Bud Rokesky Shines As An Outsider
Bud Rokesky Album Review Bud Rokesky – Photo: James Adams ‘Outsider’ by Bud Rokesky Album Out Now Shows Coming Up Including Port Fairy Folk Festival By Rob Dickens This is a striking debut, featuring Queensland singer-songwriter Bud Rokesky’s glorious deep and measured vocals over graphic tales of life from the perspective of someone that’s spent much time picking apart human behaviour and feelings. In...
Albums Of The Month – March 2023
Our Top Six Releases Mar 23 Sunny War – Photo: LTTL Top Six Releases March 2023 Our Top Six Releases Mar 23 By Rob Dickens Cinder Well Cadence Free Dirt Records 21 April 2022 Cinder Well is Amelia Baker’s experimental folk project. To these ears, Baker’s voice is outrageously captivating, moody and evocative beyond the pale. When set against sparse and forceful string arrangements, it is overwhelming. Cadence is still a...
Results Actually Exceptional – Ian Jones
Ian Jones New Release Reviewed Ian Jones – Photo: Justin Dylan Renney ‘Results Not Typical’ The New Album From Ian Jones Out 7 April 2023 By Rob Dickens Experienced singer-songwriter Ian Jones has issued his debut full-length release Results Not Typical and it’s a defining statement of the finest songcraft and musical artistry. Released on April 7, 2023 (via Thin Silver Records) the album’s eleven tracks throw...
Albums Of The Month – February 2023
Our Top Six Releases Feb 23 Mighty Poplar – Photo: Brian Carroll Top Six Releases February 2023 Our Top Six Releases Feb 23 By Rob Dickens Cody Christian Canary In A Coal Mine Independent 5 August 2022 Cody Christian gave up his job as a shipbuilder after eight years, declaring to his colleagues that he wanted an occupation where “my beard would be valued”. According to the bio on his website: “He’s been...
Albums Of The Month – January 2023
Our Top Six Releases Jan 23 Three of The Humbuckin’ Pickups – Photo: LTTL Top Six Releases January 2023 Our Top Six Releases Jan 23 By Rob Dickens Benjamin Dakota Rogers Paint Horse Independent 17 February 2023 A remarkable new presence. The media release describes his voice as ‘unvarnished’ and, yeah, I’ll buy that. Acoustic videos of songs from this collection “John Came Home” (clip below)...
Albums Of The Month – December 2022
Our Top Six Releases Dec 22 Monique Clare – Photo: LTTL Top Six Releases December 2022 Our Top Six Releases Dec 22 By Rob Dickens Billy Strings Me/And/Dad Rounder Records 18 November 2022 An unrelenting revelation when the best artists are asked about their early childhood and/or household situation musically, goes along the lines ‘my Mom and/or Dad were musicians’ or ‘I spent a lot of time in church...
Our Albums Of The Month
TIM STAFFORD & THOMM JUTZ - Lost Voices
