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Harry Hookey

Posted on January 4th, by nash@essencemusic.com.au in artist. Comments Off

Inspired by the likes of Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell, Steve Earle and Leonard Cohen, and raised in rural Victoria, roots and alt-country singer/songwriter, Harry Hookey first played the guitar at the age of 15 when his father bought home instruments…



Ash Grunwald

Posted on January 4th, by nash@essencemusic.com.au in artist. Comments Off

Ash Grunwald put together his first album, Introducing …, leaning heavily on traditional blues but it was his second album I Don’t Believe released in April of 2004, that would change his state of play. It was his first album – of…



Harry Hookey

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Alex Lloyd

Posted on December 31st, by nash@essencemusic.com.au in artist. Comments Off

Alex Lloyd is an Australian singer-songwriter. His most popular album Watching Angels Mend, which includes the songs “Amazing” and “Green”, was released in 2001 went double platinum. His third album Distant Light released in 2003 featured three songs that made the Australian top…



Kasey Chambers

Posted on December 13th, by nash@essencemusic.com.au in artist. No Comments

Needing no introduction, Kasey Chambers has had a lustrous career achieving many ‘firsts’ such as the first Australian country music artist to successfully cross over into the mainstream charts with a #1 single and album simultaneously, she is the most…



Shane Nicholson

Posted on December 13th, by nash@essencemusic.com.au in artist. No Comments

A native of Brisbane, singer/songwriter Shane Nicholson first gained public attention as the lead singer/guitarist for the rock band Pretty Violet Stain in the late 1990’s.  After winning the JJJ Unearthed competition, they released their debut album Parachutes and Gravity…



Bill Chambers

Posted on December 13th, by nash@essencemusic.com.au in artist. No Comments

There’s much more to Bill Chambers than just being Kasey’s Dad.  The patriarch of the Chambers clan is considered by some to be Australia’s premier alt-country guitarist.  He can be a master of delicate picking on Dobro or Lap Steel…



Ashleigh Dallas

Posted on December 13th, by nash@essencemusic.com.au in artist. No Comments

Music has been a way of life for singer/songwriter musician Ashleigh Dallas.  Hailing from Tamworth NSW, she grew up on a healthy diet of Hank Williams, Slim Dusty and Johnny Cash.  Some of Ash’s earliest memories are of her grandfather…