Park, Eden, NSW
Tuesday 9th January – Merimbula Holiday Park, Merimbula, NSW
Wednesday 10th January – Tathra Beachside, Tathra, NSW
Thursday 11th January – South Coast Holiday Parks, Bermagui, NSW
Friday 12th January – BIG4 Narooma Easts Holiday Park, Narooma, NSW
Saturday 13th January – Murramarang Beachfront Nature Resort, South Durras, NSW
Sunday 14th January – Lake Conjola Entrance Holiday Park, Lake Conjola, NSW
Monday 15th January – Shoalhaven Heads Holiday Park, Shoalhaven Heads, NSW
Tuesday 16th January – Easts Beach Holiday Park, Kiama, NSW
Wednesday 17th January – Toowoon Bay Holiday Park, Toowoon Bay, NSW
– Sydney Americana singer-songwriter Katie Brianna released her new video “Thorn In Your Side”. Details here
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AJJ Friday 6th October – The Brisbane Hotel, Hobart, TAS
Saturday 7th October – The Reverence Hotel, Melbourne, VIC
Sunday 8th October – Wrangler Studios, Melbourne, VIC
Sunday 8th October – The Gasometer Hotel, Melbourne, VIC
Alexander Biggs Saturday 7th October – The Toff In Town, Melbourne, VIC
Anita George Sunday 8th October – The Toff In Town, Melbourne, VIC
Ben Salter Thursday 12th October – Grace Emily, Adelaide, SA
Friday 13th October – The Barn, Aldgate, SA
Benny Walker Friday 6th October – Skylark Room, Upwey, VIC
Saturday 7th October – Old Castlemaine Gaol, Castlemaine, VIC
Sunday 8th October – Turtles Bend, Teesdale, Geelong, VIC
Friday 13th October – Memo Music Hall, Melbourne, VIC
Bernard Fanning Friday 6th October – The Gov, Adelaide, SA
Saturday 7th October – The Gov, Adelaide, SA
Wednesday 11th October – Rosemount, Perth, WA
Friday 13th October – Rosemount, Perth, WA
C.W. Stoneking Saturday 7th October – Meeniyan Town Hall, Meeniyan, VIC
Carpenter Caswell, Smith & Jones, The April Family Thursday 12th October – Leadbelly, Sydney, NSW
Cass Eager Friday 6th October – The Kingscliff Beach Hotel, Kingscliff, NSW
Saturday 7th October – The Byron Bay Brewery, Byron Bay, NSW
Sunday 8th October – Lefty’s Old Time Music Hall, Brisbane, QLD
Wednesday 11th October – Muddy’s Blues Roulette, The Catfish, Melbourne, VIC
Thursday 12th October – Dog’s Bar, St Kilda, VIC
Friday 13th October – The Lomond, Melbourne, VIC
Darcy Fox Saturday 7th October – Bar 303, Melbourne, VIC
Darebin Music Feast Thirsday 12th to Sunday 22nd October – Melbourne, VIC
Diana Anaid Thursday 12th October – The Tivoli, Brisbane, QLD
Friday 13th October – Enmore Theatre, Sydney, NSW
Domini Forster Sunday 8th October – Bar Open, Melbourne, VIC
Wednesday 11th October – The Gasometer, Melbourne, VIC
Dusk Songs feat. Layla Fibbins, Bill Jackson, Allison Ferrier Sunday 8th October – Tago Mago, Melbourne, VIC
Ella Belfanti Saturday 7th October – Sir William Wallace Hotel, Sydney, NSW
Emily Barker Friday 6th October – The Warehouse, Bunbury, WA
Saturday 7th October – The Bird, Perth, WA
Emma Russack Sunday 8th October – The Tote, Melbourne, VIC
Tuesday 10th October – The Tote, Melbourne, VIC
Wednesday 11th October – The Toff In Town, Melbourne, VIC
eüsh, Leroy Lee, Nic Cassey & Friends Sunday 8th October – Arcadia Liquors, Sydney, NSW
Fanny Lumsden Friday 6th October – Rankin Springs Memorial Hall, Rankin Springs, NSW
Saturday 7th October – Hatfield Hall, Hatfield, NSW
Friday 13th October – Osbornes Flat Hall, Osbornes Flat, VIC
Foggy Mountain Bluegrass Festival Friday 13th to Sunday 15th October – Kinglake, VIC
Folk Fest feat. Ellie Drennan, The Fields, Him & Her, Molly Millington Wednesday 11th October – University of Newcastle, Ourimbah, NSW
FolkSwagon feat. Joey Marsh, Merpire, Liv Cartledge Wednesday 11th October – Cafe Lounge, Sydney, NSW
Fox n Firkin Thursday 5th to Sunday 8th October – HOBOFOPO, Hobart, TAS
Frankston Guitar Festival Friday 6th to Sunday 8th October – Frankston, VIC
Fred Smith Friday 13th October – Harmonie German Club, Canberra, ACT
Great Aunt Friday 13th to Sunday 15th October – Foggy Mountain Bluegrass Festival, Kinglake, VIC
Great Outdoors w/ Emma Russack Sunday 8th October – The Tote, Melbourne, VIC
Gretta Ziller Saturday 7th October – Union Hotel, Melbourne, VIC
Hannah Matysek Friday 6th October – Acre Eatery, Sydney, NSW
Sunday 8th October – The Forresters, Sydney, NSW
Tuesday 10th October – Different Drummer, Sydney, NSW
Friday 13th October – Newtown Hotel, Sydney, NSW
Harry Hookey Friday 13th October – Birdhouse Bar, Wagga Wagga, NSW
Hello Tut Tut Saturday 8th October – Bar Open, Melbourne, VIC
HOBOFOPO Thursday 5th to Sunday 8th October – Hobart, TAS
Hush: An Evening Of Quiet Music feat. Emma Russack, Davey Craddock, Hachiku, Jim Lawrie Wednesday 11th October – The Toff In Town, Melbourne, VIC
In The Round at Leadbelly feat. Richard Cuthbert, Brian Campeau, Alice Terry, Richard Cartwright Wednesday 11th October – Leadbelly, Sydney, NSW
Jed Rowe Friday 6th October – Wauchope Arts, Wauchope, NSW
Saturday 7th October – Uralla Arts, Uralla, NSW
Sunday 8th October – The Junk Bar, Brisbane, QLD
Jess Ribeiro w/ 808s and Greatest Hits, Latreenagers Tuesday 10th October – The Tote Front Bar, Melbourne, VIC
Joe Mungovan and Greta Stanley Saturday 7th October – Bloodhound Bar, Brisbane, QLD
Jo Jo Smith w/ Lucie Thorne & Hamish Stuart Friday 6th October – Leagues Club, Griffith, NSW
Saturday 7th October – Town Hall, Beechworth, VIC
Sunday 8th October – Bella Union, Melbourne, VIC
Jordan Merrick Saturday 7th October – Sea Shepherd Stand Fast Festival, Brothers Rugby Club, Brisbane, QLD
Justin Bernasconi Friday 6th October – Selby Folk Club, Melbourne, VIC
Justin Townes Earle w/ Joshua Hedley, The Sadies Friday 13th October – Old Museum, Brisbane, QLD
Karl S Williams Friday 6th October – Music On The Hill, Red Hill, VIC
Sunday 8th October – The Taproom, Castlemaine, VIC
Kim Churchill Friday 6th October – Waratah Hotel, Hobart, TAS
Saturday 7th October – Royal Oak, Launceston, TAS
Friday 13th October – Fremantle Arts Centre Front Lawn, Fremantle, WA
Kristina Olsen Friday 6th to Sunday 8th October – Nanga Music Festival, WA
Lazy Colts & Caitlin Harnett Band Friday 6th October – The Botany View, Sydney, NSW
Leah Senior Saturday 7th September – House Concert, Melbourne, VIC
Les Thomas Friday 6th October – Kingsbury Bowls, Melbourne, VIC
Friday 13th October – Kingsbury Bowls, Melbourne, VIC
Liam Gerner Wednesday 11th October – The Basement, Sydney, NSW
Thursday 12th October – The Caravan Club, Melbourne, VIC
Friday 13th October – The Thornbury Theatre, Melbourne, VIC
Little Wise w/ Rosie Burgess Trio Friday 13th October – House Concert, Geelong, VIC
Liv Cartledge Saturday 7th October – Some Velvet Morning, Melbourne, VIC
Wednesday 11th October – Cafe Lounge, Sydney, NSW
Thursday 12th October – Petersham Bowling Club, Sydney, NSW
Friday 13th October – Secret Show, Sydney, NSW
Lloyd Spiegel Saturday 7th October – Frankston Guitar Festival, Frankston, VIC
Friday 13th October – The Prince of Wales Hotel, Bunbury, WA
Madison Violet Friday 6th October – Geelong Workers Club, Geelong, VIC
Saturday 7 October – Thornbury Theatre, Melbourne, VIC
Maggie Carty & Friends Saturday 7th October – The Gaelic Club, Sydney, NSW
Sunday 7th October – Petersham Bowling Club, Sydney, NSW
Mark Wilkinson Friday 6th October – House Concert, Wyong Creek, NSW
Saturday 7th October – House Concert, Bega, NSW
Matt Boylan-Smith Friday 6th October – Station Bar, Katoomba, NSW
Saturday 7th October – The Chippo Hotel, Sydney, NSW
Melanie Horsnell, Steph Miller, David Lane Friday 6th October – Petersham Bowling Club, Sydney, NSW
Mitch King Friday 6th October – The Aztec, Forster, NSW
Saturday 7th October – Brighton Up Bar, Sydney, NSW
Montgomery Church Saturday 7th September – House Concert, Lacmalac, NSW
My Country Australia Presents The Country Showcase feat. Chris Williams w/ Brad Carter, Rick Hart & The Sweet Addictions, The Weeping Willows, Jeanie Saturday 7th October – Newport Bowls Club, Newport, VIC
Nanga Music Festival Friday 6th to Sunday 8th October – Dwellingup, WA
Paddy McHugh Saturday 7th October – Retreat Hotel, Melbourne, VIC
Sunday 8th October – HOBOFOPO, Hobart, TAS
Patrick Wilson w/ James Ellis & The Jealous Guys Saturday 7th October – Union Hotel, Melbourne, VIC
Quarterhorse Thursday 12th October – The Wesley Anne, Melbourne, VIC
Ralway Bell Friday 6th October – Western Port Hotel, Phillip Island, VIC
Saturday 7th October – Billyroy’s Blues Bar, Bendigo, VIC
Sunday 8th October – The Standard Hotel, Melbourne, VIC
Tuesday 10th October – Smiths Alternative, Canberra, ACT
Thursday 12th October – The Junkyard, Maitland, NSW
Friday 13th October – The Oriental Hotel, Newcastle, NSW
Red-Eyed and Blue feat. Jason Walker, Tim Easton Sunday 8th October – The Bearded Tit, Sydney, NSW
Robbie Fulks w/ Liam Gerner Wednesday 11th October – The Basement, Sydney, NSW
Thursday 12th October – Caravan Music Club, Oakleigh, VIC
Friday 13th October – Thornbury Theatre, Melbourne, VIC
Rowena Wise w/ Ariela Jacobs, FEELDS Tuesday 10th October – The Gasometer Hotel, Melbourne, VIC
Sásta Friday 6th September – Mick O’Malley’s, Brisbane, QLD
Sea Shepherd Stand Fast Festival Saturday 7th October – Brothers Rugby Club, Brisbane, QLD
Sean McMahon Friday 6th October – The Gem Bar, Melbourne, VIC
Shaky Stills Friday 6th October – Basement Discs, Melbourne, VIC
Shane Nicholson Friday 13th October – Trinity Sessions, Adelaide, SA
Songwriters in the Round feat. Imogen Clark, Mark Lucas, Lyn Bowtell Sunday 8th October – Wenty Leagues, Wentworthville, NSW
Stringmania Camp Sunday 1st to Sunday 8th October – Yarra Valley, VIC
Stringmania Finale feat. Alasdair Fraser, Chris Stone, Adam Sutherland, Shane Lestideau, Paddy Montgomery Saturday 7th October – Warburton East Public Hall, Warburton East, VIC
Swamp Fat Jangles w/ WACO Thursday 12th October – Golden Age Cinema & Bar, Sydney, NSW
Sydney Bluegrass and Old Time Music Monthly Get-Together Saturday 7th October – Annandale Neighbourhood Centre, Sydney, NSW
The Acfields w/ Looking for Alaska Friday 6th October – Two Goats Cafe and Baa, Armidale, NSW
Sunday 8th October – The Townie, Sydney, NSW
Friday 13th October – House Concert, Melbourne, VIC
The Black Sorrows Friday 6th October – Satellite Lounge, Wheelers Hill, VIC
Sunday 8th October – The Flying Saucer Club, Elsternwick, VIC
The Demon Drink Saturday 7th October – Music in the Moonlight, Brisbane, QLD
Friday 13th October – Brooklyn Standard, Brisbane, QLD
The Northern Folk Sunday 8th October – Beer Deluxe, Albury, NSW
Tuesday 10th October – UMSU Tuesday Bands, Melbourne Uni, Melbourne, VIC
Wednesday 11th October – The Gasometer, Melbourne, VIC
The Quick & the Dead Friday 6th September – The Exodus Bar, Orange, NSW
Saturday 7th September – The Home Tavern, Wagga Wagga, NSW
The Round Up feat. Twin Peaks, Rosie Burgess Wednesday 11th October – Bella Union, Melbourne, VIC
The Sadies Friday 13th October – Old Museum, Brisbane, QLD
The Sauerkrauts Friday 6th October – German Austrian Australian Club, Wondonga, VIC
The Shack Presents Luke Escombe, Green Mohair Suits, Myd Lyfe Crysys Saturday 7th October – The Music Lounge, Brookvale, NSW
The Showhall Series feat. Bjear Saturday 7th October – Tooperang War Memorial Hall, Tooperang, SA
The Songwriter Sessions feat. Paul Andrew Carey, Domini Forster, Mandy Connell Sunday 8th October – Bar Open, Melbourne, VIC
The Tall Grass Saturday 7th October – Django Bar, Sydney, NSW
The Turner Brown Band Friday 6th October – Caravan Music Club, Melbourne, VIC
Saturday 7th October – The Piping Hot Chicken Shop, Ocean Grove, VIC
Sunday 8th October – Way Out West Club, Newport, VIC
Thursday 12th October – The Brass Monkey, Cronulla, NSW
Friday 13th October – Wollongong Town Hall, Wollongong, NSW
The Twoks Friday 6th October – The B.East, Melbourne, VIC
The Weeping Willows Saturday 7th October – Newport Bowls Club, Newport, VIC
Tim Easton Friday 6th October – Headland Cafe Valla Beach, Valla Beach, NSW
Sunday 8th October – The Bearded Tit, Sydney, NSW
Wednesday 11th October – Pistol Pete’s Food n Blues, Geelong, VIC
Thursday 12th October – Baha, Rye, VIC
Friday 14th October – Billyroy’s Blues Bar, Bendigo, VIC
Tori Forsyth Friday 6th October – Flutterbies, Tyalgum, NSW
Twin Peaks Friday 6th October – Music On The Hill, Red Hill, VIC
Sunday 8th October – Westernport Hotel, San Remo, VIC
Wednesday 11th October – Bella Union, Melbourne, VIC
Thursday 12th October – QEII Night Market, Albury, NSW
Friday 13th October – Smiths Alternative, Canberra, ACT
Vardos Friday 13th October – The Spotted Mallard, Melbourne, VIC
Wingham Akoostik Music Festival Friday 13th to Sunday 15th October – Wingham, NSW
Woody Guthrie: Songs of Freedom feat. Bruce Hearn, Andy Baylor, Kavisha Mazzella, Chris Pascoe, Allara Pattison, Mick Thomas Friday 6th October – The Spotted Mallard, Melbourne, VIC
Z-Stay Delta Friday 6th October – Settler’s Tavern, Margaret River, WA
Saturday 7th October – Prince of Wales Hotel, Bunbury, WA
Sunday 8th October – Clancy’s Fish Pub, Dunsborough, WA
Thursday 12th October – The Jade, Adelaide, SA
Sydney alt-country singer-songwriter Katie Brianna has just released her latest single and video “Thorn In Your Side”.
The single is the third from her amazing album Victim or the Heroine and was written when Katie Brianna was at a low point.
“When you feel like you’re not wanted or needed in someone’s life but at the same time can’t let them go,” Katie Brianna said. “When you feel like a burden. When they keep you close but it feels like they’re trying to push you away. They need to let you go, rip you off like a bandaid, or pull you out like a thorn in their skin that is causing them pain, or you’ll hold onto them and that hope forever.”
Check out the video for “Thorn In Your Side” below:
Today is St Patrick’s Day and that means this weekend is going to be full of trad and folk music goodness around the country. Rather than suggesting a single show we recommend you head out and seek out folk music wherever you can find it. Below is a list of shows and events celebrating St Patricks Day, Ireland and everything that’s good about live music
Friday 17th March Handsome Young Strangers, Operation Ibis, Mournwillow – The Union Hotel, Sydney, NSW
Mandy Connell and Kim Wheeler – Star Hotel, Yackandandah, VIC
Mighty Irish Session – The Gaelic Club, Sydney, NSW
Mundy – The Basement, Sydney, NSW
Sarah Calderwood Duo – Brunswick Hotel, Brisbane, QLD
St Patricks Day at Adelaide Oval feat. Adelaide Irish Pipe Band, Celtic & Comhaltas Traditional Musicians, Inesheer, Dogpatch Appalachian, Scoil Rince Ní Murchú, Ceol Maith, The Timbers, Folk n Spicy, Celtic Reflections, Shambolics, Blackthorn and more – Adelaide Oval, Adelaide, SA
St Patrick’s Day at The Last Jar feat. Ewen Baker, John Hudson, Áine Tyrrell, Pat McKernan, Chris Fitz, Jim Green, The Corkman traditional Irish – The Last Jar, Melbourne, VIC
St Patrick’s Day MOTH feat. Áine Tyrrell and The Midnight Tide, Aoife Scott Band – Music on the Hill, Red Hill, VIC
St Patrick’s Day Festival at The Irish Club of WA feat. CraicN On, The Healy’s, Tommy O’ Brien & Co – Irish Club, Perth, WA
St Patricks Day Party: A Celebration of the Music of Ireland feat. Flangipanis, Paddy McHugh Trio, Fox n Firkin, Andy McDonell Band, Alan Boyle Band – The Triffid, Brisbane, QLD
The Bitter Sweethearts w/ The Bottlers, Nils Sundermann – The Townie, Sydney, NSW
The Button Collective – Finnian’s Irish Tavern, Port Macquarie, NSW
The Ramshackle Army – Loch & Key, Melbourne, VIC
The Ramshackle Army – Dan O’Connell Hotel, Melbourne, VIC
The Sweet Jelly Rolls – The Wild Rover, Sydney, NSW
Saturday 18th March Aoife Scott – Tea Gardens Hotel, Sydney, NSW
Joe & Harmony’s Magic Carpet Ride BE-IN feat. Paul Hayward & The Sidekicks, Sue Gee – The Gaelic Club, Sydney, NSW
The Buffalo Grass Boys – The Wild Rover, Sydney, NSW
The Ramshackle Army, Handsome Young Strangers, Operation Ibis, Mournwillow – The Brass Monkey, Cronulla, NSW
Sunday 19th March Aoife Scott, Gallie, Áine Tyrrell – The Gaelic Club, Sydney, NSW
Brisbane Irish Festival Family Day – Gaelic Park, Brisbane, QLD
Echo Deer – The Wild Rover, Sydney, NSW
Melbourne St Patrick’s Family Festival feat. Zeon, Paddy Fitz and friends, Comhaltas, Borderline Kaylee – Edinburgh Gardens, Melbourne, VIC
Mighty Tunes Session – The Gaelic Club, Sydney, NSW
***CANCELLED***Sydney St. Patrick’s Day Green Gathering feat. feat. Áine Tyrell, The Bottlers, Chaika, Gallie, Ecopella, UTS Ukulele Orchestra, Mark Oats & Cara Kavanagh feat. Ciaran Gribbin, Cross Rhythm Dancers, Knievel, Sydney Session Players, Aoife Scott – Prince Alfred Park, Sydney, NSW***CANCELLED***
The Ramshackle Army, Handsome Young Strangers, Operation Ibis, Mournwillow – Lazybones Lounge, Sydney, NSW
Gigs Next Week
Aireys Inlet Open Mic Music Festival Friday 17th to Sunday 18th March – Aireys Inlet, VIC
Aoife Scott Friday 17th March – Music on the Hill, Red Hill, VIC
Saturday 18th March – Tea Gardens Hotel, Sydney, NSW
Sunday 19th March – The Gaelic Club, Sydney, NSW
Tuesday 21st March – Queen Street Mall, Brisbane, QLD
Wednesday 22nd March – Queen Street Mall, Brisbane, QLD
Thursday 23rd March – The Yacht Club, Mooloolaba, QLD
Friday 24th to Sunday 26th March – Yackandandah Folk Festival, Yackandandah, VIC
Belle Harvey Friday 17th March – Hardys Bay Club, Hardys Bay, NSW
Saturday 18th March – Peppertown Cafe, Newcastle, NSW
Sunday 19th March – Flow Bar, Old Bar, NSW
Boy & Bear Saturday 18th March – Party in the Park, Narrabeen, NSW
Blue Mountains Music Festival Friday 17th to Sunday 19th March – Katoomba, NSW
Brisbane Irish Festival Family Day Sunday 19th March – Gaelic Park, Brisbane, QLD
Brunswick Music Festival Sunday 5th to Sunday 19th March – Melbourne, VIC
Courtyard Sessions Presents Goldheist Friday 17th March – Seymour Centre, Sydney, NSW
Courtyard Sessions presents Skyscraper Stan Saturday 18th March – Seymour Centre, Sydney, NSW
Darby Friday 17th March – Hibernian House, Sydney, NSW
Devil on the Rooftop, Belle Jar Monday 20th March – Lazybones Lounge, Sydney, NSW
Domini Forster Thursday 23rd March – Toff in Town, Melbourne, VIC
Don Henley w/ Jewel Saturday 18th March – A Day On The Green, Mt Duneed Estate, Surf Coast, VIC
Echo Deer Sunday 19th March – The Wild Rover, Sydney, NSW
Eddi Reader Friday 17th to Sunday 19th March – Blue Mountains Music Festival, NSW
Tuesday 21st March – Factory Theatre, Sydney, NSW
Wednesday 22nd March – Trinity Sessions, Adelaide, SA
Friday 24th March – Fly By Night, Fremantle, WA
Elwood Myre Friday 17th March – Flow Bar, Old Bar, NSW
Saturday 18th March – Federal Hotel, Bellingen, NSW
Sunday 19th March – The Fox Den, Gloucester, NSW
Folk Uke Friday 17th to Sunday 19th March – Blue Mountains Music Festival, NSW
FolkSwagon feat. Colin Jones and The Delta Revue, MoSoul Wednesday 22nd March – Cafe Lounge, Sydney, NSW
Frank Sultana and The Sinister Kids Friday 24th March – Southern Comfort Carnival, Surly’s American BBQ, Burgers & Beer, Sydney, NSW
Fromseier-Hockings w/ Dan & Paddy Monday 20th March – Open Studio, Melbourne, VIC
Girl Friday & Mandy Connell Sunday 19th March – House Concert, Melbourne, VIC
Handsome Young Strangers Friday 17th March – The Union Hotel, Sydney, NSW
Saturday 18th March – The Brass Monkey, Cronulla, NSW
Sunday 19th March – Lazybones Lounge, Sydney, NSW
Heartbreaker Sessions present Amber Rae Slade and Chris Porter Sunday 19th March – The Bearded Tit, Sydney, NSW
Hinterlandt Thursday 23rd March – Django Bar, Sydney, NSW
Friday 24th March – Jane’s, Wollongong, NSW
Holly Throsby Saturday 18th March – Lizottes, Newcastle, NSW
Sunday 19th March – Newtown Social Club, Sydney, NSW
Illawarra Folk Club Concert feat. The East Pointers, Meridian Wednesday 22nd March – Diggers Club, Wollongong, NSW
Irish Mythen Friday 17th to Sunday 19th March – Blue Mountains Folk Festival, Katoomba, NSW
Thursday 23rd March – The Brass Monkey, Cronulla, NSW
Friday 24th March – Lizotte’s, Newcastle, NSW
Jack Carty Friday 17th March – Smith’s Alternative, Canberra, ACT
Saturday 18th March – Canvas Coffee & Providore, Barham, NSW
Joe & Harmony’s Magic Carpet Ride BE-IN feat. Paul Hayward & The Sidekicks, Sue Gee Saturday 18th March – The Gaelic Club, Sydney, NSW
Joel Barker & The Low Company Friday 17th March – The Odd Fellow, Fremantle, WA
Saturday 18th March – Green Door Wines, Ferguson Valley, WA
Sunday 19th March – Bridgetown Pottery Restuarant, Bridgetown, WA
Jordie Lane w/ Sam Buckingham, Benjamin James Caldwell Saturday 18th March – Django Bar, Sydney, NSW
Josh Rennie-Hynes Saturday 18th March – Some Velvet Morning, Melbourne, VIC
Wednesday 22nd March – Ararat Live, Ararat, VIC
Jeff Lang Friday, 17th March – Geelong Workers Club, Geelong VIC
Saturday 18th March – Brunswick Music Festival, Melbourne, VIC
Friday 24th March – Golden Vine, Bendigo, VIC
Jemma Nicole w/ Tom Dockray Saturday 18th March – The B.East, Melbourne, VIC
Kate Miller-Heidke Friday 24th March – Sydney Opera House, Sydney, NSW
Les Poules à Colin Friday 17th to Sunday 19th March – Blue Mountains Folk Festival, Katoomba, NSW
Friday 24th to Sunday 26th March – Yackandandah Folk Festival, Yackandandah, VIC
Mandy Connell and Kim Wheeler Friday 17th March – Star Hotel, Yackandandah, VIC
Martha Tilston Friday 17th March – Saints & Sailors, Port Arlington, VIC
Saturday 18th March – Spotted Mallard, Melbourne, VIC
Sunday 19th March – Caravan Club, Oakleigh, VIC
Friday 24th March – Newham Hall, Newham, VIC
Martha Wainwright Saturday 18th March – Lismore City Hall, Lismore, NSW
Sunday 19th March – The Triffid, Brisbane, QLD
Wednesday 22nd March – Theatre Royal, Hobart, TAS
Thursday 23rd March – Devonport Entertainment Centre, Devonport, TAS
Friday 24th March – Capital Theatre, Bendigo, VIC
Melbourne St Patrick’s Family Festival feat. Zeon, Paddy Fitz and friends, Comhaltas, Borderline Kaylee Sunday 19th March – Edinburgh Gardens, Melbourne, VIC
Mighty Irish Session Friday 17th March – The Gaelic Club, Sydney, NSW
Mighty Tunes Session w/ Aoife Scott, Gallie, Áine Tyrrell Sunday 19th March – The Gaelic Club, Sydney, NSW
Monsieur Camembert Saturday 18th March – Camelot Lounge, Sydney, NSW
Mundy Friday 17th March – The Basement, Sydney, NSW
Saturday 18th to Sunday 19th March – Blue Mountains Music Festival, Katoomba, NSW
Mustered Courage Friday 17th March – The Wesley Anne, Melbourne, VIC
My Bubba Friday 17th March – Mullumbimby Civic Memorial Hall, Mullumbimby, NSW
Saturday 18th and Sunday 19th March – Blue Mountains Folk Festival, NSW
Tuesday 21st March – Newtown Social Club, Newtown, NSW
Wednesday 22nd March – Northcote Social Club, Northcote, VIC
Thursday 23rd March – Castlemaine State Festival, Castlemaine, VIC
Ramblin’ Nights Presents Chris Pickering & Jason Walker Friday 17th March – Django Bar, Sydney, NSW
Roo Panes Saturday 18th March – Black Bear Lodge, Brisbane, QLD
Sarah Calderwood Duo Friday 17th March – Brunswick Hotel, Brisbane, QLD
Sean McMahon and the MoonMen Friday 17th March – The Junkyard, Maitland, NSW
Saturday 18th March – Marickville Bowlo, Sydney, NSW
Sunday 19th March – Union Hotel, Sydney, NSW
Skyscraper Stan & The Commission Flats Friday 17th March – Southern Comfort Carnival, Surly’s American BBQ, Burgers & Beer, Sydney, NSW
Saturday 18th March – Seymour Centre, Sydney, NSW
Southern Comfort Carnival Wednesday 15th to Saturday 25th March – Surly’s American BBQ, Burgers & Beer, Sydney, NSW
St Patricks Day at Adelaide Oval feat. Adelaide Irish Pipe Band, Celtic & Comhaltas Traditional Musicians, Inesheer, Dogpatch Appalachian, Scoil Rince Ní Murchú, Ceol Maith, The Timbers, Folk n Spicy, Celtic Reflections, Shambolics, Blackthorn and more Friday 17th March – Adelaide Oval, Adelaide, SA
St Patrick’s Day at The Last Jar feat. Ewen Baker, John Hudson, Áine Tyrrell, Pat McKernan, Chris Fitz, Jim Green, The Corkman traditional Irish Friday 17th March – The Last Jar, Melbourne, VIC
St Patrick’s Day MOTH feat. Áine Tyrrell and The Midnight Tide, Aoife Scott Band Friday 17th March – Music on the Hill, Red Hill, VIC
St Patrick’s Day Festival at The Irish Club of WA feat. CraicN On, The Healy’s, Tommy O’ Brien & Co Friday 17th March – Irish Club, Perth, WA
St Patricks Day Party: A Celebration of the Music of Ireland feat. Flangipanis, Paddy McHugh Trio, Fox n Firkin, Andy McDonell Band, Alan Boyle Band Friday 17th March – The Triffid, Brisbane, QLD
Steampacket Sessions Irish Music Weekend Friday 24th to Sunday 26th March – Steampacket Hotel, Nelligan, NSW
***CANCELLED***Sydney St. Patrick’s Day Green Gathering feat. feat. Áine Tyrell, The Bottlers, Chaika, Gallie, Ecopella, UTS Ukulele Orchestra, Mark Oats & Cara Kavanagh feat. Ciaran Gribbin, Cross Rhythm Dancers, Knievel, Sydney Session Players, Aoife Scott Sunday 19th March – Prince Alfred Park, Sydney, NSW***CANCELLED***
The Basin Music Festival Friday 24th to Sunday 26th March – The Basin Triangle Park, The Basin, VIC
The Bitter Sweethearts w/ The Bottlers, Nils Sundermann Friday 17th March – The Townie, Sydney, NSW
The Bottlers, Bourgeois Robbery, Operation Ibis Wednesday 22nd March – Hideaway Bar, Sydney, NSW
The Buffalo Grass Boys Saturday 18th March – The Wild Rover, Sydney, NSW
The Button Collective Friday 17th March – Finnian’s Irish Tavern, Port Macquarie, NSW
Saturday 18th March – The Rappville Pub, Rappville, NSW
Friday 24th March – Howlin’ Wolf, Wollongong, NSW
The East Pointers Wednesday 22nd March – Thirroul Railway Heritage Centre, Thirroul, NSW
Thursday 23rd March – Camelot Lounge, Sydney, NSW
Friday 24th March – Unorthodox Church of Groove, Newcastle, NSW
The Green Gathering Offical After Party Sunday 19th March – Jacksons on George, Sydney, NSW
The McClymonts Friday 24th to Sunday 26th March – CMC Rocks 2017, Ipswich, QLD
The Morrisons Saturday 18th March – Wesley Anne, Melbourne, VIC
Friday 24th March – 5 Church Street, Bellingen, NSW
The Ramshackle Army Friday 17th March – Loch & Key, Melbourne, VIC
Friday 17th March – Dan O’Connell Hotel, Melbourne, VIC
Saturday 18th March – The Brass Monkey, Cronulla, NSW
Sunday 19th March – Lazybones Lounge, Sydney, NSW
The Séamus Begley Trio Saturday 18th to Sunday 19th March – The Blue Mountains Music Festival, Katoomba, NSW
The Spooky Men’s Chorale Saturday 18th to Sunday 19th March – Blue Mountains Music Festival, Katoomba, NSW
Friday 24th March – Darwin Entertainment Centre, Darwin, NT
The Sweet Jelly Rolls Friday 17th March – The Wild Rover, Sydney, NSW
Saturday 18th March – Southern Comfort Carnival, Surly’s American BBQ, Burgers & Beer, Sydney, NSW
The Waifs Saturday 18th March – Blue Mountains Folk Festival, Katoomba, NSW
Sunday 19th March – Anitas Theatre, Thirroul, NSW
The Young Folk Saturday 18th to Sunday 19th March – Blue Mountains Music Festival, Katoomba, NSW
Timberwolf Friday 24th to Sunday 26th March – The Hills Are Alive, South Gippsland, VIC
TinPan Orange Friday 24th and Saturday 25th March – Yackandandah Folk Festival, VIC
Violent Femmes Friday 17th March – Costa Hall Deakin University, Geelong, VIC
Saturday 18th March – All Saints Winery, Rutherglen, VIC
Monday 20th March – Factory, Sydney, NSW
Wednesday 22nd March – NEX at Wests City, Newcastle, NSW
Thursday 23rd March – Panthers, Penrith, NSW
Friday 24th March – Waves, Wollongong, NSW
Warrandyte Festival Friday 24th to Sunday 26th March – Warrandyte, VIC
Willie Watson Friday 17th March – Mullumbimby Civic Memorial Hall, Mullumbimby, NSW
Tuesday 21st March – Mojo’s, Fremantle, WA
Wednesday 22nd March – Rosemount Hotel, Perth, WA
Yackandandah Folk Festival Friday 24th to Sunday 26th March – Yackandandah, VIC
The latest single from Sydney alt-country singer Katie Brianna’s 2016 album Victim or the Heroine is the wonderful “King”. The track is one of the most upbeat on the album and deals with themes of admiration, love, loyalty and desperation
“I guess the desperation part is giving yourself over to someone completely, telling them that they become your world and maybe that they are that one person who gives you a reason to be,” Brianna explained.
“King” has been released with a gorgeous video from Lyn Taylor – check it out below:
– Old Crow Medicine Show have announced plans to release their Bob Dylan tribute album 50 Years Of Blonde On Blonde in April. Details here
– Sydney singer-songwriters Katie Brianna and Caitlin Harnett released a video of their version of Karl Broadie’s “Drink The Whole Bottle Down”. Details here
Saturday 4th March – Summer Hill Church, Sydney, NSW
Gigs Next Week
Ackers Saturday 4th March – Front Gallery, Canberra, ACT
Alison Avron w/ NY Light Friday 3rd March – Django Bar, Sydney, NSW
Amanda Palmer Saturday 4th March – Canberra Theatre Playhouse, Canberra, ACT
Thursday 9th March – The Gasometer Hotel, Melbourne, VIC
Friday 10th March – National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, VIC
Amber Lawrence & Catherine Britt w/ Fanny Lumsden Friday 3rd March – Gloucester Soldiers Club, Gloucester, NSW
Saturday 4th March – Muswellbrook RSL, Muswellbrook, NSW
Aoife Scott Thursday 9th March – South Coast Folk Club, Port Noarlunga, SA
Ben Mastwyk Friday 3rd March – The Brightside, Brisbane, QLD
Saturday 4th March – The Humpybong Distilling Company, Brisbane, QLD
Sunday 5th March – Americana Sundays at The Triffid, Brisbane, QLD
Bluegrass, Old Timey and Acoustic Music Campout Weekend Friday 10th to Sunday 12th March – Yetholme, NSW
Bohemia feat. Mercan Dede, Archie Roach and More Saturday 4th March – Collingwood Town Hall, Melbourne, VIC
Brunswick Music Festival Sunday 5th to Sunday 19th March – Melbourne, VIC
Burke & Wills Folk Festival Friday 10th to Sunday 12th March – Burke & Wills Winery, Mia Mia, VIC
Busby Marou Friday 3rd March – Magnums, Airlie Beach, QLD
Saturday 4th March – Dalrymples, Townsville, QLD
Thursday 9th March – The Spotted Cow, Toowoomba, QLD
Friday 10th March – Wharf Tavern, Mooloolaba, QLD
Button Collective Friday 3rd March – Prince Of Wales Hotel, Gulgong, NSW
Carus Thompson Friday 3rd March – Republic Bar, Hobart, TAS
Saturday 4th March – The Workers Club, Melbourne, VIC
Sunday 5th March – Newtown Social Club, Sydney, NSW
Friday 10th March – The Quarry Ampitheatre, City Beach, WA
Claire Anne Taylor and Lucie Thorne Friday 3rd March – Myalla Community Centre, Sisters Creek, TAS
Courtyard Sessions Presents Skyscraper Stan Friday 3rd March – Seymour Centre, Sydney, NSW
Courtyard Sessions Presents The Cruisin’ Deuces Friday 10th March – Seymour Centre, Sydney, NSW
Devil On The Rooftop Friday 3rd March – The Unorthodox Church of Groove, Newcastle, NSW
Thursday 9th March – The Gasoline Pony, Sydney, NSW
Domini Forster Sunday 5th March – Nannup Music Festival, WA
Thursday 9th March – The Milk Factory, Brisbane, QLD
Friday 10th March – Poinciana, Mullum, NSW
Don Henley w/ Jewel Sunday 5th March – A Day On The Green, Kings Park & Botanic Garden, Perth, WA
Wednesday 8th March – Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne, VIC
Friday 10th March – ICC Sydney Theatre, Sydney, NSW
Eddie Reader Friday 10th to Monday 13th March – Port Fairy Folk Festival, VIC
Elwood Myre Friday 3rd March – The Rhythm Hut, Gosford, NSW
Friday 10th March – B-East, Melbourne, VIC
eüsh Thursday 9th March – The Dock, Sydney, NSW
Folk Uke & Dog Trumpet Thursday 9th March – Lighthouse Theatre, Warrnambool, VIC
Friday 10th to Monday 13th March – Port Fairy Folk Festival, VIC
FolkSwagon feat. Noralyn Darby, Timothy James Bowen Wednesday 8th March – Cafe Lounge, Sydney, NSW
Friday Fingerpickers feat. Nick Charles, The Weeping Willows Friday 3rd March – The Spotted Mallard, Melbourne, VIC
Girrakool Blues Festival & BBQ Saturday 4th to Sunday 5th March – Mt Penang Gardens & Event Park, Gosford, NSW
Gordie Tentrees Friday 3rd March – Nannup Music Festival, Nannup, WA
Sunday 5th March – Settler’s Tavern, Margaret RIver, WA
Holly Throsby Thursday 9th March – Clarendon Guesthouse, Katoomba, NSW
Friday 10th March – ANU Bar, Canberra, ACT
James Vincent McMorrow Friday 3rd March – The Triffid, Brisbane, QLD
Tuesday 7th March – Sydney Opera House, Sydney, NSW
Friday 10th March – Recital Centre, Melbourne, VIC
Josh Rennie-Hynes Friday 3rd March – Junk Bar, Brisbane, QLD
Thursday 9th March – Leadbelly, Sydney, NSW
Karma County Saturday 5th March – 505, Sydney, NSW
Kate Miller-Heidke Friday 10th March – QPAC, Brisbane, QLD
Kirsty Bromley Friday 10th to Sunday 12th March – Burke & Wills Folk Festival, Mia Mia, VIC
Les Poules à Colin Friday 3rd March – Masonic Hall, Lindisfarne TAS
Saturday 4th March – Broadmarsh Hall, Broadmarsh, TAS
Sunday 5th March – Longford Town Hall, Longford, TAS
Friday 10th to Monday 13th March – Port Fairy Folk Festival, Port Fairy, VIC
Luke Escombe w/ Brian Campeau Saturday 4th March – Django Bar, Sydney, NSW
Martha Tilston Friday 10th to Monday 13th March – Port Fairy Folk Festival, VIC
Martha Wainwright Wednesday 8th March – Astor Theatre, Perth, WA
Friday 10th March – Melbourne Zoo, Melbourne, VIC
Merry Muse feat. Ten Quid Poms Sunday 5th March – Merry Muse, Canberra Irish Club, Canberra, ACT
Miriam Lieberman Trio w/ The Groove Friday 10th March – Wollongong Town Hall, Wollongong, NSW
Mitch Power Friday 3rd March – The Junk Bar, Brisbane, QLD
Saturday 4th March – The Humpybong Distilling Company, Brisbane, QLD
Sunday 5th March – Americana Sundays at The Triffid, Brisbane, QLD
Mundy Thursday 9th March – The Spotted Mallard, Melborune, VIC
Friday 10th to Monday 13th March – Port Fairy Folk Festival, Port Fairy, VIC
Nannup Music Festival Friday 3rd to Monday 6th March – Nannup, WA
Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats and C.W. Stoneking Friday 3rd March – Perth International Arts Festival, Perth, WA
Tuesday 7th March – Enmore Theatre, Sydney, NSW
Wednesday 8th March – The Tivoli, Brisbane, QLD
Thursday 9th March – Shindig By The Sea, Seaworks, Melbourne, VIC
Port Fairy Folk Festival Friday 10th to Monday 13th March – Port Fairy, VIC
Riogh Sunday 5th March – Figgy Bowlo, Figtree, NSW
Skyscraper Stan, Alice Terry, Kev Walsh Sunday 5th March – The Union, Sydney, NSW
Summer Hill Folk Festival Saturday 4th March – Summer Hill Church, Sydney, NSW
Sydney Bluegrass & Old-Time Music Get-Together Saturday 4th March – Annandale Neighbourhood Centre, Sydney, NSW
The Black Horses & Nick Payne Friday 3rd Match – Smiths Alternative, Canberra, ACT
The East Pointers Friday 3rd March – Chudleigh Hall, Chudleigh, TAS
Saturday 4th March – Mountain Mummam, Sheffield, TAS
Sunday 5th March – Dunalley Hall & Reserves, Dunalley, TAS
Wednesday 8th March – The Toff in Town, Melbourne, VIC
Thursday 9th March – Geelong Workers Club, Geelong, VIC
Friday 10th to Monday 13th March – WOMADelaide, Adelaide, SA
The Long Johns Sunday 5th March – Live Spark, The Powerhouse, Brisbane, QLD
The McClymonts Friday 3rd March – The Spiegeltent, Adelaide, SA
Saturday 4th March – Coomealla Club, Mildura, VIC
Friday 10th March – The Australian Brewery, Rouse Hill, NSW
The Morrisons Friday 3rd March – Treehouse On Belongil, Byron Bay, NSW
Saturday 4th March – The Milk Factory, Brisbane, QLD
The Séamus Begley Trio Friday 3rd March – Illawarra Folk Club, Wollongong, NSW
Saturday 4th March – The Gaelic Club, Sydney, NSW
Thursday 9th March – The Old Museum, Brisbane, QLD
Friday 10th to Monday 13th March – Port Fairy Festival, Port Fairy, VIC
The Shack presents Fred Smith, Edwina and Deko, Shirina H Saturday 2nd March – The Music Lounge, Sydney, NSW
The String Contingent Friday 3rd March – CERES Joe’s Garden, Melbourne, VIC
The Waifs Saturday 4th March – 3 Oceans Winery, Margaret River, WA
Sunday 5th March – Castelli Winery, Denmark, WA
Monday 6th March – Quindanning Hotel, Quindanning, WA
Thursday 9th March – Fremantle Arts Centre, Fremantle, WA
The Young Folk Friday 3rd March – Adelaide’s Fringe Festival, Trinity Sessions, Adelaide, SA
Saturday 4th March – Bendigo Arts Centre, Bendigo, VIC
Thursday 9th March – 13th Beach Golf Clubhouse, Connewarre, VIC
Friday 10th to Monday 13th March – Port Fairy Folk Festival, Port Fairy, VIC
This Way North Saturday 4th March – Aireys Pub, Aireys Inlet, VIC
Sunday 5th March – By the Bay, Mordialloc, VIC
Friday 10th March – Baha Tacos, Rye, VIC
TinPan Orange Friday 3rd March – The Odd Fellow, Fremantle, WA
Saturday 4th and Sunday 5th March – Nannup Music Festival, WA
Winter Wilson Friday 3rd March – The Hills Folk Club, Lesmurdie, WA
Saturday 4th March – Bindoon Hall, Bindoon, WA
Wednesday 8th March – Club Acoustica, Scarborough, WA
Friday 10th March – Wanneroo Folk Club, Warwick, WA
WOMADelaide Friday 10th to Monday 13th March – Adelaide Botanic Gardens, Adelaide, SA
Last year Australia’s top musicians came together to pay tribute to the late Karl Broadie with amazing album Leave On A Light: The Songs Of Karl Broadie.
Broadie, who lost his battle with cancer in April last year, was a mentor to so many musicians in Sydney and watching the local community rally around him was a real inspiration.
Sydney Americana artists Katie Brianna and Caitlin Harnett have just released a video of their version of Karl Broadie’s “Drink The Whole Bottle Down” from Leave On A Light: The Songs Of Karl Broadie. The video was shot by Lyn Taylor – check it out below:
Friday 6th January – The Cantina, Robe, SA
Sunday 8th January – Illowa, VIC
Wednesday 11th January – Lorne, VIC
Friday 13th January – Melbourne, VIC
Gigs Next Week
Acoustics Anonymous feat. Mckenzie Kay, Jon Maratheftis Wednesday 11th January – Newtown Social Club, Sydney, NSW
Áine Tyrrell Friday 6th to Sunday 8th January – Cygnet Folk Festival, TAS
Friday 13th January – Rosny Barn, TAS
Alanna and Alicia Thursday 12th to Sunday 15th January – Illawarra Folk Festival, NSW
Andy Irvine w/ Luke Plumb Friday 6th to Sunday 8th January – Cygnet Folk Festival, TAS
Tuesday 10th January – House Concert, TAS
Thursday 12th January – Smith’s Alternative, Canberra, ACT
Friday 13th to Sunday 15th January – Illawarra Folk Festival, NSW
Blue King Brown Friday 13th January – Mona Vale Hotel, Mona Vale, NSW
Courtyard Sessions Presents Imogen Clark Friday 13th January – Seymour Centre, Sydney, NSW
Cygnet Folk Festival Friday 6th to Sunday 8th January – Cygnet, TAS
Deadwood 76, Dave Favours & The Roadside Ashes Friday 6th January – The Gasoline Pony, Sydney, NSW
Don McGlashan Friday 6th to Sunday 8th January – Cygnet Folk Festival, TAS
Wednesday 11th January – Grand Poobah, Hobart, TAS
Friday 13th January – Brookfields Shed, Margate, TAS
Dubmarine, Circle of Rhythm, Matiu Te Huki, New Venusians, Queen Porter Stomp, Deejay Bentley, Deepchild (DJ set) Friday 6th January – The Factory Theatre, Sydney, NSW
Folkswagon feat. Scott Rudd, Thompson Springs, Maia Marsh Wednesday 11th January – Cafe Lounge, Sydney, NSW
Fourwinds Friday 6th to Sunday 8th January – Cygnet Folk Festival, Cygnet, TAS
Wednesday 11th to Sunday 15th January – Illawara Folk Festival, Bulli, NSW
George & Noriko Thursday 12th to Sunday 15th January – Illawarra Folk Festival, NSW
Gregory Page Friday 7th January – The Caravan Club, Melbourne, VIC
Wednesday 8th January – The Brass Monkey, Cronulla, NSW
Thursday 12th January – Leadbelly, Sydney, NSW
Friday 13th to Sunday 15th January – Illawarra Folk Festival, NSW
Heartbreakers Sessions feat. Jamie Hutchings, Ben Horder Sunday 8th January – The Bearded Tit, Sydney, NSW
Honey Sunday 8th January – Mudgee Brewing Co., Mudgee, NSW
Hootenanny feat. Echo Deer Sunday 8th January – Miss Peaches, Sydney, NSW
Illawarra Folk Festival Thursday 12th to Sunday 15th January – Bulli, NSW
Jaron Freeman Fox & The Opposite of Everything Friday 6th to Sunday 8th January – Cygnet Folk Festival, Cygnet, TAS
Sunday 8th January – MONA, Hobart, TAS
Joe & Harmony’s Trippy Hippy Band Thursday 12th to Sunday 15th January – Illawarra Folk Festival, NSW
Josh Pyke & Bob Evans Friday 13th January – Esk BeerFest, Launceston, TAS
Katie Brianna Thursday 12th January – Leadbelly, Sydney, NSW
Kirsty Bromley Friday 6th to Sunday 8th January – Cygnet Folk Festival, Cygnet, TAS
Thursday 12th to Sunday 15th January – Illawarra Folk Festival, NSW
Lake Street Dive Friday 6th January – Howler, Melbourne, VIC
Saturday 7th January – Summer of Soul, Mossvale, VIC
Sunday 8th January – Caravan Music Club, Melbourne, VIC
Friday 13th January – Sydney Festival, Sydney, NSW
Nigel Wearne Saturday 7th January – The Witches Garden, Mitta Mitta, VIC
Thursday 12th to Sunday 15th January – Illawarra Folk Festival, NSW
Ramblin’ Nights feat. Dan Brodie, JD & The Hungermen, Gana & Scotty Saturday 7th January – Django Bar, Sydney, NSW
Roadhouse feat. Cruisin’ Deuces Thursday 12th January – Miss Peaches, Sydney, NSW
Sharon Shannon Friday 6th January – Mick O’Malley’s Irish Pub, Brisbane, QLD
Saturday 7th January – The Basement, Sydney, NSW
Friday 13th January – Caravan Music Club, Oakleigh, VIC
Summer Sets at Hither & Yon feat. Aidan ‘Jazzy’ Jones Sunday 8th January – Hither & Yon, Willunga, SA
Tattletale Saints Friday 6th January – Tanswell’s Pub, Beechworth, VIC
Saturday 7th January – Minya Winery, Geelong, VIC
Sunday 8th January – House On The Hill, Melbourne, VIC
Tuesday 10th January – Some Velvet Morning, Melbourne, VIC
Wednesday 11th January – The Witches Garden, Mitta Mitta, VIC
Thursday 12th January – Petersham Bowling Club, Sydney, NSW
Friday 13th to Sunday 15th January – Illawarra Folk Festival, NSW
The Outside Track Friday 6th to Sunday 8th January – Cygnet Folk Festival, Cygnet, TAS
Thursday 12th to Sunday 15th January – Illawarra Folk Festival, NSW
The Porch Sessions On Tour feat. Stu Larsen, Luke Thompson, Tim Moore Friday 6th January – The Cantina, Robe, SA
Sunday 8th January – Illowa, VIC
Wednesday 11th January – Lorne, VIC
Friday 13th January – Melbourne, VIC
The Saloon Daddies w/ Peasant Moon Sunday 8th January – The Midnight Special, Sydney, NSW
The Settlement Saturday 7th January – The Star, Port Fairy, VIC
The Spin Drifters
Wednesday 11th January – The Basement, Sydney, NSW
The Whitetop Mountaineers Friday 6th January – Smiths Alternative, Canberra, ACT
Saturday 7th January – The Metropole, Katoomba, NSW
Sunday 8th January – Petersham Bowls Club, Sydney, NSW
Monday 9th January – Quarterdeck, Narooma, NSW
Thursday 12th to Sunday 15th January – Illawarra Folk Festival, NSW
Thompson Springs w/ Maia Marsh Wednesday 11th January – Folkswagon, Cafe Lounge, Sydney, NSW
Friday 13th January – The Front, Canberra, ACT
Tim O’Brien Friday 6th to Sunday 8th January – Cygnet Folk Festival, Cygnet, TAS
Wednesday 11th January – Caravan Club, Melbourne, VIC
Friday 13th to Saturday 14th January – Illawarra Folk Festival, Bulli, NSW
Timberwolf Saturday 7th January – Here’s To Now, McLaren Vale, SA
Vanishing Shapes Friday 6th January – 5 Church Street, Bellingen, NSW
Thursday 12th January – Byron Fine Music House Concerts, Byron Bay, NSW
Wallis Bird w/ William Crighton Friday 6th to Sunday 8th January – Cygnet Folk Festival, Cygnet, TAS
Wednesday 11th January – Small Ballroom, Newcastle, NSW
Thursday 12th January – Newtown Social Club, Sydney, NSW
Friday 13th to Saturday 14th January – Illawarra Folk Festival, Bulli, NSW
Winter Wilson Saturday 7th January – Music By The Sea Festival, Sandgate, QLD
Wednesday 11th January – Upper Lansdowne Hall, Upper Lansdowne, NSW
Thursday 12th to Sunday 15th January – Illawarra Folk Festival, Bulli, NSW
To celebrate the new year Sydney based Americana artist Katie Brianna has released a bonus track from her amazing 2016 album Victim or the Heroine, the beautiful “Sticks and Stones”.
Like the rest of her album “Sticks and Stones” is produced by Shane Nicholson – check it out below:
Monday 23rd January – Southgate Inn, Tamworth, NSW
Monday 23rd January – Americana In The Park, Tamworth, NSW
Thursday 26th January – Frog & Toad Listening Room, Tamworth, NSW
– Irish born singer-songwriter Áine Tyrrell is currently heading up the east coast on a bunch of tour dates. Details here
– Alt-country singer-songwriter Tori Forsyth released her amazing new single “Black Bird”. Details here
– Taasha Coates from The Audreys is heading out on a solo tour this month. Details here
– Billy Bragg and Joe Henry announced their album Shine A Light: Field Recordings From The Great American Railroad. Details here
– Leah Flanagan released her new single “Chills” and announced a national tour. Details here
– Sydney alt-country singer-songwriter Katie Brianna released her new video “Birmingham”. Details here
– Gregory Alan Isakov released his new single “Master And A Hound” with the Colorado Symphony. Details here
– Caitlin Park and BANFF released their collaborative video for “My Love, My Lover”. Details here
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Gigs
“James “Morri” Morrison is an affable front man whose easygoing stage presence kept the audience enthralled throughout. I love the way he personalised Paul Kelly’s songs with his introductions, espousing his personal connections to the material. Morri was joined by a band of fine musicians – Anna McInerey on fiddle, Jimmy Daley on mandolin, Dr Zane Banks on banjo (and even a little bit of guitar!), Iain Tallis on bass and Miles Fraser on lead guitar – who in turn reproduced the musical accompaniment of Paul Kelly’s bluegrass albums and also made the songs their own. For a brief moment I wondered how close the players were getting to the solos and melodies of the original albums and then I realised it didn’t matter – each song was pitch perfect” – Gareth Hugh Evans reviews The Morrisons’ show Smoke on a Foggy Highway: The Bluegrass Albums of Paul Kelly. Review here
Aidan D. Cooney brings us some brand new music with the official launch of his new single “When the Shadows Are Long and There’s a Blood Red Sky” in Sydney.
Saturday 2nd July – Golden Stage, Golden Age Cinema, Sydney, NSW
Gigs Next Week
Aidan D. Cooney Saturday 2nd July – Golden Stage, Golden Age Cinema, Sydney, NSW
Áine Tyrrell Saturday 2nd July – The Gaelic Club, Sydney, NSW
Sunday 3rd July – The Metropole Guesthouse, Katoomba, NSW
Wednesday 6th July – FogHorn Brewhouse, Newcastle, NSW
Friday 8th to Sunday 10th July – Bello Winter Music Festival, Bellingen, NSW
BBQ & Blues feat. The Plough Wednesday 6th July – Surly’s American BBQ, Burgers & Beer, Sydney, NSW
Bello Winter Music Festival Thursday 7th to Sunday 10th July – Bellingen, NSW
Brooke Russell and Megan Cooper Friday 1st July – The Skylark Room, Upwey, VIC
Saturday 2nd July – The Bridge Hotel, Castlemaine, VIC
Sunday 3rd July – The Post Office Hotel, Coburg, VIC
Citizen of the World Friday 1st July – Oxford Art Factory, Sydney, NSW
Colin Jones w/ Lazy Colts, Grand Oyster Parade Thursday 7th July – Slyfox, Sydney, NSW
Colin Lillie Friday 1st July – Night Quarter, Gold Coast, QLD
Friday 8th July – Darwin Railway Club, Darwin, NT
Coopers After Dark feat. Ash Grunwald Thursday 7th July – The Gov, Adelaide, SA
Finders Keepers Markets Brisbane Saturday 2nd July – The Old Museum, Brisbane, QLD
FolkSwagon feat. Joseph Van Der Hurk, Olly Friend, The Cafe Loungers Wednesday 6th July – Cafe Lounge, Sydney, NSW
Hootenanny feat. The New Savages Sunday 3rd July – Miss Peaches, Sydney, NSW
Imogen Clark Friday 8th July – Woolly Mammoth, Brisbane, QLD
Joe Mungovan Sunday 3rd July – Little Village, Margaret River, WA
Lloyd Spiegel Friday 1st July – The Piping Hot Chicken Shop, Ocean Grove, VIC
Saturday 2nd July – Baby Black, Bacchus Marsh, VIC
Friday 8th July – Hickinbotham Winery, Mornington, VIC
Music Makers Club feat. Citizen Of The World, Love Drunk Hearts, The Talentless, Youngsmith Friday 1st July – Oxford Art Factory, Sydney, NSW
Shifting Sands, Jep and Dep Sunday 3rd July – The Lord Gladstone, Sydney, NSW
Strayaway Child Saturday 2nd July – Winterfest, Parramatta, NSW
Sweet Jean Friday 1st July – Music on The Hill, Red Hill, VIC
Friday 8th to Sunday 10th July – Bello Winter Music Festival, Bellingen, NSW
Sydney Bluegrass & Old-Time Music Get-Together Saturday 2nd July – Annandale Neighbourhood Centre, Sydney, NSW
The Beards Friday 1st July – The Cambridge Hotel, Newcastle, NSW
Saturday 2nd July – The Metro, Sydney, NSW
The Paper Kites Friday 1st July – Astor Theatre, Perth, WA
Saturday 2nd July – Norwood Town Hall, Adelaide, SA
The Weeping Willows Friday 1st July – Flow Bar, Old Bar, NSW
Saturday 2nd July – 5 Church St, Bellingen, NSW
Sunday 3rd July – The Junk Bar, Brisbane, QLD
Wednesday 6th July – The Bison Bar, Nambour, QLD
Thursday 7th July – Bangalow Hotel, Bangalow, NSW
Friday 8th July – Two Goats Cafe and Baa, Armidale, NSW
Todd Sibbin Saturday 2nd July – The Grace Emily, Adelaide, SA
Tracy McNeil & The GoodLife Friday 1st July – The Stag & Hunter Hotel, Mayfield, NSW
Saturday 2nd July – Grand Junction, The Junkyard, Maitland, NSW
Sunday 3rd July – The Marrickville Bowling Club, Sydney, NSW
Friday 8th July – Baha’s, Rye, VIC
Vanishing Shapes w/ The Squeezebox Trio, Ess-Em Friday 1st July – The Gaelic Club, Sydney, NSW
Vincent Cross Friday 1st July – Illawara Folk Club, Wollongong, NSW
Saturday 2nd July – The Shack, Narrabeen, NSW
Sunday 3rd July – Hotel Blue, Katoomba, NSW
Wednesday 6th July – House Concert, Nabiac, NSW
Winterbourne Friday 1st July – Black Bear Lodge, Brisbane, QLD
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