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By Simon, on November 15th, 2011
I know the name of course, but in truth my knowledge of the man’s music is shamefully limited to a few collaborative recordings with fellow Australian artists and his 2007 album Stolen Apples, thanks to Reviewshine I have had a chance to listen to a handpicked 40 song collection of his work in the form of a greatest hits release that’s now out in the US and available as a two-CD set for $14 (or $ 10 for the digital version).
In the business for over 30 years, according to Wiki Kelly has released eighteen albums (discography), I’m not normally a fan of this type of album -although the completest in me can rarely resist shelling out on them when released by my favourite artists with ‘bonus’ material, but I’d heartily recommend this double-release as an introduction to Kelly’s music, the quality of the song-writing and music showcased on . . . → Read More: Paul Kelly – Greatest Hits: Songs from the South Volume 1 & 2
By Simon, on October 22nd, 2010
Here’s a set recorded at Mountain Stage in November 2007 by Kasey Chambers, the set included the title tracks from my two favourite Kasey solo releases The Captain and Barricades and Brickwalls amongst the five recorded.
Kasey has a new album out Little Bird, not got a copy of this yet but the title track I’ve listened to on-line and I wasn’t that impressed to be honest, but I’ll reserve judgement until I’ve listened to the full album, was hoping for something along the lines of Rattlin’ Bones recorded with husband Shane Nicholson which is a fantastic album.
Kasey Chambers – The Captain
Kasey Chambers – Pretty Enough
Kasey Chambers – On a Bad Day
Kasey Chambers – If I Could
Kasey Chambers – Barricades & Brick Walls
Kasey Chambers shop
iTunes Little Bird
. . . → Read More: Kasey Chambers “Mountain Stage” (November 23, 2007)
By Simon, on February 5th, 2010 News on Drive-by Truckers movie “The Secret to a Happy Ending“ Just a reminder that Kasey Anderson’s album Nowhere Nights is released on 16th of this month, courtesy of Kasey’s cunning marketing campaign I was seduced into the vinyl pre-order last year, okay it’s only February but for me this album is a front runner for Best of 2010, get it / sample it at Kasey’s website, here’s what I thought of it, but you don’t have to take my word for it, check out the thoughts of More Cowbell and Twangville too.
News this week of Neil Young finally winning a Grammy, bitter sweet given his contribution to music, just further proof of the farcical nature of the majority of mainstream media awards, the award for “Best Art Direction…” was shared with Gary Burden and Jenice Heo, Neil Young News posted this earlier this week, along with links to Gary Burden’s in . . . → Read More: Odds N Ends
By Simon, on January 6th, 2010 Having posted last year the Kasey Chambers contribution to this Soundstage performance, here’s the other part to go with it from Americana legend Lucinda Williams, I was late to Lu’s music first taking notice of her fifth release the Grammy award winning album Car Wheels on a Gravel Road which won Best Contemporary Folk Album in 1998 (this is the same category that Neko Case is nominated for in this year’s Grammy’s for Middle Cyclone), the album was re-packaged, remastered and released in deluxe form in 2006 to include three bonus tracks and a 13 song live set. Car Wheels remains a favourite album of mine and is a seminal release in the genre, a read of the credits for this album tells the story, Gulf Morlix, Steve Earle, Greg Leisz, Buddy Miller, Emmylou, Jim Lauderdale, Charlie Sexton. This broadcast set from the July 2003 performance at PBR’s Soundstage includes tracks from Lucinda’s albums, . . . → Read More: Lucinda Williams – Soundstage Performance
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