27 August 2010 - 0 Comments

ISOBEL CAMPBELL & MARK LANEGAN –HAWK

Former Belle & Sebastian singer Isobel Campbell and ex-Screaming Trees/The Twilight Singers/QOTSA collaborator Mark Lanegan return with their third album together. There’s folk, country, blues, gospel, dream-pop and a fair spoonful of Southern soul. The pair rejoins after now having recorded together both the Mercury-nominated album “Ballad Of The Broken Seas” (2006) and the smoldering “Sunday At Devil Dirt” (2008). Ace American songwriter Willy Mason guests on two songs and as an added bonus, James Iha, guitarist of Smashing Pumpkins, appears on the record.

For Fans of: Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazlewood, Belle & Sebastian, The Twilight Singers

TIMOTHY BLACKMAN – I’VE NEVER LIVED

An outsider artist who operates wherever he decides to drop his bag, Timothy Blackman has taken inspiration from all the troubadours who have come before. Described as “Scratchy acoustic brilliance” by Salient, while Sunday Star Times proposed Blackman “A major new talent... That affirms his aesthetic debt to local home recording pioneer, Chris Knox”. In addition to numerous New Zealand tours Blackman has spent time touring Europe and the United Kingdom and shared stages with acts such as The Mountain Goats, Scout Niblett (Secretly Canadian/Drag City) and Alexander Tucker (ATP).

For Fans of: Neutral Milk Hotel, The Mountain Goats, Bill Callahan/Smog

BASSCAMP – AFTER THE RAIN

The hip-hop/roots collective known as Basscamp were formed with the sole intent of creating danceable beats based in conscious hip-hop and roots music. Made up of producer Paul Bimler (Confucius), KP and Switch (Sunshine Soundsystem, Shapeshifter), Matiu Te Huki (My Golden Soul, Homefire Burning) and last but not least DJ/Producer Stickyfingaz is an entity unto himself, being a major player in the New Zealand hip-hop scene. Basscamp’s new album “After The Rain” also features appearances from Disco Diva Claudja Barry, MCs JDubs and Aeries, as well as Californian born reggae artist Snypa Levi.

For Fans of: Rhombus, Shapeshifter, Salmonella Dub

SUN KILL MOON – ADMIRAL FELL PROMISES

Sun Kil Moon is a music project of singer-songwriter Mark Kozelek, best known for his previous band Red House Painters. The band is named after Korean lightweight boxer Sung-Kil Moon. “Admiral Fell Promises”, This 60 minute, ten song album is Sun Kil Moon's fourth, but only the third of original material after 2003's “Ghosts of the Great Highway” and 2008's “April”. Additionally it is the first that is all acoustic, played entirely by Mark Kozelek on nylon string guitar. Sun Kill Moon has previously collaborated with Will Oldham (Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy) and Ben Gibbard (Death Cab For Cutie).

For Fans of: Nick Drake, Elliott Smith, Jose Gonzales

KEVIN WELCH – A PATCH OF BLUE SKY

Kevin Welch's poetic songs paint pictures of real people--people you know, people you've seen--so clearly that you realize quickly he's a keen observer of the human experience. His songs have been recorded by such artists as Moe Bandy, Waylon Jennings, Roger Miller, Jimmie Dale Gilmore, The Highwaymen, The Judds, The Kendalls, Patty Loveless, Reba McEntire, Charlie Pride, Ricky Skaggs, Pam Tillis, Randy Travis, Conway Twitty, Don Williams, and Trisha Yearwood. “A Patch of Blue Sky”, Kevin's latest album is his first solo record since 2001's “Millionaire”, the album features 10 new songs, all written or co-written by Kevin.

For Fans of: Ricky Scaggs, Lyle Lovett, Kieran Kane

ROSS WILSON – I COME IN PEACE

“I Come In Peace” is the new album by Australian rock'n'roll icon Ross Wilson. “I Come In Peace” shows exactly why Ross Wilson should be viewed as Australia’s own John Fogerty, Mick Jagger and Delbert McClinton, all rolled into one. Best known for fronting and leading both Daddy Cool - who broke all sales records for an Australian artist in the 70's - and Mondo Rock, Ross also wrote hits for John Farnham, produced all of Skyhooks seminal work, discovered Jo Jo Zep & the Falcons and the Sports, and has been acknowledged in print as an influential figure by international artists including Elton John and Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers.

For Fans of: Daddy Cool, Mondo Rock, John Farnham

VARIOUS ARTISTS – A CENTURY OF MAORI SONGS

Selected by the legendary recording company South Pacific Recordings’ “A Century of Maori Song” features 25 of their greatest hits with performers such as Maisey and Honey Rika, St Joseph’s Maori Girls’ College, Hato Paora College, Willie Matthews Quartet, Ngati Rangiwewehi, Morvin Simon, Rotorua International Maori Entertainers and the Aotearoa International Tour Company.

For Fans of: South Pacific Recordings, Maisey Rika, Maori Volcanics

Thanks to www.border.co.nz for this story.

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