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A new month - a new tune!  My August single is Marking Time is a new country/blues acoustic guitar instrumental. 

For people working in the arts industry, life has been on hold this past couple of years, and phrases like…

July 1 is the release date for Man On The Wire. Co-written with Mark Cryle, the song details the life of one of Australia's most celebrated entertainers. 

Con Colleano - the 'Wizard of the Wire' - was an internationally…

We interrupt normal transmission to bring you news of an unexpected musical surprise: a new duets album by Michael Fix & Richard Gilewitz - Echoes From The Past 

Richard, from the USA, has been a regular visitor to Australia, and…

New Single - June 1. This month's track is called The Traveller, a minor key fingerpicking guitar tune that twists & turns like a country lane, the sort of tune I might have been playing when the photo…

Last month I suggested we ride the Red Vespa, this time...it's a Bumpy Ride...I didn't plan the track sequencing this way - honest! - it's just the way the tracks are popping out each month.

Bumpy Ride is an acoustic…

New single, plus video - April 1. 

If I were the motorbiking kind, I’d ride a Vespa. A red one. I’ve been threatening to buy a Vespa each time I’ve returned home from a tour of Italy, (and especially after…

Yes, it's the first of the month, and as promised, a new song, and video. 

Arriving on streaming platforms on March 1 is a new/old tune called Rainy Day Blues. 

Rainy Day Blues was composed over twenty years ago. No…

Hello friends, 

On the first of every month, I will be releasing a new track. 

Arriving on streaming platforms on February 1 is a new solo piece called Flâneur. 

Flâneur is a peculiar French word that describes a person…

It's been 2 years since Christine Collister & I last performed together, in fact, our very last concert was in Gladstone (Qld), the night before the first wave of Covid lockdowns began in March 2020.

North & South is our…

My last newsletter for 2021...well, it's been quite a year, hasn't it! Even today, I learnt that Tasmania's Cygnet Folk Festival - where I was booked to perform in 3 weeks time - has been postponed to 2023, due to…

One Christmas Eve is the title of my newest album, featuring 13 stripped-back, peaceful, guitar arrangements of traditional Christmas Carols.

I wanted to re-create the mood of my childhood Christmases; we celebrated in the European tradition on Christmas Eve, by…

My Wollongong Guitar Camp - twice re-scheduled due to Covid-19 - is going ahead! There are only a couple of spots left, so act fast!  

June 5-6, 2021 @ CentroCBD, Wollongong. Lunch included. Limited places, Info & Ticket Link

Just back from a tour around NSW, presenting a new show and album: Timelines - Australian Stories in Song 

It was really wonderful to performing again, and Mark Cryle & I had a lot of fun on the road together. 

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Timelines; Australian Stories in Song is Live! 

Mark Cryle and I share a passion for keeping Australia’s chequered history alive - the good, the bad and the ugly - all revealed through a catalogue of new original songs. Our first…

It's been a busy month; I can reveal a new project, announce a tour, and a new album! 

Timelines; Australian Stories in Song will be launched in April. Mark Cryle is a dear friend & highly regarded songwriter, and…

I just received some nice news...A tune I'd written in March 2020 'The Other Side' has won 'Best Tune' voted by Cygnet Folk Festival Song Competition. This track will be on my new album (released later in 2021) & is…

Master songsmith Allan Caswell & I have teamed up to write our first Christmas song together...

Christmas Takes Me Home was aimed at being an old school, classic Christmas song. “We didn’t want sleigh bells and snow or blinding heat…

I'm excited to share a couple of news items with you today... 

For Brisbane friends: I will playing a concert set next week Sep 29, @ New Farm Bowls Club, where I'll be presenting a selection of brand-new tunes…

I've been creating video lessons of some of my most requested tunes. Ive broken the songs down into sections, & each video in the lesson set focuses on a section. Each download includes 5 or 6 videos, plus detailed TAB/notation…

'Stranger on the Shore' was an instrumental hit in 1961, for clarinettist Acker Bilk. I remember hearing this track as a child (it was in my father's record collection) and as an 18yo, I took clarinet lessons, and this…

Andrea Valeri & Adam Rafferty are 2 players that Ive known for a long time, and over the years, we've played quite a few shows together, in Europe as well as Australia.

'Primo Incontro' is Italian for 'first meeting', and…

I've been using this 'lock-down' time to develop my 'Do It Yourself' video skills; I've been posting almost daily videos, shot at my home in Brisbane. It's been fun connecting with musicians around my city, Australia, and around the world…

Hi friends, 

Christine Collister & I conclude our North & South tour with a bunch of dates in Qld this week.

We can never take for granted the power of music to uplift and heal. We made emotional visit to…