Artist info
Genre
Roots
Sounds like
The older version of the younger you
band members
The Wicked Messenger is Jimi Beavis - vocals, guitar, banjo, harmonica with: Janey Mac - double bass and BVs A variety of other fab Brisbane musicians
Influences
Bob Dylan, Bill Callahan, Jason Isbell, Lucinda Williams
Bio
The Wicked Messenger is the modern-folk project of Jimi Beavis (Jimi Beavis,The Holy Rollercoasters) on guitar and vocals and Janey Mac on bass and vocals (early Doch, The Good Ship) it focusses on the important topics of love, death and quiet contemplation. It is a slowly evolving project, recorded with producer Jamie Trevaskis at his Wild Mountain Sound Studio at Mt Nebo, north of Brisbane.
Review
Something about this tune makes it sit between roadhouse and bedroom producer. It's got a low-fi charm at the same time it could be sung behind chicken wire - Blue Brothers style.
Something about this tune makes it sit between roadhouse and bedroom producer. It's got a low-fi charm at the same time it could be sung behind chicken wire - Blue Brothers style.
