Tag: "Bluegrass music"

Quarry Mountain Dead Rats : Bloodhound Killed My Squeeze Box
0 Comments. 865 Views. Posted 4 Apr 2012 @ 9:51am.
  Melbourne’s Quarry Mountain Dead Rats is a bluegrass collective that drawls and fiddles at a cracking pace. Their banjo and mandolin getting a decent workout on Bloodhound Killed My Squeeze Box, a song about a troublesome dog with a long face who slobbers all over the newspaper and knocks over drinks. Not a massive fan of songs about dogs, to be honest, except where the dogs are disguised... Read More
Brunswick Music Festival
0 Comments. 2,140 Views. Posted 11 Jan 2012 @ 11:57am.
Australia's only inner-city festival of folk, roots and world music is fast approaching yet again, with a slew of international and local artists having just been announced for the annual Brunswick Music Festival this March.  Once again featuring a strong international component with a focus on traditional origins across a plethora of genres, some of this year's hot ticket acts includes... Read More
Zac Brown Band: You Get What You Give
0 Comments. 1,733 Views. Posted 9 Jan 2012 @ 9:11am.
Too many people say they don’t like country music. But, perhaps city people just don’t get enough exposure to modern country. Zac Brown Band is more like rock-pop than anything else anyway – his evocative story-telling and ever so slightly twangy vocals are the only signs that his latest album, You Get What You Give, is actually a country release.   Further proof though is As She’s Walking... Read More
The Miserable Little Bastards : Misery Loves Company
0 Comments. 3,091 Views. Posted 15 Dec 2011 @ 8:27am.
Super groups can be risky. Too many strong personalities can cloud the vision of an album, too many cooks in the kitchen can spoil the broth, and so on and so forth. With the amount of local talent brimming from The Miserable Little Bastards cup this could have been the case but the first album from the collective is anything but a spoilt broth. In fact, the eight musicians that make up the The... Read More
Davidson Brothers: Here To Stay
0 Comments. 1,572 Views. Posted 22 Sep 2011 @ 9:36am.
Patrons of Gippsland born bluegrass band The Davidson Brothers can enjoy a double dose of solace after hard nights on dance floors. The duo repair ruptured romances in high lonesome heartache songs My Heart Can’t Believe My Eyes and Find You.   And if fans suffer back injuries after 180 bpm banjo instrumental OMFG there’s instant relief at hand – fiddling banjo ace Dr Hamish Davidson... Read More
Julian Abrahams From Mustered Courage
0 Comments. 2,015 Views. Posted 6 Sep 2011 @ 2:29pm.
Who are you and what are you doing here?   I'm Julian Abrahams. I flatpick the shit out of the acoustic guitar 'til my wrist hurts, sing some harmonies 'til Nick says I don't suck and write some tunes until someone says they like one. W hat do you reckon people will say you sound like?   Now that banjos and mandolins are 'cool' again I think we're gonna get the Mumford and Sons... Read More
Round Mountain Girls : One Step Closer
0 Comments. 2,487 Views. Posted 22 Jul 2011 @ 11:36am.
Opening with a jig fit for a leprechaun, Byron Bay's Round Mountain Girls' debut release One Step Closer doesn't sound promising. But, after the Irish folk-esque intro, opener Faith melds into a rollicking country rock tune with a modern twist. Occasionally, a fiddle and Irish tin whistle interrupt to remind listeners that this is a traditional folk-inspired, blue grass roots influenced track... Read More
The Wilson Pickers
0 Comments. 2,252 Views. Posted 8 Apr 2011 @ 11:40am.
  The Wilson Pickers’ website features a letter written by the colourfully named ‘Bob Sizzlefingers’. Mr Sizzlefingers’ letter is less a missive than a rant against The Wilson Pickers, and any pretension the band has toward the bluegrass genre. “You wouldn’t know a hot flat-picked double-stop lick if it bit you on the behind. You young kids think that just because you can sing a bit, you... Read More
Bands On My Tram? It's More Likely Than You Think
0 Comments. 3,773 Views. Posted 16 Mar 2011 @ 3:21pm.
Welcome to Tramsessions which are exactly what they say they are. To throw in a quote from one of the brains behind Tramsessions Nicklas Wallberg , "Tram Sessions puts bands on trams and let them play as we travel the streets of Melbourne." A beautifully simple idea that these people have executed perfectly.   Head on over to Tram... Read More
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