11 October
ARIA Award Nomination !!!

ARIA Award Nomination !!!

That’s right folks! We’ve been nominated for another ARIA Award! Our new album You Can’t Catch Fish From a Train has been selected to be in contention for best Blues and Roots album in the 2016 ARIA Awards which will be held on 23rd November.

What are we going to wear? It’s a good problem to have.

Thanks to everyone in the industry that’s been supporting our comeback album after Danny’s third bout in the ring with leukaemia. He won in a knockout!

See you on the road!

26 September
Number 4 with a Bullet!

Number 4 with a Bullet!

Howdy Music Fans! Our single ‘Pulled Apart by Horses’ has entered the Australian National Country Music Airplay Chart t number 4! Thanks to all the stations around this big wide brown land for supporting our new music! We’ve got some big news coming soon too so stay tuned!

 

25 July
Rolling Stone Magazine Premiere Our Brand New Clip !!!

Rolling Stone Magazine Premiere Our Brand New Clip !!!

“Welcome back, Wilson Pickers. After a five-year hiatus — initially brought on by the 2011 leukaemia relapse of vocalist/guitarist Danny Widdicombe — the bluegrass supergroup return with new single, “Pulled Apart By Horses”, the first preview from forthcoming album, You Can’t Catch Fish From A Train, exclusively premiered today via Rolling Stone.

Right from the outset, it’s clear their trademark tongue-in-cheek larrikinism hasn’t faded, as lead Ben Salter “jacked up on gin and gatorade” darts from religious references to film metaphors to solemn poetic punches (“I really miss my mother”), before charging the troupe into a mid-song hoedown. The group’s candour playfulness is further extenuated by the lo-fi clip, featuring all five dancing and prancing along to the song’s smirking tone.

You Can’t Catch Fish From A Train is set to be released on August 26th via ABC Music. [J.N.]”

– See more at: HERE

25 July
You Can’t Catch Fish From a Train Tour has been Announced !!!

You Can’t Catch Fish From a Train Tour has been Announced !!!

The Wilson Pickers launch their third album –

“You Can’t Catch Fish From A Train”

with a string of shows this spring.

The Wilson Pickers are hitting the road this spring with a string of shows to launch their third album, You Can’t Catch Fish From a Train.

Recorded in the round at Church Farm Studios in Billinudgel, NSW over three days in February this year, the album returns The Wilson Pickers to the bluegrass instrumentation and five-part harmony singing that propelled this side project to centre stage in 2009. Both their previous albums have been nominated for ARIA awards and the band are calling this release their best work yet.

Ben Salter, Sime Nugent, Andrew Morris, Danny Widdicombe and John Bedggood formed the fabled Wilson Pickers as a side project and went on to record two studio albums – The Land Of The Powerful Owl (2009) and Shake It Down (2010). Along the way they built a reputation for their live shows and the group’s skill and eagerness to have a great time playing music together. This made them a crowd favourite at major festivals across the country.

The Pickers had a long pause while beloved band member Danny Widdicombe underwent treatment for leukaemia. But this album is more than a reunion for five of Australia’s finest singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalists. They had unfinished business. Nick DiDia (Bruce Springsteen, Rage Against The Machine) mixed and mastered the album. There are guest appearances by Bernard Fanning (Powderfinger) and Rod Coe (Slim Dusty) making this highly anticipated release a very well credentialed recording with a lot of heart.

You Can’t Catch Fish From a Train is out through ABC Music / Universal on August 26.

Here are the shows –

FRI 30 SEPT – LAZYBONES LOUNGE Marrickville NSW – Tickets

SAT 1 OCT  – DASHVILLE SKYLINE NSW – Tickets

THU OCT 13 – SOUND LOUNGE Gold Coast QLD – Tickets

FRI OCT 14 – THE TRIFFID Brisbane QLD – Tickets

SAT OCT 15 – BISON BAR Sunny Coast QLD – Tickets

SUN OCT 16 – A&I HALL Bangalow NSW – Tickets

NOV 18,19,20 – MULLUM MUSIC FEST Mullumbimby NSW – Tickets

FRI DEC 2 – BASEMENT DISCS INSTORE , Melb VIC – Tickets

SAT DEC 3 – CARAVAN MUSIC CLUB, Oakleigh VIC – Tickets

SUN DEC 4 – NORTHCOTE SOCIAL CLUB  Northcote VIC – Matinee – Tickets

14 July
Our third album and a string of shows this spring!

Our third album and a string of shows this spring!

Recorded in the round at Church Farm Studios in Billinudgel, NSW over three days in February this year, the album returns The Wilson Pickers to the bluegrass instrumentation and five-part harmony singing that propelled this side project to centre stage in 2009.

Both their previous albums have been nominated for ARIA awards and the band are calling this release their best work yet.
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16 June
The Pickers Play Dashville

The Pickers Play Dashville

Well this is pretty exciting! We’ve been included on the incredible lineup for this year’s Dashville Skyline Festival.

We’ve got a caravan full of new songs and we’ll be driving them up the Pacific Highway for everyone to hear. You can grab tickets for this at on the Dashville WEBSITE

And remember – You can’t catch fish from a train.

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