 
Fiddlers Feast
The new Fiddlers Feast album ‘Caravan’ is set to be released in January 2013 to coincide with Fiddlers Feast’s shows at the Tamworth Country Music Festival and other tour dates.
Marcus Holden who is locked away in his studio putting the finishing touches on the album recently blogged “We’re stoked about this one, new songs and silliness as well as lots of fiddles…well what do you expect?”
Tour Dates: See top right of this page.
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Jim Low
Jim Low has been a very busy man of late with not one but two new albums in the pipeline not to mention playing shows in support of The Further I Travel which continues to win industry plaudits …
“The Further I Travel, released on Undercover Music's Rouseabout label, is a rare gem.
RECORDING people’s stories is a very worthwhile occupation and Blue Mountains-based singer-songwriter Jim Low does it better than most. When I first listened to his new album, The Further I Travel, it felt familiar, a bit like an old friend telling me things I hadn’t heard before.
The album is rich with Australian history and stories that had to be told.
Although he cites his musical inspirations as GARY SHEARSTON, ERIC BOGLE and COLIN BUCHANAN, he's no clone. Jim travels his own track.
About six years ago Jim had been having eyesight problems and was declared legally blind, which put an end to his performing, something he'd always enjoyed, playing at restaurants, festivals and clubs. While his public performances ceased, his writing and singing at home didn't, and he amassed quite a collection of material.
Enter JASON and CHLOE ROWETH, a couple he had met in the mid 1990s.Jim learnt they'd set up a studio at Millthorpe, near Blayney. The rest, as they say, is history. The Roweths arranged his songs and added their musicianship to Jim's vocals, guitar and harmonica and a brilliant musical partnership was formed.
He has an excellent website, filled with stories, songs and information about his ongoing activities.
If you ever see Jim Low’s name on the bill, grab a front row seat and sit down and take a trip back in time with this wonderful journeyman who’s keeping our history alive for future generations.” (Anna Rose, Capital News & Northern Daily Leader)
Jim Low’s next release on Rouseabout will be Blue Mountain Tracks which as the title suggests features songs about the Blue Mountains. The album is being released to help commemorate the region’s Bicentennial, celebrations of which are planned continually for the next 3 years (2013-15) taking in the explorers' crossing, the road building and Macquarie's first use of the road. The highlight will be the re-enactment of the crossing in May 2013. Blue Mountains Council has a site specifically for the Crossings.
Yet another new album of Jim’s will be released later in 2013.
In the meantime however if you haven’t already, discover The Further I Travel songs from which can be heard at the Undercover Music Soundcloud.
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Gary Shearston
“The word ‘legend’ is used freely in the music world, but few could be more entitled to its use than Gary Shearston.”
(Ian Dearden, Trad & Now)
The Great Australian Groove is the new album from Gary Shearston who "...occupies a singular place in Australian music history" (Keith Glass, The Australian). It features eighteen brand new songs from one of the nation's most eulogized singer/songwriters who feels the rhythms rising from the land and turns them into timeless music.
The Great Australian Groove was recorded and mixed by Roger Ilott who also plays guitars, pedal steel & keyboards and features Lee Williams on bass (& guitars), Gary’s son Luke Shearston on drums and Penny Davies on backing vocals. The album was mastered by William Bowden (Gotye, Hermitude, Empire of the Sun, Silverchair).
In a recent radio feature interview, 2SM’s Graeme Gilbert suggested “if Judith Durham is the Queen of Australian folk then Gary Shearston must surely be the King.” We wholeheartedly concur but cannot escape the irony that Shearston’s sales outside Australia eclipse those of his native land. Hopefully the new album will go someway to addressing this anomaly.
Look & Listen out for Gary Shearston on 2SM Super Radio Network, Happy FM 90.1, Australian Country with John Nutting, BBC in the UK, RCF-Haute Normandie Radio (France) & in Trad & Now & Le Cri du Coyote Magazine.
Gary Shearston regrets to advise that, due to unfortunate circumstances beyond his control, he has had to withdraw his announced participation in Ian McNamara’s Australia All Over ABC concert dates for late November and December. However, he hopes due compensation may be found in listening to his newly-released CD, The Great Australian Groove.
The Great Australian Groove (RRR57) is OUT NOW through MGM Distribution and also directly from Undercover Music via ‘Mail Order’.
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Stand Up & Shout!
Mike McClellan heads a list of outstanding international and Australian artists confirmed for the 28th annual Illawarra Folk Festival at Bulli Showgrounds on the NSW South Coast on January 17-20.
Artistic Director David De Santi suggests “We’re really excited to have Mike McClellan in the line-up. He is an all-time favourite with Australian audiences, and is back touring nationally so it has been a real coup to have him at Bulli.” (Source: Nick Hartgerink, Trad & Now)
McClellan’s song ‘The Heartland’ is featured on the compilation Stand Up & Shout! (RRR43) which brings together some of Australia's most talented songwriters and singers who all have something to shout about!
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