Americana-UK

The unexpected pleasure of going to a gig you thought (for a long time) you couldn’t make, and a gig that had been on my wish list for about 18months – Australia’s C.W. Stoneking purveyor of the finest and purest hokum blues and jungle rhythms…

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WORD MAGAZINE ONLINE

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Jungle Blues is a big office favourite at the moment. Made by CW Stoneking, an Australian-American who seems to channel the music of great American primitives like Jimmie Rodgers and Blind Blake to weave complex, funny stories of encounters with lions and periods spent in clink. He’s playing up and down the country for the next couple of weeks and, if you like this kind of thing at all, you’re strongly advised to see him. He’s at Brixton Windmill tonight (Friday). You can find details of his other shows and links to buy tickets on My Space. Straight off the plane he popped in the office to play and talk to Mark Ellen, David Hepworth and Fraser Lewry… read in full