Meet: The Gritty, Witty and Bad Ass Duo, The Wanted Sisters
With their debut track ‘Been Through Hell’ and 2nd single ‘Drink About It’ both going straight to the top of the iTunes Country Charts, we at Backseat thought it was…
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Live Review: Watershed Festival – The Gorge Amphitheater, George, WA USA 04.08.2023-06.08.2023
By Nestor Salgado The Gorge Amphitheater in Eastern Washington State is home to Watershed Festival, a yearly event set against a stunning backdrop during the first weekend of August. Perched…
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News: My Darling Clementine set to play The Workmans Club Cellar Dublin
A labour of love on multiple levels, My Darling Clementine – the sobriquet of spouses Michael Weston King and Lou Dalgleish – began as a homage to classic country duets…
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News: Sunny Sweeney to play Dublin’s The Workmans Club Cellar
Currently part of the American Currents: State of the Music exhibition at The Country Music Hall of Fame alongside Luke Combs, Charley Crockett, Miranda Lambert and many more… ACM-nominated recording…
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News: Joan Shelly to play headline show at Whelan’s, Dublin 5th September 2023
Joan Shelley is a songwriter and singer who lives near Louisville, Kentucky not far from where she grew up. Like the River Loves the Sea is her fifth album. She…
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Album Review: As Hillsborough head on tour, their debut ‘Comin’ Back For You’ is a jangling melodic delight filled with a raw, engaging spirit.
Hillsborough – named after the area in Western Queensland where singer/songwriter Phil Usher’s family have been living since the late 1800’s – have a sound that sweeps across an alt.…
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Track: Full Power Happy Hour’s ‘Measurements’ takes a walk on the wild west side ahead of new album and tour.
Brisbane’s effervescent Full Power Happy Hour have stored their Doc Martens in a shoebox, pulled on a pair of cowboy boots matched with a checked shirt and boot-scooted their way…
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Track: Fanny Lumsden unveils the rollickingly melodic single ‘Tidy Town’ and announces massive Australian tour.
Fanny Lumsden is a shining star in Australia’s country music scene – a genre admittedly not often covered by me – and her new single ‘Tidy Town’ is a glorious…
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Track: The Mother Hips examine a soured, bruised love in the riffin’ roots rock of ‘Clay Mask Clown’
WITH the first recorded cover version of their entire roots-rockin’ career, their cover of Anne Murray’s “I Don’t Want To Drive You Away”, just fading in the dust of the…
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Track: Erin Rae glides into an album and tour in the new year on the psych-country of ‘Candy & Curry’
WITH a sweet, hook-laden but straighter country-pop number, “Modern Woman”, dropping last month, Nashville’s Erin Rae has revealed a more gossamer, delicate psych-folk side to her forthcoming third album in…
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