Nigel Wearne

NIGEL WEARNENigel Wearne saunters after dark in the music of the night, blending blues, jazz and Americana-noir. Hailing from Gunditjmara country in the deep south of Australia, hes a guitarist and multi-instrumentalist with diverse influence from Nick Cave, Tom Waits and Rickie Lee Jones. A deep thinker and truth speaker 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 US, UK and Canada and hes performed at a long list of music festivals, including MerleFest, AmericanaFest, Cambridge Folk Festival (UK), Adelaide Guitar Festival (Australia), Bristol Rhythm s 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 it debuted at #1 on Australias AMRAP Charts. His latest offering The Reckoning (released Nov 2023) received a nomination for Best Blues Work at the 2023 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. Inhabiting the after-dark realms of blues, jazz, soul and rock n roll; this is Americana-noir. vocal swagger of Van Morrison and dark spirituality and intelligence of Nick Cave 4 STARS | THE WEEKEND AUSTRALIANa bit of Waits, some Early James and C.W. Stoneking POST TO WIREpoignant and mysterious MAVERICK MAGAZINE UKan eruption of energy, rhythm and melody RHYTHMS MAGAZINEtailor made for fans of Tom Waitswith fire and brimstone lyrics that recall Nick Cave RHYTHMS MAGAZINE