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Good Times Festival Announces New Dates

by Paul Cashmere

Good Times has new dates in September but a few changes come with the announcement.

Tagged as: Ash Grunwald, Australia, blues, Good Times, Josh Teskey, roots, Sam Teskey

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Mike Thomas’ Roving Commission Grounded Due To Covid Restrictions

by Paul Cashmere

Mick Thomas’ Roving Commission tour dates have once again been disrupted after new restrictions in Western Australia and South Australia have meant that the Victoria based band is locked out of the western states.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, Australia, blues, Mick Thomas, roots, Roving Commission

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Darlinghurst To Launch Debut Album At Gympie Music Muster

by Paul Cashmere

Melbourne’s Darlinghurst will launch their debut album at the Gympie Music Music in August.

Tagged as: 20s, Australia, blues, country, Darlinghurst, roots

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Brooke Taylor Replaces Brooke Russell In Mick Thomas’ Roving Commission

by Paul Cashmere

Melbourne singer songwriter Brooke Taylor has joined Mick Thomas’ Roving Commission replacing the other Brooke, Brooke Russell.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, Australia, blues, Brooke Russell, Brooke Taylor, Mick Thomas, roots, Roving Commission

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Marysville Music Weekend Festival Line-up Revealed

by Paul Cashmere

The Marysville Music Weekend for the Yarra Valley on October is moving forward as planned.

Tagged as: Australia, blues, folk, Geoff Achison, James Morrison, Marysville Music Weekend, Pierce Brothers, roots

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Melbourne Lockdown Conception King Canyon Get Real With Tour Dates and New Music

by Paul Cashmere

During the pandemic lockdown of 2020 Melbourne musicians Jimmy Cupples and James Ryan bred a new band King Canyon.

Tagged as: 20s, Australia, blues, James Cupples, James Ryan, King Canyon, rock, roots

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John Butler To Hit The Road Again In May

by Paul Cashmere @paulcashmere

John Butler is heading back on the road for his first post-pandemic national tour in May. The tour will kick off in Newcastle on May 19.

Tagged as: 90s, Australia, John Butler, John Butler Trio, roots

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Xavier Rudd Has A New Deal and a New Label

by Paul Cashmere @paulcashmere

Xavier Rudd will release his 10th album via a new deal with Virgin.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, 20s, Australia, folk, roots, Xavier Rudd

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Australian Charts: Tash Sultana ‘Terra Firma’ Is No 1

by Gavin Ryan

The second album for local singer/songwriter Tash Sultana called “Terra Firma” becomes her first No.1 album this week as it debuts in the top spot.

Tagged as: 10s, 20s, Australia, blues, rock, roots, Tash Sultana, Terra Firma

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Pierce Brothers Plan Tour Around Victoria

by Paul Cashmere

With national touring uncertain at this point, Victoria’s Pierce Brothers have a solution to staying on the road. Stay within your state.

Tagged as: 10s, Australia, folk, Pierce Brothers, rock, roots

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John Butler To Appear At Western Australia’s WA Forests Event

by Paul Cashmere

John Butler will perform live at the WA Forest event in Western Australia showing the movie ‘Cry of the Forests’.

Tagged as: Australia, blues, Cry of the Forests, film, Jane Hammond, John Butler, movie, rock, roots, Western Australia

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The Band Expand The Classic ‘Stage Fright’

by Paul Cashmere

‘Stage Fright’, the third album from The Band, will be reissued with bonus tracks, demo recordings and a complete concert album.

Tagged as: 60s, 70s, Americana, Robbie Robertson, rock, roots, The Band, USA

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Watch the New The Teskey Brothers ‘Highway Home For Christmas’ Video

by Paul Cashmere

Happy Christmas from The Teskey Brothers. A brand new video for ‘Highway Home For Christmas’ popped up today.

Tagged as: 10s, 20s, Americana, Australia, blues, Christmas, folk, roots, Teskey Brothers

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The Teskey Brothers Release A Couple Of Christmas Songs

by Paul Cashmere

The Teskey Brothers have released two Christmas songs ‘Dreaming of a Christmas With You’ and ‘Highway Home For Christmas’.

Tagged as: 10s, Americana, Australia, blues, Christmas, roots, Teskey Brothers

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Vika and Linda Bull on Friday 17 November 2017. Photo by Ros O'Gorman

Vika & Linda Discuss There Most Prolific Year Ever In Lockdown

by Paul Cashmere

2020 was meant to be spent touring for Vika & Linda Bull. They were about to head out on the APIAT Good Times tour when Covid hit and the plans moved to 2021. They set them thinking about what to do. Now its six months and two albums later with the ‘Anthology’ and the ‘Sunday’ albums.

Tagged as: 90s, Australia, blues, folk, Linda Bull, roots, soul, Vika & Linda, Vika Bull

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Ben Harper To Release Lap Steel Guitar Album

by Paul Cashmere

Ben Harper’s next album will be the solo work ‘Winter Is For Lovers’, featuring 15 songs performed on Ben’s Monteleone lap steel guitar.

Tagged as: 90s, Ben Harper, bluegrass, blues, roots, USA

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This Way North Debut Hector In ‘Driving Roads’ Video

by Music-News.com

Leisha Jungalwalla and Cat Leahy from This Way North have introduced their new star Hector the van for the new video ‘Driving Roads.

Tagged as: 10s, Australia, blues, folk, roots, This Way North

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Diesel Connects Connects The Sunset With Suburbia On New Album

by Paul Cashmere

Diesel’s latest album ‘Sunset Suburbia’ is about the connection between the romance of sunset with the harsh reality of suburbia.

Tagged as: 80s, 90s, Australia, blues, Diesel, Mark Lizotte, rock, roots

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Mick Thomas’ Roving Commission Premieres ‘I Heard Sally Singing’ Video

by Music-News.com

Mick Thomas’ Roving Commission has premiere a video for ‘I Heard Sally Singing’ from the ‘See You On The Other Side’ album, recorded during Isolation.

Tagged as: 80s, 90s, Australia, blues, folk, Mick Thomas, Mint Condition, rock, roots, Roving Condition, See You On The Other Side, Weddings Parties Anything

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Vika and Linda Turn Sunday Sessions Into Sunday Album

by Paul Cashmere

Vika and Linda started lockdown edition one with a weekly Sunday session from home. They are back in Lockdown stage 2 doing it again every Sunday … and now there is an album compiled from the sessions.

Tagged as: 00s, 90s, Australia, blues, folk, roots, Sunday, Vika and Linda

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Nils Lofgren To Release Live Album From Inbetween E Street Band and Crazy Horse Duties

by Paul Cashmere

Nils Lofgren is shaping up to be the hardest working man in showbiz. When you work with both the E Street Band and Crazy Horse its hard to imagine there is any free time inbetween. Nils found some and managed to squeeze a live album out if it.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, blues, Crazy Horse, E Street Band, Nils Lofgren, rock, roots, USA

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Ben Harper and Rhiannon Giddens Cover Nick Drake

by Paul Cashmere

Rhiannon Giddens and Ben Harper are together for a cover of Nick Drake’s ‘Black Eyed Dog’.

Tagged as: 90s, Ben Harper, bluegrass, blues, Rhiannon Giddens, roots, USA

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Mick Thomas Roving Commission See You On The Other Side

Mick Thomas Talks About The Song ‘Mint Condition’

by Paul Cashmere

The oldest track on Mick Thomas’ Roving Commission new ‘See You On The Other Side’ is ‘Mint Condition’.

Tagged as: 80s, 90s, Australia, blues, folk, Mick Thomas, Mint Condition, rock, roots, Roving Condition, See You On The Other Side, Weddings Parties Anything

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Mick Thomas Discusses His Iso Song ‘Ghost Train To Mernda’

by Paul Cashmere

Mick Thomas’ Roving Commission have created an album in isolation. ‘See You On The Other Side’ was mostly written and totally created in April 2020. It replaced what would have been an overseas album session for Mick that became a completely different home session record.

Tagged as: 80s, Australia, folk, Mick Thomas, roots, Roving Commission, See You On The Other Side, Weddings Parties Anything

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Mick Thomas on ‘I Heard Sally Singing’

by Paul Cashmere

‘I Heard Sally Singing’ on the Mick Thomas’ Roving Commission’s ‘See You On The Other Side’ album is a lockdown song about have fast things have been changing in 2020.

Tagged as: 80s, Australia, folk, Mick Thomas, roots, Roving Commission, See You On The Other Side, Weddings Parties Anything

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Mick Thomas’ ‘Round Fourteen Two Thousand Nine’ Came From A Retro Footy Match In Lockdown

by Paul Cashmere

When Mick Thomas gathered his Roving Commission for the “lockdown” album ‘See You On The Other Side’ he created one song from the perspective of being served retro football matches on television while the current season was put on hold.

Tagged as: 80s, Australia, folk, Mick Thomas, roots, Roving Commission, See You On The Other Side, Weddings Parties Anything

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Australian Charts: Vika & Linda Bull Score Their First No 1 Album With ‘Akilotoa’

by Gavin Ryan

Vika & Linda (Bull) land their first No.1 Album in their native Australia this week as their collection called “Akilotoa (Anthology 1994-2006)” debuts at the top of the ARIA Albums chart.

Tagged as: 90s, Australia, Australian charts, blues, folk, roots, soul, Vika & Linda

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Isolation Prompted Mick Thomas To Create A Whole New Album Quickly

by Paul Cashmere

Today’s release of Mick Thomas’ Roving Commission’s ‘See You On The Other Side’ is a byproduct of the creative surge the coronavirus has inspired in artists.

Tagged as: 80s, Australia, folk, Mick Thomas, roots, Roving Commission, See You On The Other Side, Weddings Parties Anything

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Pierce Brothers Take It Indie With ‘Kanko’

by Paul Cashmere

Melbourne’s Pierce Brothers have returned with new indie music after releasing their debut through Warner Music.

Tagged as: 10s, Australia, blues, folk, indie, Pierce Brothers, roots

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This Way North Debut ‘You Be You’

by Paul Cashmere

Victorian two-piece This Way North is nearing the conclusion of their trilogy of E.P.’s with the first taste of the final E.P. 3, ‘You Be You’.

Tagged as: 10s, Australia, blues, indie, roots, This Way North

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