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Ray Lamontagne - God Willin' & The Creek Don't Rise
Album Reviews

Ray Lamontagne - God Willin' & The Creek Don't Rise

The mellow acoustic folk sound that has dominated Ray Lamontagne's work for the past three albums has been well and truly tossed out the door with the opening track of God Willin & The Creek Don't Rise, the latest release from the critica...
2 September 2010
Blogs

Dan Kelly drops new vid

Just thought we'd share with you today Dan Kelly's latest film clip, from the track Hold On I'm Coming On off his current album Dan Kelly's Dream. On top of the new clip, Kelly has a stack of tour dates around the country coming up. More a...
31 August 2010
Passenger - Flight of the Crow
Album Reviews

Passenger - Flight of the Crow

Passenger is the brain child of Mike Rosenberg. A UK native, the 26-year-old showcases a heartfelt acoustic album that sees him collaborate with some of Australia's most popular musicians. Flight of the Crow seems to brilliantly capture the buskin...
30 August 2010
Ben Harper's Fistful of Mercy
Music News

Ben Harper's Fistful of Mercy

Joining forces with singer-songwriters Joseph Arthur and Dhani Harrison, Ben Harper has unveiled Fistful of Mercy. Few details have been made available; the first glimpses of the enigmatic supergroup being the release of their first music video.
26 August 2010
Dean Carroll Earthworker hits the road
Music News

Dean Carroll Earthworker hits the road

This spring, Dean Carroll Earthworker will begin his first single tour from the forthcoming album ‘Seeds of Light’ (Album available January 2011). Namely, ‘The Who’s Comin’ Along Tour’ will take him through vari...
20 August 2010
Custom Kings - Great Escape
Album Reviews

Custom Kings - Great Escape

Custom Kings are back with Great Escape after an extended break that has been filled with critically acclaimed sideprojects. The second album from the Melbourne outfit sees the group reunite to for their finest release to date. 
19 August 2010
Blogs

Some more James Brown for you

As today has been decreed Soulshine's James Brown day, we bring you something a little different. Tom Waits in 1987 covering James Brown's 1965 hit Papa's Got A Brand New Bag. Taken during the 1987 tour for the release of his album of...
18 August 2010
Meredith announces 20th anniversary lineup
Music News

Meredith announces 20th anniversary lineup

Meredith today have announced most of the collection of artists for their 20th anniversary. With the previously announced Dirty Three topping the bill, Meredith have brought together a stella batch of Australian and international artists for the D...
18 August 2010
Darren Hanlon - The Globe (August 7)
Live Reviews

Darren Hanlon - The Globe (August 7)

Darren Hanlon might hail from Pomona a couple of hours north of Brisbane, but like every famous New Zealand expat Australia has claimed as our own, Hanlon is Brisbane's son. And the few times a year he passes by this way are greeted with fanfare f...
13 August 2010
Interview with Ray LaMontagne
Interviews

Interview with Ray LaMontagne

Ahead of the release of his fourth album God Willin' & The Creek Don't Rise, Soulshine spoke with Ray LaMontagne about recording the album with his newly formed band The Pariah Dogs. Calling from his home in the woods of western Massachusetts ...
11 August 2010
Flying Scribble - We're A Chameleon
Album Reviews

Flying Scribble - We're A Chameleon

With instrumentation and vocals that hauntingly echo like a theremin, this quirky Abbottsford duo have released a bold and startlingly unique debut LP with We're A Chameleon. With little more than drums and keys (sometimes organ, sometimes synth, ...
11 August 2010
Blogs

Freshly Picked - Georgia Fair

Sydney acoustic duo Georgia Fair have built some momentum after their debut EP was released last year. In recent months they partnered with Band Of Horses' Bill Reynolds and set to work producing their debut LP in the Blue Ridge Mountains in the U...
9 August 2010
Meredith ballots now open
Music News

Meredith ballots now open

As Splendour in the Grass winds down, the entire world's attention is now solely focused on the upcoming summer of festivities, with various announcements imminent. Today Victoria's iconic cult festival Meredith have kicked things o...
4 August 2010
Basement Birds album review
Album Reviews

Basement Birds album review

Supergroups have been one constant of the past forty years of popular music. Having past success with their own respective projects, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young played their second ever gig to the million-odd filthy hippies at Woodstock and a...
23 July 2010
Darren Hanlon - I Will Love You At All
Album Reviews

Darren Hanlon - I Will Love You At All

Darren Hanlon's forth solo album sees the artist settle into a cosy, intimate sound. I Will Love You At All, recorded in Portland, Oregon with Adam Selzer (M. Ward, The Decemberists), is an acoustic journey that sees Hanlon hone his skills as an i...
16 July 2010