SPRING IS SPRUNG YET AGAIN!
Welcome to our Rhythms Sampler #14 guaranteed to cheer you up after a long lockdown! Here’s our Spring into summer sampler with 30 tracks of brilliant music! That’s 103 minutes of great music just for your listening pleasure. This download is available to all print plus print & digital subscribers ONLY. You can add the songs to your library, or you can also create your own CDs with the tracks (email us if you don’t know how). If you are not a member of the Rhythms family, then you need to join to get a fabulous sampler each issue. Please go to rhythms.com.au/subscribe and join us.
Thank you to all the musicians and record companies that have donated songs. Thank you also to all the subscribers who have made this possible. 1. HAND GRENADE Vika & Linda Written by Mick Thomas. From the great new album The Wait, the first album of new songs from Vika & Linda for more than a decade packed full of songs from Australia’s greatest songwriter. Courtesy of Bloodlines. 2. ST GEORGES ROAD The Black Sorrows From St Georges Road, the 50th album from the legendary Joe Camilleri and another classic to add to the catalogue. Co-written by Nick Smith. Courtesy of Ambition Records. 3. DIAMOND STUDDED SHOES Yola From Stand For Myself, produced by Dan Auerbach, by last month’s cover artist. With tracks co-writtten by Yola and a starstudded cast. Yola says this is the album that truly reflects her personality. Courtesy of Easy Eye Records. 4. SWOLLEN Michael Waugh From The Cast, produced by Shane Nicholson. Another superb album from one of Australia’s finest modern storytellers. 5. IN DREAMS Sierra Ferrell From the new album Long Time Coming which is out now. With her spellbinding voice and time-bending sensibilities, Sierra Ferrell makes music that’s as fantastically vagabond as the artist herself. 6. THAT’S THE WAY (R.PLANT & J.PAGE) Jacqueline Tonks From Music From Yikesville 202o, a cover of a Led Zeppelin song from Led Zeppelin III, released in October 1970. Available at: rhythmsmagazine.com 7. MAN IN THE MIDDLE Andy White From the album Rarer: B Sides and Other Songs 1987 – 2020, a 14-track anthology available now from this Irish legend now resident in Australia. andywhiteireland.bandcamp.com 8. SHINE YOUR LIGHT ON ME Natalie Bergman From the album Mercy, by Natalie Bergman who was one half of the duo, Wild Belle but recorded her solo album after a tragic accident changed her life. Courtesy of Third Man Records.
9. IN THE BEGINNING Silver Synthetic New Orleans rock and roll minimalists Silver Synthetic have released their anticipated self-titled debut album via Third Man Records. Comprised of members of New Orleans luminaries Bottomfeeders and Jeff the Brotherhood,this outfit has carved quite a niche for themselves. 10. EYE ON ME Fenn Wilson From the album Ghost Heroin soon to be released on vinyl via Cheersquad Records. The son of local legend Chris Wilson shows that he also has an enormous talent and voice to match. 11. JUDAS TREE Greta Ziller From the album of the same name which was delayed by the pandemic and which Ziller says, “is made up of hurts and wounds, insecurities and affirmations. A pandemic may have slowed its release, but that same pandemic helped me heal and find myself again.” 12. SIX MONKEYS Even Even’s latest single is a full-bodied heavy hitter; a song that defines the term ‘jangle pop’ while making its presence felt with substantial gravitas and power. Built on a simple but irresistible lick from singer/ guitarist Ash Naylor and a simple but thick rhythmic base from drummer Matt Cotter and bass player Wally Kempton. even.bandcamp.com 13. COME ON DECEMBER Ben Leece & Melody Pool Newcastle-based singer-songwriter Ben Leece returns with his new single, teamed with acclaimed singer-songwriter Melody Pool and her partner Chris Dale to work on the track at the couple’s home studio. 14. I’M WANITA Wanita Following the documentary I Am Wanita, showing the self-proclaimed Australian Queen of Rockabilly comes the album recorded in Nashville and this title track. 15. FALLING DOWN The Redlands Hailing from North West Victoria, The Redlands are childhood friends Samuel Nairn (vocals) and Cousins Chase Williams (lead guitar) and Dean Williams (guitar/ piano). This is the first single for Cheatin’ Heart Records.
16. SOMETHING GOOD Eagle & The Wolf A new single from Sarah Humphreys & Kristen Lee Morris prior to the release of the new album, Two Lovers, on September 17. 17. I KNOW I’M HARD TO LOVE Camille Trail From Camille’s debut album River of Sins – a sultry melting pot of country, folk and blues – produced by Shane Nicholson and be released on Compass Bros / Universal Music Australia. 18. THE GREAT DIVIDE Montgomery Church From a forthcoming album this is a tribute to the Snowy scheme. Hailing from the Snowy Mountains of NSW, Montgomery Church are a Folk/Americana inspired duo fast becoming known for their captivating stage presence. 19. MAYBE Cahill Kelly From the album Classical and Cool Jazz. Melbourne-based singer-songwriter Cahill Kelly relocated south from the evocatively-named Alligator Creek in far North Queensland. Courtesy of Cheersquad Records. 20. SOMEBODY Ella Powell Rising pop country artist Ella Powell took out the Peoples Choice Award at Tamworth in 2019. Ella’s new single ‘Somebody’ is an energetic and uplifting song, encapsulating the story of being proud of where you are in the present and rising in the face of adversity. 21. ONE THING ONE TIME Rinehearts The latest single released from the Perth group that has been powering out the pop since forming in 2016 and was formed from two notable Perth bands. Ben Ward (guitar/ vocals) and Mitch Long (bass) and drummer Ross Di Blasio 22. I USED TO THINK I WAS AN OUTLAW Raechel Whitchurch with Kevin Bennett From her new album Finally Clear released on Compass Brothers Records. Raechel was born and raised on country music. Adam Harvey said,“I have watched Raechel’s career since she was a kid performing in her family band and it’s been fantastic to see her grow as an artist.” 23. CALEB MEYER (GILLIAN WELCH) Frock N Troll From the album Streets of Life with singersongwriter Sherri Olding on acoustic guitar, mandolin, flute, whistle and percussion and husband Gus on violin.
24. LONDON COFFEE Carus Thompson This is from the forthcoming 8th album from the globe-trotting troubadour. Carus Thompson has toured the world alongside The John Butler Trio, The Waifs, Xavier Rudd, Jack Johnson and Pete Murray. 25. SYCO Bagful of Beez ‘Syco’, the first single from the first album that Link McLennan will be releasing under the moniker of Bagful of Beez. Founding member and beloved frontman/singer and songwriter of some seminal Australian acts, the new band is a melting pot of all those acts. 26. BERLIN BUNKER Steve Tyson & The Train Rex From the forthcoming album Banjo’s Last Ride. Steve Tyson was born into a fertile music scene in Brisbane, Australia. His earliest bands, Gentle Art and Spike, played in underground blues and r&b clubs whilst he was still at school. 27. FREE DIRT Looch Lewis This single is a cover of the ‘Died Pretty’ classic tune, written by Brett Myers and features an all-star recording band including Peta Caswell (vocals), Matt Galvin (guitar) and Drizabone D (Bass, Vocals). 28. IN DEFENCE OF THE BUSH Liam Gerner & Luke Moller From the new album The Bulletin Debate – Henry Lawson vs Banjo Patterson. The songs were inspired by the debate that took place via a series of poems about the merits of living in the Australian bush, published in 1892. They will be doing a Bulletin Debate live national concert tour to accompany the release of the album in late 2021/22 featuring special guests. liamgerner.bandcamp.com 29. BRICK BY BRICK Wayne Gillespie & Famous Blue Raincoat Singer/songwriter Wayne Gillespie has been making quality music in Australia since CBS released his second album here back in 1987. This is a preview of the forthcoming album where each song delivers a different take. 30. HOLD TIGHT The Hard Ons Sydney group the Hard-Ons, who have been cranking out their own brand of punk rock for nearly 40 years now (yes, they started young!) have added a new frontman/singer - Tim Rogers! The new album I’m Sorry Sir, That Riff’s Been Taken. Courtesy of Cheersquad Records.
