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...
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...
Grammy Awards 2023 – Roots Music Winners
Grammy Award Winners 2023 Molly Tuttle – Photo: LTTL Grammy Awards 2023 Winners Announced Roots Music Categories Listed The winners of the Grammy Awards 2023 have just been announced. There were ninety-one award categories (!) presented Sunday 5 February in Los Angeles. We’ve screened the list to identify roots music that aligns with the genres we follow here on Listening Through The Lens. And here are the recipients in...
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...
Australian Music Festivals 2023
Music festivals Australia 2023 Out On The Weekend – Photo: LTTL Australian Music Festivals 2023 500 Events Welcome to the 2023 and FIFTH annual edition! We slowly but surely emerge from the shadow of the pandemic. It has been a ghastly period for live music and, worst still, festival gatherings with plenty of punters communally enjoying the thrill of the same experience projected from stages around the country. Festival...
Our Albums Of The Month
TIM STAFFORD & THOMM JUTZ - Lost Voices
