Jeff Tweedy review – fistfights and fan favourites lead romp through 30-year career
The Wilco and Uncle Tupelo frontman creates fascinating juxtapositions as he hops around his back catalogue like a magpie
Shelby Lynne and Allison Moorer – bewitching sister act goes from goosebumps to grunge
The Alabama songwriters’ exquisite close harmonies elevate everything they sing in this eclectic covers set
Luke Bryan: What Makes You Country review – pop in a pickup truck
The reigning king of country returns with more bulletproof tracks about drinking, hunting, driving trucks and babes in Daisy Dukes
Neil Young + Promise of the Real: The Visitor review – energised, pithily funny protest songs
“I’m Canadian, by the way, and I love the USA”, begins the first of 10 songs which survey Donald Trump’s United States with a long-settled immigrant’s sorrowful and disdainful eye. However, Neil Young’s third album with (son of Willie) Lukas … Continue reading
Margo Price: All American Made review – country soaked in serotonin
Drink, depression and pedal steel all make their presence felt on the Nashville singer’s wry and charming second set
Son Volt review – rock pioneers explore new sound in first Australian tour
The Factory, SydneyJay Farrar made his name in the alt-country heyday with Uncle Tupelo, but shows he has a brand of rock all his own
Lady Antebellum review – country superstars are cosy but cloying
The Nashville trio add a soulful, sultry twist to their jaunty pop as they put on a polished show for a rapturous crowd in London
Shania Twain: Now review – bouncing back with country-pop queen
From the mid-90s to the early 2000s, Shania Twain’s zingy country-pop was at its most potent. On songs such as Man I Feel Like a Woman, I’m Gonna Getcha Good and That Don’t Impress Me Much, the Canadian singer gave … Continue reading
Tex, Don and Charlie live review – a magnificent slab of Australiana from three of the greats
Trio exude a weary charm as they skilfully bring to life a cast of drifters and loners lost in the maelstrom of modern life
Wildwood Kin: Turning Tides review – ear-pleasing swoop and swell
“Anglo/Americana” they call it, this punch of diluted flavours: a teeny bit folky, a teeny bit country, a teeny, teeny bit blues-rocky. Really, it’s just MOR adult pop, and these two sisters and a cousin from Exeter are at their … Continue reading
Shelby Lynne & Allison Moorer: Not Dark Yet review – a majestic sister act
(Silver Cross/Thirty Tigers)
Kesha: Rainbow review – a woman unchained
After years of legal wrangles, the former purveyor of pop fodder delivers a strong third album that deserves to be a hit
CW Stoneking review – wry revivalist makes party music for the present
The droll Australian repurposes old trad jazz, blues, calypso and country sounds into fresh, absurdist entertainment
David Rawlings: Poor David’s Almanack review – his most Welch-like release by far
The guitar great delves deep into rural America on his third solo outing