Jolene: The Country Music Blog

If you click on the label 'mcclymonts' on this blog you'll find some reviews in which I declare my bias about The McClymonts, wh...

In 2000 Clinton Walker released a book, film and double compilation album called Buried Country . Their subject: Australian indigenous count...

Sydney singer-songwriter Mark Lucas recently released a solo album, but now he's reunited with his band, the Dead Setters, for a new alb...

There are many wonderful, moving songs on Fanny Lumsden's Small Town Big Shot , and the first of them is 'Bravest of Hearts'. Fa...

Country pop and country rock are burgeoning genres in Australia, and while they don’t necessarily appeal to traditionalists, they’re a natu...

I'm lucky enough to be listening to folk/country singer-songwriter Nigel Wearne's album Drawing Circles  before its release next m...

Christie Lamb is already an experienced performer, having been picked by Lee Kernaghan to join his tour in 2015/16. Earlier this year s...