The Not Real Cowboys (Alice Springs) smash out harmonies n pluckin' with undertones of outback noir. This remote alt-country duo are making the hot January trek through the Victorian goldfields to Tamworth Country Music Fest 2018. (You'll find them busking on Peel Street everday).

Where better to water the horses than The Taproom, Castlemaine? C'mon down for some sweet crooning and foot stomping fun. Think Hank Williams meets Gillian Welsh with a bucket of chaff.

Ruby Gorge has been taking it out on her 6 string since she was a pup. Delmore Downs grew up with a Lefty Frizell record under his pillow - which he now compulses on his Banjolele. Smile and Weep.