Mack & Cook Release New Country-Soul Single ‘Time Goes By’
Acclaimed duo Murray Cook (OG Red Wiggle) and his musical accomplice, Lizzie Mack – as Mack & Cook – are set to release a new single, ‘Time Goes By’.
A relaxing slow-burn country-soul track that reflects on the winding roads we wander in our lives. With warm acoustic textures and heartfelt instrumentation, the song captures the beauty of learning through experience, embracing life’s lessons with grace, and trusting in the road ahead.
Haven ridden many roads, and planes together – as the Red Wiggle and Soul Moving team of the past four albums and ten years playing some of Australia’s most-loved festivals, Murray and Lizzie brings the track to life with a generous finesse – layering guitar, mandolin, and bass with an expert touch. Paired with Lizzie Mack’s warm and evocative vocals and lyrical presence, the result is a moving, genre-blurring sound that fans have already come to love in recent live shows.
“Like a good glass of red, you’re bound to savour every magical minute,” fans at Murray’s local, The Gasoline Pony, were agreeing last Saturday afternoon – in awe of the full, transportative sound Mack & Cook have created.
Having dabbled on the fringes of country-soul and Americana in so many on the song collaborations recorded with The Swampers (at Muscle Shoals Sound, Alabama) and at Jimmy Nuts “Nut House” (Florence, Alabama – playing with Kelvin Holly – Little Richard’s guitarist of the past 15 years) on songs like ‘Burned Out’, ‘Start All Over Again’ and ‘You Say That You’re Leaving’ this time the duo set out to “put the Australian in Americana – as a Nannup Music Festival programmer happily stated on first hearing ‘Time Goes By’.
Excited to be collecting the “Best of the B Sides” and retracing some of the touring routes of country legends such as Slim Dusty, Murray and Lizzie plan to take their music to country fans sharing a brand-new track and music video to launch ‘Time Goes By’ down the East Coast, which captures the essence of timelessness and looking to the future, no matter which leg of life’s journey you are on.
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“These are our stories, the most satisfying part of our lives over the last decade has been sharing them with folks who are up for a listen and to enjoy feeling that connection between our hearts, minds and souls. Playing multiple instruments and contribute musical ideas in more sophisticated musical ways has been deeply rewarding. At this age and stage, we are reaching for some kind of musical mastery or completion – and I really feel I’m finding that now in the music Lizzie and I are making.” Murray Cook
“Now having played their first handful of shows – and with more on the horizon – Mack & Cook have just released their first single ‘Time Goes By’, a classic-sounding country-soul number with Mack’s ultra-expressive vocals offering a soothingly existential treatise on life’s journey “I said to someone just the other day, it’s good that we’re all getting old at the same rate,” Lizzie Mack chuckles. “We’re really proud of this as our first recorded song… Time waits for no acoustic duo – so off we go – it’s time to hit the road!”.