Archive for the ‘Singer Songwriters’ Category
New Music from Jesse Winchester
July 1, 2009YELLOWHEAD TO YELLOWSTONE
November 1, 2008
MOON CALLER from Penny Davies & Roger Ilott
October 28, 2008MOON CALLER new music from PENNY DAVIES & ROGER ILOTT
For over 30 years PENNY DAVIES & ROGER ILOTT’s performances of songs such as Hey Rain!, Where the Cane Fires Burn, Beside a Railway Line, Ridin’ on the Fruit Train, The Monkeys Sing Soprano and When the Cooper’s Coming Down have been taken to Australia’s heart and are part of the Australian psyche.
MOON CALLER is their latest release and features son Jordy on drums along with old bandmate Jed Hudson on bass – creating a strong rhythmic feel on every track. The album features songs about people, climate, greed, the price of war, human achievement and human frailty, the lessons of history, bushrangers, growing up and growing older.
The moon is a strong symbol throughout this new album – with its focus on the mysteries and the tides of human life on this planet. MOON CALLER is their 17th album. Tracks: She’s Like A Tree, Aurelia, Four Horsemen, The Circle Game, Crazy Weather, O’Mara’s Front Verandah, The Goldfield, Wet Season Blues, Song Of The Artesian Water, Pte. Herbert Thomas Scard, Must Have Been The Moon, Armstrong, Goodbye To Your Schooldays, Peaceful, Storm King Jam.
Jeanette Wormald To Tour Europe
June 10, 2008
Utah Phillips May 1935 – May 2008
June 1, 2008
On May 23, 2008, folk singer, labour organizer, poet and story telling Bruce ‘Utah’ Phillips passed away quietly in his sleep after a long illness. His voice will be missed but his stories and songs will last for a very very long time.
Joanne & Haley Myrol Release New CD
January 14, 2008
Tom Russell Releases Wounded Heart
January 12, 2008
Tom Phillips Releases Downtown Cowboy
January 7, 2008
Tom Phillips and the Men of Constant Sorrow take country music’s long, rich heritage, dose it liberally with urban grit, and spit it back with a passion all their own. You can hear this on Tom Phillips’ new CD Downtown Cowboy. Tom Phillips and the Men of Constant Sorrow are eight members strong; Acoustic guitar/lead vocals, Accordion/vocals, Pedal Steel, Bass, Drums, Mandolin, Lead electric guitar, harmony vocals. At the core of the band is Tom Phillips. With the skill of an artisan and the soul of a street poet, Tom creates songs which range from hard core honky tonk to heart wrenching ballads. Tom Phillips and the Men of Constant Sorrow have 3 CDs of original material released along with one live recording which was released in 2004. Downtown Cowboy is their fifth CD.
The Awful Truth from Widow Maker
December 15, 2007
Widow Maker is said to be like strong coffee with a shot of Moonshine. Widow Maker’s driving bluegrass goes down smooth, bites hard, and you’re revved up and thirsty for more. Widow Maker is potent original 21st-century bluegrass. The Awful Truth is their latest release.
Craig Korth drives the band hard with picking that Bluegrass Now magazine called “impressive”. Native Virginian Will White delivers straight-ahead instrumentals, sharp-edged original songs, and vigorous soulful singing. Byron Myhre is a renowned championship fiddler whose playing is ferocious, tasteful and slippery smooth. Dale Ulan hops the band up with his energetic, rockabilly-heavy bass, and Julie Kerr is an inspired and accomplished singer/songwriter whose enticing voice ranges from high and plaintive to sassy, low and sultry.
