Julie-Anne Marshall-Bluebird

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"Julie-Anne Marshall-Bluebird"

Hailing from Adelaide, Julie-Anne Marshall is a late comer to the music world and has self-funded and independently released her debut album, ‘Bluebird’. Growing up Julie-Anne used poetry to express herself and deal with situations in her life, but it wasn’t until her 30’s that she decided to follow her passion for music. She performed with bands around Adelaide working on her performing and song writing skills making the piano her instrument. Her vocal style is earthy yet ethereal – to connect, uplift, heal, that’s the power and purpose of her songs.

Track list:

  1. BLUEBIRD (3:45)
  2. SOMETHING ABOUT YOU (4:19)
  3. RUNNING MAN (3:52)
  4. SUPERHERO (5:33)
  5. SERENDIPITY (3:17)
  6. WONDERFUL WAY (3:47)
  7. WILD WOMAN (3:43)
  8. NOW FRIEND OF MINE (3:25) English/French
  9. ADELAIDE AUTUMN (4:39)
  10. GONE (3:50)

 

Buy links:

iTunes: https://geo.itunes.apple.com/us/album/bluebird/id1094402669?app=itunes

https://itunes.apple.com/au/album/bluebird/id1094402669

CD: Clarity Records – http://clarityrecords.net

CDBaby: https://www.cdbaby.com/cd/julieannemarshall2

Checkout the Video for Something About You

 

The Posies – Solid States

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"The Posies – Solid States"

Rock ‘n’ roll has rarely been as smart, soulful or satisfying than it has in the hands of The Posies. During an on/off career that’s stretched across four decades, the Seattle-rooted outfit, led by musical polymaths Jon Auer and Ken Stringfellow, have shaped and re-shaped their muse, creating one of the more compelling catalogues in modern pop.

With SOLID STATES, their 8th album, the Posies mark dramatic changes in the lives, the music, the evolution of the band.

When the Posies long time drummer, Darius, died suddenly and unexpectedly last year, Posies founding members Jon Auer and Ken Stringfellow were devastated. Hard as it was to continue without such a close friend and great musician, the moment called for a reinvention. For now… the idea of the band getting into a room and banging out the music, garage band style, was over. The ideas coming from Jon and Ken were fragile and the moods contemplative. Death, divorce, loss. Even the joys of life are fleeting enough as to be treated with care and respect.

Of course, the Posies still retain their legendary melodic abilities, their trademark vocal harmonies and their lyrical agility. The band has always been exploring, growing. The multi­year gaps between albums are typically spent in countless other projects that bring new skills, sounds, experiences and people to the picture. The band will present the album live in a new format, incorporating laptop elements along with guitars, keyboards and drums. As artists, the band feels it’s their duty to take risks and explore.

Album to be released May 6th!

Preorder now!

iTunes – www.itunes.apple.com/au/album/solid-states
CD – www.jbhifi.com.au
Vinyl – www.jbhifi.com.au/music/Whats-Hot/alternative-rock/solid-states-vinyl

Track List:

  1. We R Power!
  2. Unlikely Places
  3. Scattered
  4. Titanic
  5. Squirrel Vs. Snake
  6. March Climes
  7. M Doll
  8. The Definition
  9. The Plague
  10. Rollercoaster Zen
  11. The Sound of Clouds
  12. Radiance

 

Social
www.theposies.com
www.facebook.com/theposies
www.twitter.com/theposies
www.instagram.com/theposies

Old Man Luedecke – Domestic Eccentric

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"Old Man Luedecke – Domestic Eccentric"

From the music rich maritime province of Nova Scotia on the East coast a banjo songster like Old Man Luedecke is a rare type of musician. A songwriting one of such hopeful goodness, rarer still. In the tradition of solo banjo men and women of days gone by like Doc Boggs, Old Man Luedecke sings his songs accompanied only by his loving five string, foot stomps and the occasional yodel.

Chris Luedecke lives in Halifax and works all over the huge country of Canada, from the Yukon to Vancouver. His jaunty frailing style banjo playing lending uplifting buoyancy to sometimes quite melancholy and highly unique lyrical ideas, and it slotted beautifully into a young market hungry for new growth from old roots. His music has received wide acclaim across the genres in Canada, from Feist to Buck 65 who co-opted him to play banjo on one of his most famous early tracks ‘Indestructible Sam’. His songs are melodic gems blending old time sensibilities with an unusual vision and poetic sense. His music belies someone more than slightly ill at ease with modern life and he performs with a gentle and endearing charisma, stories littered with a canny oblique humour; he’s a sly entertainer with almost a hint of contemporary vaudeville about him and he plays a mean claw hammer banjo clearly derivative of the old time and Appalachia.

Get the album here:

iTunes – www.itunes.apple.com/ca/album/domestic-eccentric
Amazon – www.amazon.com/Domestic-Eccentric-Old-Man-Luedecke

Upcoming tour dates:

April 29-May 1 — Woodford Planting Festival — Woodford, QLD
May 3 — Upwey/Belgrave RSL — Upwey, VIC
May 5 — Spotted Mallard — Melbourne, VIC
May 6 — Mountain Muma Restaurant — Sheffield, TAS
May 7 — Brookfield Shed — Margate, TAS
May 10 — Sunset Studio — Newcastle, NSW
May 11 — Gaelic Club — Sydney, NSW
May 13 — Illawarra Folk Club — Wollongong, NSW
May 14 — White Eagle Polish Club — Canberra, ACT
May 15 — Hotel Blue (Live at the Attic) — St. Katoomba, NSW

 

Official Site 
www.oldmanluedecke.ca
Facebook
www.facebook.com/OldManLuedecke

Kim Galpin – Silver Tears

"Kim Galpin – Silver Tears"

Kim Galpin formed an association with Salvadore Salvo in mid 2015. They started collaborating on Eclectic Groove Sounds and thus Phallenangelz was formed. These two refugees from the “60s” share a common love of good music consisting of keyboards based grooves with electric beats and bass. Kim lives in Horsham and Sal in Western Melbourne and both continue to explore music in various forms.

Available on Bandcamp here: http://phallenangelz.bandcamp.com/

Track List:

  1. Summer in Manly
  2. House of Peace
  3. Chords of Excellenz
  4. Requiem for Trance
  5. Saltwater Shine
  6. Smothered in Rhythm
  7. Southern Ocean Sun
  8. Beautiful Child
  9. Floating on the Sea of Love
  10. Night life of Darwin
  11. Petticoat Secrects
  12. Synq or Swim
  13. In Kind

 

www.facebook.com/Phallenangelz

 

Riley Pearce – Outside The Lines

"Riley Pearce – Outside The Lines"

From a childhood spread between Europe and Australia, Riley Pearce’s desire to explore and discover is often reflected in his songwriting. ‘Outside The Lines’ is the 23 year old’s second EP release, inspired from a recent six month trip to Montana and a look at the world through those traveller’s eyes. Recommended for fans of James Bay and Ben Howard, Pearce combines a nice mix of percussive guitar, horns, and delicate harmonies to achieve both a chilled and upbeat vibe in his songs.

 

Buy the new EP out now:

Physical CDs & Vinyl – http://rileypearce.com.au

Digital – http://apple.co/1np8kcq

 

Track List:

  1. Brave
  2. 406
  3. Outside the Lines
  4. Seasick
  5. Roskie
  6. The Long Road
  7. Circles

 

Official Site

http://rileypearce.com.au

 

Social Links

http://facebook.com/rileypearcemusic

http://instagram.com/rileypearcemusic

http://youtube.com/rileypearcemusic

http://twitter.com/riley_pearce

 

 

 

 

Fiona Joy — Signature – Synchronicity

"Fiona Joy — Signature – Synchronicity"

Signature – Synchronicity is the perfect bookend to Fiona Joy’s 2015 project Signature-Solo, which spent several months in the coveted #1 spot on the ZMR Airplay Charts and released in numerous formats via Blue Coast Records, a pioneering audiophile label.

World-class musical luminaries give Signature – Sychronicity a powerful grounding to explore and experiment with how to present the same music in two completely unique ways. The album presents more fully-realised versions of all ten pieces, recorded and produced with the team at Imaginary Road Studios in Vermont and many of Fiona’s favorite instrumentalists; some recording was also done at Crash Symphony Productions in Sydney.

“One of the brightest lights in the contemporary instrumental genre,

Fiona Joy Hawkins is poised to move into stardom and we have only to watch to see it happen”

– Will Ackerman (Founder Windham Hill Records)

 

Pre-Order The Album Now: http://fionajoy.bandcamp.com/album/signature-synchronicity 

 

Track List:

  1. Ceremony (3:43)
  2. Grace (5:40)
  3. Fair Not (4:18)
  4. Once Upon Impossible (4:22)
  5. Calling Earth (4:06)
  6. Invisible Train (3:44)
  7. Grace (Chill Version) (4:30)
  8. Signature (2:41)
  9. From the Mist (5:19)
  10. Little Star (4:53)

 

Official Website

www.FionaJoy.com

Facebook

https://www.facebook.com/fionajoymusic/

 

The Violent Femmes – We Can Do Anything

"The Violent Femmes – We Can Do Anything"

Violent Femmes’ ninth studio album and first full-length collection in more than 15 years, We Can Do Anything is among the most provocative and playful in the legendary band’s remarkable canon featuring a wealth of recently penned tunes.  As the title makes plain, founding Femmes Gano and Brian Ritchie (acoustic bass guitar, vocals) remain intrepid as ever before, traversing infinite genre and emotion via their immediately identifiable mash of rambunctious folk, minimalist punk, cubist blues, cosmic jazz, and back porch rock ‘n’ roll.

“What the Femmes are,” says Ritchie, “and I think we always have been, is a repository for American roots music. Most people think of us as a kind of rock band but we’re a lot more than that and I think this album represents all that in a really natural, cohesive way. It just flows smoothly between all these ideas.”

BUY THE ALBUM NOW CD and Exclusive to Australia Green Vinyl  http://umusi.cc/WCDA

ITUNES

Track listing

  1.  Memory – 3.04
  2. I Could Be Anything-3.43
  3. Issues -3.06
  4. Holy Ghost – 2.35
  5. What You Really Mean – 3.51
  6. Foothills – 2.43
  7. Travelling Solves Everything-2.58
  8. Big Car-2.56
  9. Untrue Love-3.17
  10. I’m Not Done-2.13

Official site 

http://www.vfemmes.com/

Social media

https://twitter.com/violentfemmes

https://instagram.com/officialviolentfemmes/

https://www.facebook.com/officialviolentfemmes

YouTube channel  

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDgrjVbeoBc4l0GL8_RzNwg

Hussy Hicks – Lucky Joe’s Wine

"Hussy Hicks – Lucky Joe’s Wine"

The Hussy Hicks have a unique musical approach that spans many genres – from boisterous blues and roots, to contemporary folk fortified with delicious vocal harmonies; alt country inspired comedic tales from the road to 80’s style power ballads. The girls, Julz Parker and Leesa Gentz are highly regarded for their musicality by their fellow musicians and punters alike, you can expect lots of interactive jamming, killer guitar licks and soaring vocals. This approach has seen them on stage in Jams with everyone from Michael Franti and Edward Sharp (Alex Ebert) to John Butler and the Indigo Girls.

ALBUM TOUR DATES

Feb 5 – Nightquarter Gold Coast – Qld
Feb 6 – Riverside Bar Marrochydore – Qld
Feb 7 – Taps The Valley – QLD
Feb 12 – Beaches Thirroul – NSW
Feb 13 – Lazybones Marrickville – NSW
Feb 14 – Meatstock Festival Sydney – NSW

Feb 19 – Seaview Hotel Woolgoolga – NSW

March 3 – Setters Tavern WA
March 4,5,6 Nannup Festival WA
March 9, Redcliff on the Murray WA
March 10 – Mojo’s Fremantle WA
March 11 – Indi Bar Scarborough WA
March 12 – Sunset Blues Festival Bunbury WA

March 13 – Clancy’s Dunsborough WA
March 15 – Perth Blues Club WA
March 16 – Redcliff on the Murray WA
March 19 – Nukara Festival WA
March 25 – Bluesfest Byron Bay NSW
March 27 – Bluesfest Byron Bay NSW

The band had spent a few weeks at the magical Muscle Shoals Sound Studios recording ‘Raise the Deal’ by Kristy Lee and were keen to get back to Alabama to cut some Hussy Hicks tracks. Hall of Fame legend Rick Hirsch (Wet Willy, Cher, Greg Allman, Joan Armatrading) played host to the Hussy Hicks in his Alabama studio, where they gathered a few musician friends to collaborate on a seven-track mini album.
‘Lucky Joe’s Wine and Other Tales From Dog River’ is a completely new direction for the Australian-based duo, seeing an evolution of sound from NCEIA Album of the Year ‘The London Sessions’ to a more alt country, southern feel.

The country focus will be no surprise to Hussy Hicks’ long-time fans. Leesa Gentz grew up in the Australian country scene, signing to ABC records at just 16 years old. As always, the Hussies’ music is a melting pot of influences and on this track you hear not just Leesa’s country roots but also a pull towards the surf instrumental vibes from Julz’s time with the Phil Emmanuel band.

ITUNES LINK

https://itunes.apple.com/au/album/lucky-joes-wine-other-tales/id1080075594 

www.hussyhicks.com

Mark Lucas – Continental Drift

"Mark Lucas – Continental Drift"

Hard on the heels of his recent solo outing “Little Town Blues”, local troubadour Mark Lucas is back with a new offering from his stalwart band, The Dead Setters.

Originally from the UK, Mark spins tales of the ordinary and beyond armed with a dry wit and a well-travelled if world-weary take on the human condition. Add Jake Lardot (Belgium) album producer & one of Australia’s most respected guitar players (check 14 years on the road with Lee Kernaghan), John Lee (Georgia, USA) fiddle & mandolin, Steve Gunning (all over the place via Woodford) drums (former sideman to Vicky O’Keefe, Grace Knight amongst others), and Chris Mearns (the not-so-token Australian) bass, who’s been plying his trade longer than most have a right to, and you’ve got a multicultural take on country roots music, embracing folk, country and blues with a foot in the past and ear to the future.

‘The Continental Drift’, the band’s fifth release offers gritty observations on life and love driven by a bunch of musicians schooled in everything from punk to bluegrass, but all with a taste for tale well told and a melody that hooks you in.

“The recipe seems pretty simple: creeping easy on the ear melodies, songs written with ingredients from the store where Tom Petty and Elliott Murphy shop, a voice which is very akin to that of Gerry Rafferty, guitar sounds emerging from the strings of Bonnie Raitt … well, enough parts to make the great record that this CD has become.”

File under adult alternative Australian roots music.

Itunes-

https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/the-continental-drift/id1065747670

http://www.facebook.com/marklucassongs

Dead Setters “Continental Drift” Tour dates

March 10       Django Bar, Marrickville (album launch)

March 11       Lass O’Gowrie, Newcastle

March 12       5 Church Street, Bellingen

March 13       Nimbin Hotel, Nimbin

March 18       Merton Hotel, Rozelle

March 25       Smith’s Alt Bookshop, Canberra ACT (tbc)

March 26       The Retreat Hotel, Brunswick VIC

March 27       The Yarra Hotel, Abbotsford VIC

April 1             The Gasoline Pony, Marrickville

April 10          Petersham Bowling Club, Petersham (Lock the Gate Fundraiser)

April 14          Canterbury Hurlstone Park RSL

April 15          Hotel Gearin, Katoomba

April 16          The Bunker, Coogee RSL, Coogee

Monks of Mellonwah-Disconnect EP

"Monks of Mellonwah-Disconnect EP"

Monks of Mellonwah teamed up with Grammy-winning producer Keith Olson (Fleetwood Mac, Ozzy Osbourne) and acclaimed engineer Mark Needham (The Killers, Imagine Dragons) for their long-awaited debut album in 2014.

The band have received recognition beyond their Australian borders, winning awards for International Rock Band Of The Year (LA Music Awards 2012) and Best Indie Rock Band (AIM Awards 2012).

Having completed a 3 month tour of the USA in 2014, supporting the likes of Scott Stapp (Creed) and Sevendust, the Monks returned to the USA in April 2015, to perform showcases at the highly regarded and acclaimed music conferences – The Rock Summit and Musexpo which are both being held in Los Angeles.

This new Album , produced by Joseph de la Hoyde, has seen the band work with Grammy nominated Mix Engineer Slavic Livins, A&R Worldwide’s Monte Malone and Sat Bisla, as well as Mastering Engineer Steve Hall.

More at

http://monksofmellonwah.com/

 

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