STACK #146 Dec 2016

MUSIC REVIEWS

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THE WILSON PICKERS You Can’t Catch Fish From ATrain The Wilson Pickers are a collective of five individually talented singers, songwriters and players who came together in this side-project back in 2009. You Can’t Catch Fish From A Train sees them check in for album number three, and their third ARIA nomination. Armed with bluegrass instrumentation and five- voice harmony, they aren’t quite a traditional bluegrass band but more an all-star pickin’, singin’ good time. From upbeat, driving rhythms with perfectly picked precision, they take turns singing their stories of life’s dealings. Recorded in the round at Church Farm Studios in New South Wales in three days, this album proves they remain a brilliant musical union. ( You Can’t Catch Fish From A Train is out now via ABC/Universal) Denise Hylands

KRISTA POLVERE Krista Polvere

Easy to mistake for a true American folk songstress, this twangin’-with-attitude chick is pure homemade Australian talent. Breaking into music from Melbourne and having already released the excellent Devil In Me EP, Polvere is no longer at trotting pace; with a kick of her heel and a strum of her guitar, she is now galloping full speed toward wide notoriety with one gosh darn fine-looking album. Each song on the self-titled album holds a fierce rumbling power, and Polvere rides it beautifully with her mare’s heart on her sleeve. Lavish arrangements as in the strapping Father and the mournful Joe have Polvere pushing to the head of the pack, and leaving others eating her dust.

( Krista Polvere is out now, independently) Savannah Douglas

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