STACK #265 November 2026

PREVIEWS MUSIC

THIS MONTH? EVA CASSIDY Jazzed BLIX STREET BIL Y’S PICK VARIOUS ARTISTS 20th Century Paddy: The Songs of Shane MacGowan RUBYWORKS Coming in DECEMBER

IRON MAIDEN Somewhere in Time (40th Anniversary) (Dec 4) SCISSOR SISTERS Ta-Dah (20th Anniversary) (Dec 11) BILLY JOEL Turnstiles (50th Anniversary) (Dec 11)

We lost Shane MacGowan three years ago when The Pogues singer died at the age of 65. As Bruce Springsteen said, “They’ll

S inger Eva Cassidy’s ongoing success is unprecedented in the history of the recording of popular music. Eva died on November 2, 1996 at the age of 33. During her lifetime she released only two albums on small labels. Her success can be traced back to a recording session at producer/ engineer Chris Biondo’s small studio in Washington DC. A local band asked if a school friend could come by to add some backing vocals, but when they returned the following week, she wasn’t with them. “Where’s the girl?” Chris asked. “She’s very shy, she’s scared to come in.” Made to feel welcome, Eva did enter the studio, and both their lives were changed. “When she started to sing, I knew she was special,” Chris says. “I invited her to come by whenever she wanted to record whatever she wanted.” So, until her death, Chris welcomed Eva at least once a week. Two years after her passing, Eva’s recording of Over the Rainbow was played on BBC Radio 2, resulting in an avalanche of listener requests. Soon after, a video recording of Eva performing the song was played on Top of the Pops 2 and a legend was born. Since then, nine posthumous albums have been released. Number ten, Jazzed , has employed a new audio-restoration process that separates Eva’s original vocals from their accompaniment and places them within arrangements that can now be heard in a new orchestral context. This collection celebrates the jazz side of Eva Cassidy with songs including Summertime, Cheek to Cheek, Blues in the Night, Honeysuckle Rose, and It Don’t Mean a Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing) .

be singing Shane’s songs 100 years from now.” This 36-track tribute – coordinated by Shane’s wife, Victoria Mary Clarke - features Springsteen, Tom Waits, U2, Imelda May, Steve Earle, The Jesus and Mary Chain, Dropkick Murphys, Hozier, and Johnny Depp.

AUSSIE RELEASES

THE BAMBOOS Sugar on Top THE BAMBOOS

GLENN RICHARDS & THE VENUS LAKE The Great Behind IN.2 RECORDS

Melbourne’s soul spearheads The Bamboos put the Sugar on Top of their sparkling career, which started in 2000. Led by Lance Ferguson and Kylie Auldist, the band’s 12th studio album also features guest vocals from Rita

Nearly 20 years ago, Johnny Depp was painting a portrait of his dog Moo, who had sadly just died. He was comforted by an Augie March song called The Cold Acre about an owner and his dog preparing for death. Depp then discovered the song was on an album called Moo, You

Satch, Reginald AK, and Tim Rogers.

Bloody Choir . The acting legend became a big fan, and he now pops up on Glenn Richards’ solo album, which is being released on Depp’s own label, IN.2 Records. ISSI/RICK PRICE Secret Heart EP CLARICE RECORDS

GRETTA RAY Heartsong EMI MUSIC AUSTRALIA Ten years after being Unearthed by triple j,

Melbourne’s Gretta Ray releases her third album, Heartsong , which follows 2021’s Begin to Look Around and 2023’s Positive Spin , both of which were Top 20 hits. The record is the artist’s return to music

When Rick Price started his own label, Clarice Records, his first signing was Melbourne artist issi. He was struck by “a voice that immediately stood out for her honesty, originality, and emotional depth.” Issi’s first EP, a collaboration with her label boss, includes a reworking of the

after being diagnosed with infective endocarditis, a life-threatening infection of the inner lining of the heart. “I’m so sick of writing all my songs about rebuilding,” she sings. “If I’m honest, I’m beyond tired of it.”

title track of Rick’s 1992 debut Heaven Knows .

LARISSA LAMBERT Yearning VIRGIN

ODETTE Blink BELOVED RECORDS

Yearning is the debut album for Ballarat soul singer Larissa Lambert. Explaining why it came five years after her first release, she said: “I just never felt like I was ready… it needed to feel authentic, it needed to be me.” The album features I Love You Out Loud , which is up for ‘Best Soul/R&B Release’ at this year’s ARIA Awards. PARTY DOZEN 21 Bum Salute GRUPO 21 Bum Salute is the fifth album for experimental Sydney noise-rock duo Party Dozen: Kirsty Tickle (sax, vocals) and

Odette’s third album – her first in five years - is a wonderfully adventurous jazzy-soul record, which the Sydney artist calls “a beautifully mangled living thing”. Her distinctive vocal style swings from spoken word to soaring high notes.

SPACEY JANE Exit Wounds EP AWAL RECORDINGS Fremantle’s Spacey Jane celebrate their tenth anniversary with the EP Exit Wounds , which gathers six songs that didn’t make last year’s If That Makes Sense album . It’s now being released on vinyl.

Jonathan Boulet (drums, loops, production). It’s a crowd-pleaser, with titles including Euro Stomper, Age of Fools, and Mad Rooter .

Radio legend Billy Pinnell presents Billy Pinnell’s Musical Moments on YouTube.

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