Episode 36 of On The Record with Brian Wise and Michael Mackenzie moves from the car parks of a Grateful Dead revival to the piano stool of one of rock’s great behind-the-scenes players, with Don […]
Four years after Found Light, Laura Veirs returns with Temple Songs, an album that marks a significant shift in the Portland singer-songwriter’s approach to recording. Out today via Raven Marching Band, it is the first […]
By Bernard Zuel TIFT MERRITT – SUGAR (One Riot) Look around and it is easy to find some well-meaning or well-remunerated type telling us how what we need to build – in ourselves, in society, […]
By Chris Lambie Rainforest World Music Festival 2026 – June 26-28, Sarawak Cultural Village, Borneo One of the things I love most about a World Music festival is being among a diverse crowd when unfamiliar […]
By Ian McFarlane Vale Bill Armstrong 24 June 1929-7 August 2026 Bill Armstrong AM, the pioneering giant and visionary of the Australian recording industry, has died at the age of 97. As a recording engineer, […]
By Brian Wise SHORT NOTES – AUGUST 9, 2016 Emma Donovan’s great album of interpretations, Take Me to the River, is still on constant play. Emma did a sold-out show in Melbourne the other week […]
Episode 35 of On The Record begins where last week’s conversation left off: with Glen Hansard. Brian Wise and Michael Mackenzie watch the Irish singer-songwriter’s funeral, a ceremony that made plain the depth of affection […]
Blaze Foley’s songs are revisited by a new generation of roots and Americana artists on Sittin’ With Blaze: A Tribute To Blaze Foley, released today via Lost Art Records. The 13-track collection focuses on songs […]
Buddy Miller will release Buddy Miller on September 11, 2026 via New West Records. The 12-track set is his first solo album in fifteen years and was produced by Miller, recorded by Mike Poole, and […]
Richard Thompson will release his 20th Studio Album, Hippies, Thugs and Heroes on October 16, 2026 via New West Records. The 12-track set was produced by Thompson and James Frazee and recorded in Weehawken, New […]
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