Define your genre in five words or less:
Australiana alt country, maybe?
How long have you been gigging and writing?
I grew up in the country in a rather daggy family where singing, writing and playing instruments was the norm. I kinda haven’t ever known anything else. My dad is a songwriter, I think the first time I stepped on stage I can’t have been much more than five-years-old, singing with my dad at the Tallangatta Memorial Hall.
What do you think a band has to do these days to succeed?
Be super talented, super grounded, super committed, super innnovative, and a little bit lucky.
What makes you happiest about what you’re doing?
Being in a bamily (band that feels like a family). Collaborating and making music with others. Sharing that big journey with people that you deeply respect and that respect you! There is no better feeling than those moments when you find yourself on a big stage at a festival, somewhere far from home and looking around seeing some of your favourite friends and musicians on stage with you and just locking in!
When are you doing your thing next?
After the Melbourne Folk Club gig I have a few shows with the full band in country Victoria and then I am off the States and Canada for three months. I will be road tripping and surfing in California for all of July. August I will be doing shows throughout the west of Canada and September I will be scooting over to Nashville to be part of the Americana conference. Bit excited about that adventure. Have bought a new wetsuit and guitar case already.
When’s the gig and with who?
Playing at the Melbourne Folk Club on Wednesday May 21. Playing songs solo, alongside Brendan Welch and Grand Salvo. I tend not to step out of stage solo much these days, I usually play with my five/six-piece alt country band, so it’s always a big adventure playing solo.
