What do you love about making music?
What I love the most is the sharing of it, the connection that I get to have with people when they are moved by my songs. It always blows me away when someone really relates to a song based on their own experience.
What can a punter expect from your live show?
They can expect a variety of blues, gospel and alt.country, some great story telling, the occasional tear jerker and a good ol’ belly laugh. People tell me I can be quite funny. I really love connecting with an audience on stage, I like to think of a gig as a soiree in my lounge room and you’re all invited.
When’s the gig and with who?
The gig is on Saturday June 22 at The Spotted Mallard in Brunswick. It’s the launch of my brand new EP, Gypsy’s Lament and I’ll have Sarah Carnegie and Ali Penney and Wayne Jury supporting.
What inspires or has influenced your music the most?
Tom Waits – I believe he is one of the greatest and most influential songwriters of all time. I’m also inspired by the human experience and people’s stories, especially those who have suffered hardship.
Tell us about the last song you wrote.
My latest song is about a guy I met at the Mataranka Homestead south of Katherine in the Northern Territory. He and his wife were from WA and used to go there every year. She died of cancer a few years ago so he scattered her ashes in the Mataranka River and now he can’t leave. He lives at the homestead and is slowly drinking himself to death. It’s a really haunting ballad, she beckons him from her watery grave. It’s very reminiscent of Nick Cave’s Where The Wild Roses Grow. I’ll be playing it at the launch as a snap shot of what’s to come.
