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HERE’S WHAT YOU’LL FIND ON OUR DOWNLOAD SAMPLER #22 FOR JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2023:
RHYTHMS DOWNLOAD SAMPLER JANUARY-FEBRUARY 2023
SOME OF THE BEST OF 2022 – A PERSONAL SELECTION BY THE EDITOR
- LAKE ST CLAIR, SARA TINDLEY
From: Greetings From Lake St Clair
From Sara Tindley’s fifth studio album and produced by Lucie Thorne. Exploring the joys, losses, simplicity and fullness of a life committed to family and community,
https://saratindley.bandcamp.com/track/palomino
- THINGS BACK HOME (Single), LUKE SINCLAIR SET
A beautifully arranged dose of “yacht-country rock” that evokes a sense of pure nostalgia. Things Back Home was written and arranged by Luke Sinclair in collaboration with Zane Lynd (electric bass & piano), Matt Dixon (lead guitars) and Liam O’Leary (drums). Recorded by Roger Bergodaz at Union Street Studios and mastered by Adam Dempsey at Adam Dempsey Mastering in Brunswick VIC, Australia.
https://thelukesinclairset.bandcamp.com/track/things-back-home
- GIVE BACK THE KEY TO MY HEART, LISA MILLER
From: Car Tape (Courtesy of Cheersquad Records & Tapes)
Car Tape is an album of country-soul covers by singer-songwriter Lisa Miller, like the treasured cassette tape you would lovingly put together for a long car trip, originally released in 2002 and now available for the first time on vinyl.
https://lisamiller.bandcamp.com/album/car-tape-2002
- BORN UNDER A BAD SIGN, CHRIS WILSON
From: Landlocked: Faithless & Free (Courtesy of Cheersquad Records & Tapes)
A very special 30th Anniversary Reissue that sees Chris Wilson’s original 1992 album Landlocked released on vinyl for the first time and expanded to a double LP/double CD, with the inclusion of tracks from the associated CD EPs The Big One and Alimony Blues.
https://cheersquadrecordstapes.bandcamp.com/album/landlocked-faithless-free-30th-anniversary-reissue
- BLACK ON WHITE, JOYCE PRESCHER
From: Out Of My Mind (Courtesy of Cheersquad Records & Tapes)
The exquisite album by this Melbourne based folk singer/songwriter. An intimate, soul-baring record by the Dutch-born folk artist, spanning a total of 13 tracks. On the record Joyce reveals much of her inner world, with themes that encompass love, heartbreak, loss and healing.
https://joyceprescher.bandcamp.com/album/out-of-my-mind
- PRECIOUS ENERGY, BARNEY MCALL
From: Precious Energy
Barney spent many years in New York and it shows. “It is a magnum opus that belongs alongside the kaleidoscopic 21st century jazz-inspired sounds emerging from London, Chicago, and Los Angeles, though it towers above most of them.” – Allmusic.com
https://extracelestialarts.bandcamp.com/album/precious-energy
- SHAKER, THE SILVER SOUND
From a collective that includes Shane O’Mara on guitar and production and Andrew Tanner on vocals and guitar. Slip on your go-go swamp boots for Shaker, the electrifying lead track from the imminent debut album. Erupting like an overdriven lava lamp at the hyperventilating end of a blossoming psychedelic trip.
https://cheersquadrecordstapes.bandcamp.com/track/shaker
- NINE SIMONE, DOG TRUMPET
From: Shadowland
Dog Trumpet’s latest album is a distinctive blending of psychedelia, folk and blues, the album probes the perils and absurdities of human existence. Nina Simone is a song reflecting on romance and memory.
Dog Trumpet – featuring; Reg Mombassa and Peter O’Doherty original members of Mental As Anything, Bernie Hayes and Jim Elliott – Cruel Sea – are touring Shadowland in 2023 and they’ll be showcasing the new tracks from the album along with Dog Trumpet and Mentals favourites.
https://dogtrumpet.bandcamp.com/album/shadowland
- TUDELOO TUVALU, LIAM GERNER
From: Liam Gerner & Los Perros Perdidos Say Toodeloo Tuvalu
The album is being launched at the Caravan Music Club in Archies Creek on Saturday March 4 and at George Lane, St Kilda on Sunday March 19.
Liam is a guitarist, singer songwriter based in Melbourne. He has toured his story songs and played guitar for artists through Europe, USA and Australia including Vika and Linda Bull, Ryan Bingham, Paul Weller, Jason Isbell, Elton John, Robbie Fulks, Pnau and The Eurogliders. Liam has released 3 albums and a book of original songs ‘Ukulele Songs By Kids For Kids.’
- HAUNTED HIGHWAY (Single), SARAH CARROLL
A song about letting go. Recorded on Wadawurrung Country. Featuring Sarah Carroll, guitar and vocal / Shannon Bourne, guitar / Jack Meredith, harp / Fenn Wilson, drums and backing vocals / George Carroll Wilson, bass and backing vocals / Hollie Joyce, backing vocals / Leigh Ivin, guitars and backing vocals
https://sarahcarroll.bandcamp.com/track/haunted-highway
- THE MANY MOODS OF LOVE, CHARLES JENKINS
From: Radio Sketches Vol.2 – The Death of Stars
A year after the release of 2021 album Radio Sketches, acclaimed songsmith Charles Jenkins returns with Radio Sketches 2 – The Death of Stars, another collection of songs served up from a Sunday radio show and sent out to the world from Melbourne, Australia.
https://charlesjenkins.bandcamp.com/album/radio-sketches-2-the-death-of-stars
- FELIX GRANGER: THE FINGER PICKIN’ BOY (Single), HENRY WAGONS
From: South of Everywhere (To be released February 3, 2023)
The new album sees legendary cosmic country astronaut Wagons crash-land firmly back on Earth and get gritty, firmly intertwining with his Australian country-music roots once again. Inspired by the outlaw country greats,
- ALL SOUL’S DAY, DAN WARNER
From: Maybe…..Then
Dan Warner is a songwriter from Melbourne, Australia. In the 80s and 90s, Dan sang and played rhythm guitar in several local bands including The Warner Brothers, Overnight Jones, Dan & Al and The Largest Living Things. Dan now plays with his band ‘The Night Parrots’ featuring Marcel Borrack, Nathan Farrelly and Ash Davies. The band has recorded a new album, ‘Maybe, Then…’
https://danwarner.bandcamp.com/album/maybe-then
- DEVIL AIN’T BUYING (Single) – TEX PERKINS & THE FAT RUBBER BAND
Joining forces with Matt Walker, Australian rock royalty Tex Perkins kicks off The Fat Rubber Band album campaign with sharp shooting single Danger Has Been Kind. Tex Perkins and the Fat Rubber Band is the latest phase of the Tex evolution to wow crowds around the country. The twangs and distortion from Tex and Matt have become the fire and brimstone behind their loved country-funk sound.
https://texperkins.bandcamp.com/track/the-devil-aint-buying
- YOU GOT A WAY ON YOU, CHECKERBOARD LOUNGE
From: Sun Sessions
Nearly 30 years since their first gig, Checkerboard Lounge found themselves recording in arguably the most famous and historically significant recording studio in rock, blues and American roots music history, Sun Studio in Memphis, Tennessee.
https://cheersquadrecordstapes.bandcamp.com/album/sun-sessions
16, FEELING KIND OF BLUE (FEATURING REBECCA BARNARD), ROB SNARSKI & HIS SO-CALLED FRIENDS
From: Searching For The Heart Of It All
“I wanted Searching For The Heart Of It All to be more like a playlist, a compilation … like one of those early Tarantino soundtracks where each song is a sonic surprise. To achieve the variety, I had to cast the net far and wide, asking my musician friends and colleagues to contribute not only instrumentally but vocally,” says Snarski.
https://robsnarski.bandcamp.com/album/searching-for-the-heart-of-it-all
- HERE COMES ANOTHER ONE (Single), PATRICK WILSON
From forthcoming debut solo album by one of the members of the Award-winning Georgia State Line. “Patrick Wilson is a twang assassin. Beneath his polite, disarming and charming exterior he is a multi-faceted musical ninja, capable of cutting through your heart-strings with a single turn of phrase or a twist of melodic flare.” – Henry Wagons
https://patrickwilson.bandcamp.com/track/here-comes-another-one
- AS THE RIVER FLOWS, PETER FARNAN
From: Home (Courtesy of Dog Meat Records)
Serious Young Insects and Boom Crash Opera guitarist/composer and noted theatrical sound designer returns to his post-punk roots with his new album.
https://peterfarnan.bandcamp.com/album/home
- TIL NEXT TIME, SIMON JULIFF
From: Stars (Courtesy of Dog Meat Records)
Former member of The Roys, in the early 00s Simon has now released his debut solo album. For fans of Alex Chilton, T Rex and Neil Young & Crazy Horse. Produced by Joel Silbersher who also features in the band. The album launch is on Saturday March 4 (matinee) at The Workers Club, Fitzroy with special guest True Sound.
https://dogmeataus.bandcamp.com/album/stars
BONUS TRACKS
- GRAVITY (Single), LUKE SINCLAIR SET
The latest song recorded by Luke Sinclair set and a great way to kick off the New Year.
Luke Sinclair is an artist of integrity and a generosity of spirit who continues to forge a well-respected and lasting name forhimself across Australia’s musical landscape (most recently with his award-winning americana outfit, Raised By Eagles) Sinclair’s debut solo release, Heavy Dreams is ablaze with country soul, pop, rock n’roll, trademark balladry and of course, Sinclair’s evocative lyrics.
https://thelukesinclairset.bandcamp.com/album/heavy-dreams
- FEET DON’T FAIL ME NOW, BLUES ARCADIA
From: Now Or Never
Three-time Australian Blues Music Award winners and Australian Roots Music Award nominees. Combining the legendary soul of Stax and Motown with the heat and power of the Chicago and Memphis blues, Blues Arcadia deliver an uninhibited old-fashioned soul stomp revival.
https://bluesarcadia.bandcamp.com/album/now-or-never
- AIN’T IT THE BEST (Single), HANNAH GILLESPIE
Produced by Kasey Chambers and engineered by Brandon Dodd this single features Hannah on guitars and vocals along with Kasey on banjo and harmony vocals, Bill Chambers – Dobro, Brandon Dodd on guitar, Matt Nightingale on double bass and Kayne Butler on drums
https://hannahgillespie.bandcamp.com/track/aint-it-the-best
- DARK AS HELL (Single), CLINT WILSON
Melbournian singer/songwriter Clint Wilson possesses that rare and special something in his songwriting, that makes his fans instantly connect to his story. Justifiably compared to the likes of Paul Kelly and Crowded House, Clint’s nostalgic Folk, Alt-Country music is an enjoyable amble through the tradition of storytelling in song. His 2020 album Another Death In The Family: https://clintwilson.bandcamp.com/album/another-death-in-the-family
- LAST GOOD MAN (Single), MELODY MOKO
Born and raised in Adelaide, Melody wanted to sing like Linda Ronstadt, and write songs like Bob Dylan and travelled around Australia, playing her songs, winning songwriting awards and later went to the US, performing at iconic country music venues such as Nashville’s famous Bluebird Cafe, The Continental Club in Austin, Texas and Tootsies in Nashville.
- GARDEN (Single), JAZMYN
Jazmyn is a 19 year old singer/songwriter/producer born in New Zealand but currently located in South Australia.
https://www.abc.net.au/triplejunearthed/artist/jazmyn/
26 KILOMETRES (Single), MARK CURTIS & THE FLANELETTES
Compelling songwriting with quirk, delivered by a fun, alt country, string band from Adelaide, South Australia Kaurna Yerta. ‘Kilometres’ is a travelling song that invites the listener along for a backseat daydream; it’s a number that’s in conversation with the past while hitching a ride somewhere new and untravelled.
https://markcurtis.bandcamp.com/track/kilometres
- APHELION (Single), RUTH HAZLETON
Aphelion (pronounced a-fee-lee-on) is the point of the Earth’s orbit that is farthest away from the Sun, occurring each year in July. “Whether a traditional song or a song of her own making, Ruth approaches her material with great understanding. Deeply concerned with the political and social, her convictions are intrinsic to the passion behind her music – evident in the strength of her music and her voice”. ~ Andy Irvine (Ireland) less
https://ruthhazleton1.bandcamp.com/track/aphelion
- ADELAIDE (Single), SAND BROTHERS
“Dishevelled coastal rock, with late changes and storms developing in the evening.”
Sand Brothers is a supergroup of sorts, formed in 2020 by Greg Walker (Machine Translations) and Rick Sands (The Night Party) along with Pete Cook (Yamamoto), Din Roberts (Kutcha Edwards Band) and Glen Scarlett (Oak). Their forthcoming album “Too Much Sky” will be released early in the new year.
https://sandbrothers.bandcamp.com/track/adelaide
- THINGS (Single), TRACY YARAD
Australian pianist, singer/songwriter Tracey Yarad has had a multifaceted career, touring Australia in her early years with original bands and a top 40 single in the ’90s. Earning a reputation as a renaissance woman after relocating to NYC in 2017, she reinvented herself as a jazz photographer with her works published in DownBeat, Guitar Player, and Drum Scene magazines.
https://traceyyarad.bandcamp.com/album/things
- BARRIER LINE, CHARLOTTE LE LIEVRE (Released in January)
From: Songs From The Barrier Line
With her heart wrenching lyrics and lilting voice, Charlotte Le Lievre makes music that will transport you to a place beside the river, or late at night by the fire, in the pleasant company of lost loved ones. Her genre-defying style pays homage to different currents of country music, including honky-tonk, gospel, folk, bluegrass and Australiana.
https://charlottelelievre.bandcamp.com/album/songs-from-the-barrier-line