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Rhythms Sampler #17 Our Download Card
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Welcome to Rhythms Sampler #17 which contains some of the best new tracks of 2022 and some rarities. We have 30 fabulous hand-picked tracks for you to enjoy for the next two months until the next issue rolls around. 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. (By the way, next issue every subscriber will get a 30th anniversary CD!) 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.
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SIDE A
1. Passengers
Aoife O’Donovan
From the brilliant new album Age of Apathy, produced by Joe Henry. (Courtesy of Redeye). If you enjoyed her work with I’m With Her you will love this album too.
2. Gotta Serve Somebody (B.Dylan)
Suzannah Espie
The opening track on Bob’s 1979 classic Slow Train Coming here performed sensationally by Suzannah Espie at the Caravan Music Club in Archie’s Creek last December, along with Rebecca Barnard, Angie Hart and Charm of Finches with the band led by Shane O’Mara on guitar, with Ben Wiesner on drums, Adrian Whitehead on keyboards and Rick Plant on bass.
3. Where, Where, Where
Jeff Lang & Allison Ferrier
From: Snowcap Menace. First song from High Ace, the new collaboration between Jeff Lang and Allison Ferrier. Highly inventive song and sonic excursions.
4. Still Life
Carson McHone (Merge Records)
The title track from Austin-based singersongwriter who journeyed to Canada to record with Daniel Romano. The third album from McHone, whose 2018 album Carousel was named one of Rolling Stone’s Best Country Albums of the year. mergerecords.com
5. Mama Tried
Eli ‘Paperboy’ Reed
From: Down Every Road Eli Paperboy Reed Sings Merle Haggard (Yep Roc/ Redeye) “Country and soul music have always been two parts of the same stream,” says Eli Paperboy Reed. “The influence flows in both directions.”
6. Drowning In Plain Sight
The Delines
From: Sea Drift. (Love Police Records & Tapes). From the long-awaited new album by Willy Vlautin (Richmond Fontaine and acclaimed author) and friends’ dark country soul combo. The album Sea Drift is out now.
lovepolice.com.au 7. House of Sin
The Weeping Willows
From: You Reap What You Sow. The first song from the forthcoming new album from the super talented duo, Laura Coates and Andrew Wrigglesworth.
8. Distant Choir
Nick O’Mara
From: Overland. You’ve heard him in Raised By Eagles and with Jacqueline Tonks in Amarillo now O’Mara releases his first solo album (to be launched on March 25).
9. Heavy
Charm of Finches
From: Wonderful Oblivion. A gem from their award winning and critically acclaimed album. COF about to tour the UK and Europe.
10. Marrow Gold
Ben Leece
From: Marrow Gold (Stanley Records) Newcastle-based singer/songwriter, Leece and his band, Left of The Dial, expand their musical range on the rocking Marrow Gold EP (one of two EPs released simultaneously). The epic title track features Melody Pool on vocals and was produced by Ben’s labelmate, Adam Young. www.stanleyrecords.com.au
11. Resentment
Madi Diaz (ANT- Records)
From: History of Feeling - an album that undeniably marks Diaz’s status as a firstrate songwriter, a craft she’s spent years refining.
12. Best Part
Fools
Can’t Wait Any Longer. From the debut album from this 12-piece Melbourne soul/R&B/American combo.
13. Stay
Bros. Landreth
From: Come Morning. First song from the forthcoming album from the Canadian duo due May 13. The Bros. Landreth - Dave and Joey Landreth – have a roots rock sound that combines harmony-rich Americana, bluesy R&B, U.S singer/songwriter traditions, and the folk heritage of the northern prairies.
SIDE B
14. Salt of The Sea
Cahill Kelly
From: Classical and Cool Jazz. (Cheersquad Records & Tapes). Another track from Kelly’s great debut album. With guest Grace Cummings and others helping to make classic rock/pop with strong roots and classic reference points including Randy Newman and John Lennon’s Plastic Ono Band.
icheersquadrecordstapes.bandcamp.com 15. Trial By Fire
Jeremy Ivey (ANTI- Records)
From: Invisible Pictures (out on March 11) Nashville-based singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist, Jeremy Ivey first established himself in the early 2010s as a member of the country-soul band Buffalo Clover alongside his wife, singer/ songwriter Margo Price. Invisible Pictures is his third solo album.
16. No Forgetting You
Krishna Jones (Courtesy of Zen Arcade Music)
From: The Other Side. One of the most respected guitarist, singer/songwriters and producer in Australia. He made his first impact on the Australian music scene in the mid-’90s with the Aria nominated rock band, Juice.
17. Closing Time
Sam Shinazzi
From: Days I Won’t Forget (Stanley Records) According to Sam, “it’s essentially about an ending and not being ready for that ending, yet still recognising it.” Closing time was one of the first songs written for Shinazzi’s sixth album and features Katie Brianna on guest vocals. It’s a perfect example of Sam’s lazy alt-country meets indie pop rock sound.
www.stanleyrecords.com.au 18. Time
Delisinki
From: City/Country. With a crack band this song is a a duet with Monique Brumby. Melbourne singer/ songwriter Delsinki, the man behind the much-loved ‘Keep The Circle Unbroken’ and ‘Sing A Song Of Sixpence’ touring shows, has released his second solo album City /Country. delsinki.bandcamp. com/album/city-country
19. You Got A Way On You
Checkerboard Lounge
From: Sun Sessions. (Cheersquad Records & Tapes). The Melbourne blues/R&B institution – these days featuring Carl Pannuzzo, Shannon Bourne, Tim Neal and Amos Sheehan – journeyed to Memphis for the 2020 International Blues Challenge, and ended up recording an album at Sun! Album launch at the Thornbury Theatre April 1.
cheersquadrecordstapes.bandcamp.com
20. I Want More
The Redlands
From: Sticks to Stones (Cheatin’ Hearts Records / Spunk! Records) Hailing from North-West Victoria, The Redlands brand of raw Australiana feels both timeless, yet completely contemporary at the same time. Here they give you the heartfelt ‘I Want More’, taken from the band’s newly released debut album ‘Sticks to Stones’.
21. Redemption Is Real
Suz Dorahy
Newcastle, NSW/Mulubinba singersongwriter has released the powerful five-track EP Redemption is Real. It is a document of her experiences over the past few years since her 2016 EP, Stolen.
22. Saxophone River Dreams
From the debut album from Sydneybased River Dreams. Emotive and classic song writing and playing.
23. Cleveland
Dave Favours & The Roadside Ashes
From: Cheap Motels After Midnight (Stanley Records) The Roadside Ashes are fronted by the head honcho of specialist alt-country label, Stanley Records. Dave’s reckons this one’s his own Ballad of Lucy Jordan, a classic tale of life getting in the way. This one is from their brand-new, second album, Cheap Motels After Midnight.
www.stanleyrecords.com.au 24. I Love This Rodeo
Lynchburg
Title track from the second Lynchburg album, a project that combines the talents of Allan Caswell and Lindsay Waddington.
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25. Somewhere In Soho
Matt Boylan-Smith
Latest song from the talented singer and songwriter. Album coming mid 2022.
26. Cheap Suit
Ray Jones
Sleeping Rough. Produced by Bill Chambers, a superb example of the song writing and singing of this Guy Clarke and Rodney Crowell inspired artist from Western Australia.
27. Ruby (Days Gone By)
Henry Fenton
Latest single from the Australian singer and songwriter who is currently resident in New Mexico.
28. Thank God For Rock’n’ Roll
Dave Wright & Midnight Electric
From: Lost Inside A Dream. Anthemic song from the superb new album from the Melbourne-based band.
29. Messenger (Single)
Resignators
The Resignators, from Victoria, Australia, are a seven headed brash and boisterous ska punk monster, featuring blistering guitar, thumping bass, melodious keyboards, driving drums and a military like horn section, ready to attack, putting a bomb under the relatively easy, feel-good vibes that are often spun in the genre, with their punkinflected ska.
30. Mountain Peak
Beyond The Lake
The second single from Beyond The Lake’s third album entitled Coming Home, due to be released in April 2022. BYTL use FX and loops to create a spacious, calming sonic landscape to relax to.