AUSTRALIAN SINGER-SONGWRITER
LUTHIER & TRUTH SEEKER
2023 OFFICIAL SHOWCASE ARTIST
PRONOUNCED: NIGEL 'WERN'
"warmth flecked with grit... beauty awaits" ROLLING STONE
Nigel Wearne saunters after dark in the music of the night, blending blues, folk and Americana-noir. Hailing from Gunditjmara country in the deep south of Australia, he's a guitarist and multi-instrumentalist with diverse influences such as Tom Waits, Nick Cave and Gillian Welch. 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.
Nigel has toured Australia, New Zealand, the UK and Canada and he's performed at a long list of music festivals, including the Port Fairy Folk Festival, Adelaide Guitar Festival and Queenscliff Music Festival. 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 debuted at #1 on Australia's AMRAP Charts. Singer-songwriter, luthier, poet and gleaner; Wearne paints lyrical pictures with "the narrative-fuelled prose of Paul Kelly" (Beat Magazine).
"intoxicating New Orleans-tinged Americana" POST TO WIRE
“an eruption of energy, rhythm and melody” rHYTHMS MAGAZINE
“poignant and mysterious” MAVERICK MAGAZINE UK
OFFICIAL SHOWCASE // WED 25 JAN
7:40PM // HACKNEY CHURCH BREW Co.
MGMT & BOOKINGS
Amy Laidlaw
UK 07785 334191
AUS +61 412 463 873
amy@iheardjango.com
www.iheardjango.com
CONTACT NIGEL
Nigel Wearne
UK 07785 334191
AUS +61 427 809 227
nigelwearne@hotmail.com
www.nigelwearne.com
UPCOMING FESTIVALS
APR – MerleFest USA
APR – Old Settlers Music Festival USA
AUG – Multiple US festivals (yet to be announced)
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
2023 – Folk Alliance International OFFICIAL Showcase
2023 – AmericanaFest UK OFFICIAL Showcase
2023 – UK Winter Tour
2022 – Music Victoria Awards Nominee – Best Folk Work for 'Above The Bit'
2022 – Australian Folk Music Awards Finalist – Contemporary Album of The Year for 'Above The Bit'
2022 – Folk Alliance International OFFICIAL Showcase*Virtual
2021 – Folk Unlocked Showcase*Virtual
2020 – Folk Alliance International Showcase, New Orleans USA
2020 – Canadian Winter Tour
2019 – Folk Music Ontario Showcase, Toronto CANADA
2019 – Canadian Fall Tour
2019 – Folk Alliance International OFFICIAL Showcase, Montreal CANADA
2019 – Canadian Winter Tour
2017 – Triple j Unearthed Winner – Port Fairy Folk Festival Competition
2017 – New Zealand Tour
2016 – 'Drawing Circles' Double Album Release
2013 – Music Victoria Awards Nominee – Best Country Album for 'Black Crow'
FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS
2022 – Adelaide Guitar Festival, Cobargo Folk Festival, The River Folk Festival, Dorrigo Folk & Bluegrass Festival
2021 – Port Fairy Folk Festival March Concert Series
2020 – Cygnet Folk Festival, Blue Skies Music Festival (CANADA)*Virtual
2019 – Troubadour Festival (CANADA), Maldon Folk Festival, Dorrigo Folk & Bluegrass Festival, Tamworth Country Music Festival
2018 – Port Fairy Folk Festival, Cygnet Folk Festival, Wintermoon Festival, The River Folk Festival, Bendigo Blues & Roots Festival, 2 Worlds
2017 – Illawarra Folk Festival, Birregurra Festival, Blackwood Festival, Surrey Hills Music Festival
2016 – Adelaide Fringe Festival, Bendigo Blues & Roots Music Festival, Nightjar Festival, Wallaby Creek Festival, Tablelands Folk Festival
2015 – Blackwood Festival, Kangaroo Valley Folk Festival, Happy Wanderer Festival, Mount Beauty Music Festival, Yackandandah Folk Festival
2014 – Cygnet Folk Festival, Majors Creek Festival, Fleurieu Folk Festival, Newstead Live! Music Festival, Boolarra Folk Festival, Blackwood Festival
2013 – Wallaby Creek Festival, Wirrina Bluegrass Festival, Kingston Harvest Festival, Kyneton Music Festival, Avoca Music Festival, Fiddlehead Festival
2012 – Port Fairy Folk Festival, Dorrigo Folk & Bluegrass Festival, Black Mountain Unplugged, JamGrass Music Festival, Folk, Rhythm & Life
