JAMES FAHY / MANDY CONNELL / MICHAELEAH

About

Genre: SINGER SONGWRITER, FOLK

James Fahy:

James Fahy is an eagle-voiced, finger-picking singer-songwriter from Naarm/Melbourne and Canberra. This is the first single from his upcoming release, It’s cold and I’m walking home.

His EP The Sun Will Burst Through This Cloud was nominated for best folk act at the ACT Music Awards, and his music podcast Wait Long By The River interviewed luminaries like Darren Hanlon, James Kenyon and Broads.

He won ABC’s Now Hear This spoken word event, and was also on Hard Quiz one time.

Mandy Connell:

Connell’s arresting presence is what stands out. Singer and guitarist, she is popular for her writing, and loved for her stagecraft, but it’s her breadth of passion for the broader ‘folk’ genre which makes her unusual in Australia. A songwriter with a guitar, Connell has an edge more reminiscent of Margaret Roadknight or Norma Waterson than of Kate Bush or Joni Mitchell. Having worked with a well-known five piece ‘traditional’ band (Stray Hens) reworking contemporary and trad folk ballads, Connell is at home with big production, but continues to work solo or with simple lineups of bass and drums or bass and lead guitar, presenting her own work locally and Internationally with producers in Melbourne (Luke Plumb, Myles Mumford).

Michaeleah:

Michaeleah writes music for the yearner, and weird kid within, drawing from dreams and reality alike to paint soundscapes textured with nostalgia. Inspired by artists like Hozier, Gretta Ray, and Kate Stephenson, her…