We fell hard for singer/songwriter/luthier Nigel Wearne at the 2023 Folk Alliance conference. Wearne is from Gunditjmara country in the deep south of Australia, but he spends a lot of time on the road as a troubadour. He’s toured New Zealand, the US, UK, and Canada and performed at a long list of festivals including Hardly Strictly Bluegrass, MerleFest, Philadelphia Folk Festival, Bristol Rhythm & Roots Reunion, Cambridge Folk Festival (UK) and the Adelaide Guitar Festival (Australia).  He crafts atmospheric music of the night, blending blues, jazz and Americana-noir with gorgeous melodies, fantastic guitar chops, and a smoky, evocative baritone. A deep thinker and truth seeker with a penchant for all things peculiar, he sings of human frailty, grace and the cosmos; songwriting that cuts to the bone.

His sophomore album, Black Crow, garnered wide critical acclaim including a 4-star review in Rolling Stone, a nomination for Best Country Album at the Music Victoria Awards, and it debuted at #1 on Australia's AMRAP Charts. His latest offering, The Reckoning, received a nomination for Best Blues Work at the 2023 & 2024 Music Victoria Awards, a 4-star review in The Weekend Australian, and had two songs selected as finalists (top #10) in the International Songwriting Competition. 

Fans of folk/blues/soul, trust us on this one, but give a listen below.