From one of my favourite albums of recent times, The Ember and the Afterglow by The Jed Rowe Band, comes a film clip directed by Lachlan Bryan, the creator of one my other favourite albums of recent times, thereby proving my theory that there’s some big creative country music cauldron happening in Victoria …

It’s a testament to both Lachlan and Jed that this clip is absolutely fitting for the song, ‘Castlemaine’, which opens the album. Rather than telling you the story of the song, why not watch for yourself …

The YouTube ID of fZKGdDEiClM?feature=player_embedded is invalid. Jed Rowe and his band will be touring the Australian east coast in July – having seen them play in Sydney, I highly recommend that you do not miss this tour if you’re within cooee of one of these venues:

Thurs 4th July THE FRONT CAFE GALLERY CANBERRA ACT 7:30pm, $10. 
Fri 5th July No 5. CHURCH STREET BELLINGEN NSW Dinner from 6pm, $10. 
Sat 6th July MANDALA ARTS ORGANIC CAFE GOLD COAST QLD 7pm. 
Sun 7th July THE POWERHOUSE BRISBANE QLD 3pm, free entry. 
Thurs 11th July THE RAILS BYRON BAY NSW 7pm, free entry. 
Fri 12th July THE GOLLAN HOTEL LISMORE NSW 9:30pm, free entry. 
Sun 14th July THE CHANNON MARKETS THE CHANNON NSW from 10am.