Artists 2017

TIN STAR

TIN STAR

Recently described as Dixie Chicks meet Bruce Springsteen, Tin Star are inspired by the  folk traditions of sixties America.  They have a talent for distilling folk, country and rock into their own signature brand of earthy roots music bolstered by sweet harmonies and...

The Pockets

The Pockets

Marked by close harmonies and featuring concert, tenor, banjo, baritone and bass ukulele along with melodica and kazoo, this delightful foursome bring you original and cover tunes brimming with frivolity, nostalgia and romance. Setting vocal interludes reminiscent of...

Stand Alone

Stand Alone

Although comparisons to the Whitlams and the Manchester scene doesn’t really categorise this young band, Stand Alone combine the tunefulness of pop with the energy of punk and rock. As well as recently recording their debut EP Catering to Madmen they were the 2017...

Paul Bulanyi

Paul Bulanyi

Paul is a classically trained guitarist with entensive experience in many styles and genres. After studying at WAAPA and Liszt music academy Budapest, Paul discovered Django Reinhardt's music in 1987, is now a proficient exponent of it and many other improvised styles...

Ally Bing

Ally Bing

- Ally Bing is a soul/folk singer, keyboardist, and banjo player and has played music since growing up in South Carolina in the United States. She began writing her own songs after a transformative move to Australia. Her songs come from a place of deep understanding...

3 Miles From Texas

3 Miles From Texas

Travel along the highway with 3 Miles from Texas, a longstanding collective of Brisbane musicians with a diverse history in the local music scene. Enjoy their journey of alternative folk with a soaking of the blues from songwriters, Tony Mockeridge and Michael Tully....

Richo Richardson And The Roundup

Richo Richardson And The Roundup

Richo is a big bearded mountain man who hails from highlands of New Zealand, but now proudly calls Australia home. His raw honest balls and all styles of roots infused country. With his band The Roundup they will have you toe tapping ya heels off...

Doo Wop Dolls

Doo Wop Dolls

The Dolls are a beautiful fun time 40's, 50's & 60’s vocal harmony group who re-create and celebrate that wonderful era of music. They believe they are an inspiration to watch and listen to and are guaranteed to have you swinging and doo wopping along to the sounds of...

Ian Mackay

Ian Mackay

Ian took up writing and performing poetry more than 2 decades ago and since then has been a regular at Poets’ Breakfasts and other events all around the place. His poetry has been described as “quirky” and even ‘bent”. He is a master at it and he loves doing it....

Ironstone

Ironstone

Ironstone are a duo who have delighted audiences as far afield as Mynamar, China, Glenn Innes and Buderim. They draw their repertoire from the traditional music of those countries as well as from The Pogues, Flogging Molly, The Dubliners, Planxty and many more as well...

Danny Rose

Danny Rose

Known over many years as Maleny’s ‘Mr Music’ from his long association with The Upfront Club, Danny Rose, Maleny's 'Consultant Of Swing' sings ballads, blues-bop and favourite classics from the Great American Songbook. He is a great story teller and aptly assisted...

Bruce Watson

Bruce Watson

Solo singer songwriter (with a difference), guitarist and occasional ukuleleist with joyful, thought provoking and totally engaging original songs. One of Australia's foremost songwriters and performers. Bruce’s music reflects life, ordinary people, and social...

Hailey Calvert

Hailey Calvert

Winner of the blues category in the 2015 International Songwriting Competition, Hailey's honest folk/blues songs make each audience member feel like they are the only people in the room to hear her stories. Owning a bluesy, rich voice and fluid guitar style has earned...

The Moonsets

The Moonsets

The Moonsets (formerly The Flumes) conjure up a lushly funky, dark and sparkling, intoxicating brew. Electric Harp pours out psychedelic melodies over stylin' rhythms laced with soulful vocals. Splashing out a luscious live sound. The Moonsets transcend genres leaving...

Dosed

Dosed

A Sunshine Coast based reggae/rock band. With their sound being influenced by Red Hot chilli peppers, Sticky Fingers and Sublime they create an uplifting dance vibe. Over the past year, Dosed have been impressing audiences from all over S. East Quensland with their...

Radical Son

Radical Son

From hip hop roots to soulful social statement Radical Son is a man with a purpose. His music, both potent and sublime, conjures uncompromising visions and merciless lyrics of where we’ve come from and what could be. From a troubled past to songs of humility and...

Dan Horne

Dan Horne

Dan Horne is a multi instrumentalist and singer songwriter. Originally from Southampton England he now calls Australia home and is based on the Sunshine Coast and is making a big impact on Coast music. His music is folk and roots with heavy blues undertones. Dan...

Gone Molly

Gone Molly

Lyrical and ethereal, Gone Molly is the new voice of contemporary Anglo-Celtic folk. Songwriter Sally Harris and Declan Affley award winner Rebecca Wright bring to life colourful characters and tales abounding in mythology, mysteries, love and loss. With their highly...

Canta La Tumba

Canta La Tumba

Seven piece band Canta la Tumba, weaves Cuban Traditional Music with upbeat Afro-Cuban groove. Inspired by the sounds of greats like the Buena Vista Social Club and Santana, the bands use of Spanish song, flamenco guitar, double bass, congas, drum kit and brass,...

Col Finley

Col Finley

“Col Finley” Is one the Pioneer Independent Singer-Songwriters in today’s music industry, with 25yrs of writing, recording and touring, Col Finley has shown a depth, substance, and character that is rarely seen. With several decades of music under his belt, you are...

Lovely Bones

Lovely Bones

Swamp Folk Records presents, Carolyna Lovely, a Canadian songwriter/producer now settled in Queensland Australia’s Sunshine Coast Hinterland after 27 years of international live performance. Fresh off a two month tour of Canada, Carolyna and a few Maleny friends join...

Kevin Bennett

Kevin Bennett

Kevin is well-respected indigenous singer/songwriter with Sydney roots band The Flood. With his acoustic guitar and voice delivering a mix of Roots, Folk, Country and Blues in a distinctly Australian style he delivers songs and stories that come from a life of...

Hayden Hack

Hayden Hack

Hailing from the musical landscape of South Africa, Hayden has played his brand of funky afro-inspired journeyman music in some of the worlds largest cities. He retells stories about the world from a viewpoint only a traveling artisan can. His songs represent the...

Dave Orr Band

Dave Orr Band

Playing the blues is never as simple as it seems. It's a balancing act between virtuosity and feel, rawness and finesse. Many try but few seem to nail it like DAVE ORR. At the heart of his music is that unmistakable raw blues guitar. It's the sound of late night...

The Long Johns

The Long Johns

This  four piece posse are the twang of the banjo, the rumble of the sousaphone and the ring of the spittoon, the creak of the door, the crow of the rooster, the stomping of floorboards and the hammering of the chain gang. The Long johns come together to play spooky...

Ryan Giles Band

Ryan Giles Band

Ryan Giles has had 2 decades of writing and performing under his belt with years of reading all types of crowds from The Whitsundays to The Snowfields.  His new 6 piece band of top Sunshine Coast musos will have you on your feet in no time with their solid reggae beat...

Barleyshakes

Barleyshakes

Brewed in Ireland and distilled in Australia the Barleyshakes are a Celtic band with world music influences who combine intense energy, beautiful harmony and driving dance rhythms in their live performances. Adored throughout Australia and beyond for their “bent”...

Bonnie Love

Bonnie Love

A vivacious former front woman from the Award Winning Band, Rapskallion. Armed with her guitar and imaginary band Bonnie sings songs of love and yearning, laced with poetic metaphor, folk style honesty and soul wrenching ballads. Harnessing old time jazz, whisky...

Irish Joe Lynch

Irish Joe Lynch

Joe is the real deal, an ‘Authentic Irish Storyteller, singer and Poet’, from the mountains of West Cork, an area steeped in the ancient art of storytelling. Joe's stories and poems are deeply romantic, thought provoking and very funny He will make you laugh, cry and...

Andre Reginato

Andre Reginato

One performer playing original instrumental music written for solo guitar inspired by the natural world, life, emotions and the voice of the guitar. Fingerstyle and plectrum techniques played on acoustic steel and nylon string guitars using ambient sounds such as...

The Balkanics

The Balkanics

The Balkanics play high-energy music from the Balkans (especially Macedonia). The music is energetic, infectious and very danceable. As well as traditional tunes, many of them Gypsy or Roma in origin, their original compositions are inspired by many years of studying,...

Martin Pearson

Martin Pearson

 The irrepressible, humorous, witty and very entertaining Martin Pearson returns to Maleny with more years worth of song and story. Hear more about travel and travail, Moroccan riads and Cornish pasties. It is even possible he might be a bit grumpy with the government...

Sadie and Jay

Sadie and Jay

Sadie & Jay make a formidable duo blending vocals of rare calibre with an evocative back-drop of intricate finger picked guitar, bouzouki and bass. Their contemporary and original folk music styles have leanings to the alternative with a tinge of blues and roots...

Montgomery Church

Montgomery Church

…."Soaring vocals"….."Spellbinding Dobro"…."Stunning harmonies"….Hailing from Cooma, NSW, Cielle Montgomery & James Church are a Folk/Americana inspired duo fast becoming known for their captivating stage presence and ability to move audiences with their powerful...

Luan Baldwin

Luan Baldwin

Singer songwriter and band (mandolin, banjo, violin, bass) with a collection of original songs, which weave audiences through toe-tapping country to tender ballads and songs of lessons learnt and love lost. www.luanbaldwin.com

Lizzie Flynn & The Reckoning

Lizzie Flynn & The Reckoning

Lizzie Flynn writes songs that blend a little satirical storytelling with a lot of joyful emotion. With her band  of mandolin, banjo, violin and  bass and a collection of original songs she weaves audiences through toe-tapping country to tender ballads and songs of...

Linsey Pollak

Linsey Pollak

Linsey creates music from a range of his self invented/made wind instruments such as the Norwegian Smoking Pipe, the Saxillo, Mr Curly, various clarinets and bagpipes made from timber, glass, hose, and carrots. He Live Loops music on The Lyrebird (a digital wind...

Fat Picnic

Fat Picnic

Brisbane's own Roots & Funk outfit with music that is fun, high energy and keeps you dancing from start to finish. Funk, Reggae, Ska and Hip Hop are served up with fat bass, and a hot horn section. This eight piece band is on a funky mission to get people moving...

Cherry Ripes

Cherry Ripes

These naughty old sisters, Cherry and Ruby Ripe, are growing old disgracefully with their wicked sense of humour old saggy boobed sisters from country Queensland. They sing songs about On Line Dating; their Facebook Addiction and Brazilian Waxes. Cherry plays ukulele...

Annie J & Fusion

Annie J & Fusion

Annie J & Fusion are a group of awesomely diverse musicians collaborating with a equally awesome chic who writes some amazingly diverse original songs, mixing up Funk , Rock, soul and Reggae into a unique dance groove we like to call FUSION .They love creating...

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